diff --git a/javafx-ui-quantum/src/com/sun/javafx/tk/quantum/QuantumClipboard.java b/javafx-ui-quantum/src/com/sun/javafx/tk/quantum/QuantumClipboard.java
--- a/javafx-ui-quantum/src/com/sun/javafx/tk/quantum/QuantumClipboard.java
+++ b/javafx-ui-quantum/src/com/sun/javafx/tk/quantum/QuantumClipboard.java
@@ -377,6 +377,9 @@
                 // TODO Weird, but this is how Glass wants it...
                 systemAssistant.setData(Clipboard.URI_TYPE, data);
                 dataSet = true;
+            } else if (dataFormat == DataFormat.RTF) {
+                systemAssistant.setData(Clipboard.RTF_TYPE, data);
+                dataSet = true;
             } else if (dataFormat == DataFormat.FILES) {
                 // Have to convert from List<File> to String[]
                 List<File> list = (List<File>)data;
diff --git a/toys/HelloWorld/src/helloworld/HelloClipboardRTF.java b/toys/HelloWorld/src/helloworld/HelloClipboardRTF.java
new file mode 100644
--- /dev/null
+++ b/toys/HelloWorld/src/helloworld/HelloClipboardRTF.java
@@ -0,0 +1,48 @@
+package helloworld;
+
+import javafx.application.Application; 
+import javafx.event.ActionEvent; 
+import javafx.event.EventHandler; 
+import javafx.scene.Parent; 
+import javafx.scene.Scene; 
+import javafx.scene.control.Button; 
+import javafx.scene.input.Clipboard; 
+import javafx.scene.input.ClipboardContent; 
+import javafx.scene.layout.VBox; 
+import javafx.stage.Stage; 
+
+public class HelloClipboardRTF extends Application { 
+
+    public static void main(String[] args) { 
+        launch(args); 
+    } 
+
+    private Parent getContent() { 
+        VBox list = new VBox(10); 
+        Button but = new Button("Copy RTF to clipboard"); 
+        but.setOnAction(new EventHandler<ActionEvent>() { 
+
+            @Override 
+            public void handle(ActionEvent t) { 
+                Clipboard cb = Clipboard.getSystemClipboard(); 
+                ClipboardContent cc = new ClipboardContent(); 
+                cc.putRtf("\\rtf1 This is some {\\b bold} text.\\par}"); 
+                cb.setContent(cc); 
+            } 
+        }); 
+
+        list.getChildren().add(but); 
+        return list; 
+    } 
+
+    public void start(Stage stage) { 
+
+        stage.setX(100); 
+        stage.setY(100); 
+        stage.setWidth(200); 
+        stage.setHeight(200); 
+        Scene scene = new Scene(getContent()); 
+        stage.setScene(scene); 
+        stage.show(); 
+    } 
+}