diff --git a/platform/lang-impl/src/com/intellij/ide/CopyPasteUtil.java b/platform/lang-impl/src/com/intellij/ide/CopyPasteUtil.java
index f8a28971261f..27a730f3459e 100644
--- a/platform/lang-impl/src/com/intellij/ide/CopyPasteUtil.java
+++ b/platform/lang-impl/src/com/intellij/ide/CopyPasteUtil.java
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-// Copyright 2000-2020 JetBrains s.r.o. Use of this source code is governed by the Apache 2.0 license that can be found in the LICENSE file.
+// Copyright 2000-2023 JetBrains s.r.o. and contributors. Use of this source code is governed by the Apache 2.0 license.
 
 package com.intellij.ide;
 
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ import com.intellij.openapi.ide.CopyPasteManager;
 import com.intellij.psi.PsiElement;
 import org.jetbrains.annotations.NotNull;
 
+import java.awt.datatransfer.StringSelection;
 import java.awt.datatransfer.Transferable;
 import java.util.function.Consumer;
 
@@ -16,6 +17,10 @@ import static com.intellij.openapi.application.ApplicationManager.getApplication
 public final class CopyPasteUtil {
   private CopyPasteUtil() { }
 
+  public static void copyTextToClipboard(@NotNull String text) {
+    CopyPasteManager.getInstance().setContents(new StringSelection(text));
+  }
+
   public static PsiElement[] getElementsInTransferable(Transferable t) {
     final PsiElement[] elts = PsiCopyPasteManager.getElements(t);
     return elts != null ? elts : PsiElement.EMPTY_ARRAY;