diff --git a/plugins/groovy/groovy-psi/src/org/jetbrains/plugins/groovy/lang/psi/util/stringUtil.kt b/plugins/groovy/groovy-psi/src/org/jetbrains/plugins/groovy/lang/psi/util/stringUtil.kt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..ca2edb7be9fa
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/groovy/groovy-psi/src/org/jetbrains/plugins/groovy/lang/psi/util/stringUtil.kt
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+// Copyright 2000-2019 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.
+package org.jetbrains.plugins.groovy.lang.psi.util
+
+fun isValidSingleQuotedStringContent(text: String): Boolean = isValidContent(text, '\'', '\n')
+
+fun isValidDoubleQuotedStringContent(text: String): Boolean = isValidContent(text, '"', '$', '\n')
+
+private fun isValidContent(text: String, vararg escapedChars: Char): Boolean {
+  val length: Int = text.length
+  var idx = 0
+  while (idx < length) {
+    val ch: Char = text[idx]
+    if (ch in escapedChars) {
+      return false
+    }
+    if (ch == '\\') {
+      if (idx + 1 < length) {
+        val nextCh: Char = text[idx + 1]
+        if (nextCh == '\\' || nextCh in escapedChars) {
+          idx += 2
+          continue
+        }
+      }
+    }
+    idx++
+  }
+  return true
+}
diff --git a/plugins/groovy/src/org/jetbrains/plugins/groovy/editor/GroovyLiteralCopyPasteProcessor.java b/plugins/groovy/src/org/jetbrains/plugins/groovy/editor/GroovyLiteralCopyPasteProcessor.java
index d48605d77091..95adb7268a58 100644
--- a/plugins/groovy/src/org/jetbrains/plugins/groovy/editor/GroovyLiteralCopyPasteProcessor.java
+++ b/plugins/groovy/src/org/jetbrains/plugins/groovy/editor/GroovyLiteralCopyPasteProcessor.java
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ import org.jetbrains.annotations.Nullable;
 import org.jetbrains.plugins.groovy.lang.psi.GroovyTokenSets;
 import org.jetbrains.plugins.groovy.lang.psi.util.GrStringUtil;
 import org.jetbrains.plugins.groovy.lang.psi.util.StringKind;
+import org.jetbrains.plugins.groovy.lang.psi.util.StringUtilKt;
 import org.jetbrains.plugins.groovy.lang.resolve.GroovyStringLiteralManipulator;
 
 import static org.jetbrains.plugins.groovy.lang.psi.GroovyElementTypes.*;
@@ -68,6 +69,10 @@ public class GroovyLiteralCopyPasteProcessor extends StringLiteralCopyPasteProce
       return text;
     }
 
+    if (rawText != null && canPasteRaw(text, rawText.rawText, stringKind)) {
+      return rawText.rawText;
+    }
+
     StringBuilder buffer = new StringBuilder(text.length());
     @NonNls String breaker = stringKind.getLineBreaker();
     final String[] lines = LineTokenizer.tokenize(text.toCharArray(), false, true);
@@ -80,6 +85,21 @@ public class GroovyLiteralCopyPasteProcessor extends StringLiteralCopyPasteProce
     return buffer.toString();
   }
 
+  private static boolean canPasteRaw(String text, String rawText, StringKind kind) {
+    if (!text.equals(kind.unescape(rawText))) {
+      return false;
+    }
+    if (kind == StringKind.SINGLE_QUOTED) {
+      return StringUtilKt.isValidSingleQuotedStringContent(rawText);
+    }
+    else if (kind == StringKind.DOUBLE_QUOTED) {
+      return StringUtilKt.isValidDoubleQuotedStringContent(rawText);
+    }
+    else {
+      return true;
+    }
+  }
+
   @NotNull
   private static String escape(@NotNull StringKind kind, @NotNull String s) {
     if (kind != StringKind.DOUBLE_QUOTED && kind != StringKind.TRIPLE_DOUBLE_QUOTED) {
diff --git a/plugins/groovy/test/org/jetbrains/plugins/groovy/GroovyCopyPasteStringTest.groovy b/plugins/groovy/test/org/jetbrains/plugins/groovy/GroovyCopyPasteStringTest.groovy
index 64d1084ccad5..9013cf379a9b 100644
--- a/plugins/groovy/test/org/jetbrains/plugins/groovy/GroovyCopyPasteStringTest.groovy
+++ b/plugins/groovy/test/org/jetbrains/plugins/groovy/GroovyCopyPasteStringTest.groovy
@@ -177,6 +177,17 @@ class GroovyCopyPasteStringTest extends GroovyLatestTest implements BaseTest {
     }.run()
   }
 
+  @Test
+  void 'paste raw'() {
+    def data = [
+      ['\'<selection>\\$ \\\' \\" \\\n \\u2318</selection>\'', '"<caret>"', '"\\$ \\\' \\" \\\n \\u2318"'],
+      ['"<selection>\\$ \\\' \\" \\\n \\u2318</selection>"', "'<caret>'", '\'\\$ \\\' \\" \\\n \\u2318\'']
+    ]
+    RunAll.runAll(data) { List<String> entry ->
+      doCopyPasteTest(entry[0], entry[1], entry[2])
+    }.run()
+  }
+
   @Test
   void 'multiline paste'() {
     def from = '<selection>hi\nthere</selection>'
@@ -193,6 +204,22 @@ class GroovyCopyPasteStringTest extends GroovyLatestTest implements BaseTest {
     }.run()
   }
 
+  @Test
+  void 'multiline paste raw'() {
+    def from = '$/<selection>hi\nthere\\u2318</selection>/$'
+    def data = [
+      /'<caret>'/    : "'hi\\n' +\n        'there⌘'", // cannot paste raw
+      /'''<caret>'''/: "'''hi\nthere\\u2318'''",
+      /"<caret>"/    : '"hi\\n" +\n        "there⌘"', // cannot paste raw
+      /"""<caret>"""/: '"""hi\nthere\\u2318"""',
+      '/ <caret>/'   : '/ hi\nthere\\u2318/',
+      '$/<caret>/$'  : '$/hi\nthere\\u2318/$',
+    ]
+    RunAll.runAll(data) { to, expected ->
+      doCopyPasteTest(from, to, expected)
+    }.run()
+  }
+
   @Test
   void 'paste injection'() {
     def data = [