diff --git a/terminal/terminal-widget.c b/terminal/terminal-widget.c
index 7087516..baebc05 100644
--- a/terminal/terminal-widget.c
+++ b/terminal/terminal-widget.c
@@ -232,19 +232,31 @@ terminal_widget_context_menu_copy (TerminalWidget *widget,
   const gchar  *wlink;
   GdkDisplay   *display;
 
+  /* Store the desired URI */
+  gchar *modified_wlink;
+
   wlink = g_object_get_data (G_OBJECT (item), "terminal-widget-link");
   if (G_LIKELY (wlink != NULL))
     {
       display = gtk_widget_get_display (GTK_WIDGET (widget));
 
+      modified_wlink = wlink;
+
+      /* create a new URI without mailto: */
+      if (strncmp(wlink, "mailto:", 7) == 0)
+        modified_wlink = strndup(wlink + 7, strlen(wlink) - 7);
+
       /* copy the URI to "CLIPBOARD" */
       clipboard = gtk_clipboard_get_for_display (display, GDK_SELECTION_CLIPBOARD);
-      gtk_clipboard_set_text (clipboard, wlink, -1);
+      gtk_clipboard_set_text (clipboard, modified_wlink, -1);
 
       /* copy the URI to "PRIMARY" */
       clipboard = gtk_clipboard_get_for_display (display, GDK_SELECTION_PRIMARY);
-      gtk_clipboard_set_text (clipboard, wlink, -1);
+      gtk_clipboard_set_text (clipboard, modified_wlink, -1);
     }
+
+    free(modified_wlink);
+    modified_wlink = NULL;
 }