diff --git a/src/Gui/ReportView.cpp b/src/Gui/ReportView.cpp
index 7ea9c065b3..f933554c73 100644
--- a/src/Gui/ReportView.cpp
+++ b/src/Gui/ReportView.cpp
@@ -457,6 +457,17 @@ void ReportOutput::customEvent ( QEvent* ev )
     }
 }
 
+
+bool ReportOutput::event(QEvent* event)
+{
+    if (event && event->type() == QEvent::ShortcutOverride) {
+        QKeyEvent * kevent = static_cast<QKeyEvent*>(event);
+        if (kevent == QKeySequence::Copy)
+            kevent->accept();
+    }
+    return QTextEdit::event(event);
+}
+
 void ReportOutput::changeEvent(QEvent *ev)
 {
     if (ev->type() == QEvent::StyleChange) {
@@ -479,12 +490,11 @@ void ReportOutput::contextMenuEvent ( QContextMenuEvent * e )
     bool bShowOnWarn = hGrp->GetBool("checkShowReportViewOnWarning",true);
     bool bShowOnError = hGrp->GetBool("checkShowReportViewOnError",true);
 
-    QMenu* menu = createStandardContextMenu();
-    QAction* first = menu->actions().front();
+    QMenu* menu = new QMenu(this);
     QMenu* optionMenu = new QMenu( menu );
     optionMenu->setTitle(tr("Options"));
-    menu->insertMenu(first, optionMenu);
-    menu->insertSeparator(first);
+    menu->addMenu(optionMenu);
+    menu->addSeparator();
 
     QMenu* displayMenu = new QMenu(optionMenu);
     displayMenu->setTitle(tr("Display message types"));
@@ -541,6 +551,19 @@ void ReportOutput::contextMenuEvent ( QContextMenuEvent * e )
     botAct->setCheckable(true);
     botAct->setChecked(gotoEnd);
 
+    // Use Qt's internal translation of the Copy & Select All commands
+    const char* context = "QWidgetTextControl";
+    QString copyStr = QCoreApplication::translate(context, "&Copy");
+    QAction* copy = menu->addAction(copyStr, this, SLOT(copy()), QKeySequence(QKeySequence::Copy));
+    copy->setEnabled(textCursor().hasSelection());
+    QIcon icon = QIcon::fromTheme(QString::fromLatin1("edit-copy"));
+    if (!icon.isNull())
+        copy->setIcon(icon);
+
+    menu->addSeparator();
+    QString selectStr = QCoreApplication::translate(context, "Select All");
+    menu->addAction(selectStr, this, SLOT(selectAll()), QKeySequence(QKeySequence::SelectAll));
+
     menu->addAction(tr("Clear"), this, SLOT(clear()));
     menu->addSeparator();
     menu->addAction(tr("Save As..."), this, SLOT(onSaveAs()));
diff --git a/src/Gui/ReportView.h b/src/Gui/ReportView.h
index d3b204e5b7..58b03c8a46 100644
--- a/src/Gui/ReportView.h
+++ b/src/Gui/ReportView.h
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@
 #include <QDockWidget>
 #include "DockWindow.h"
 #include "Window.h"
+#include <FCGlobal.h>
 
 class QTabWidget;
 
@@ -159,6 +160,8 @@ protected:
     void changeEvent(QEvent *) override;
     /** Pops up the context menu with some extensions */
     void contextMenuEvent ( QContextMenuEvent* e ) override;
+    /** Handle shortcut override events */
+    bool event(QEvent* event) override;
 
 public Q_SLOTS:
     /** Save the report messages into a file. */