diff --git a/app/internal/window/os_wayland.go b/app/internal/window/os_wayland.go
index cee2128c..0bc37c23 100644
--- a/app/internal/window/os_wayland.go
+++ b/app/internal/window/os_wayland.go
@@ -282,6 +282,9 @@ func (d *wlDisplay) readClipboard() (io.ReadCloser, error) {
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
+	// wl_data_offer_receive performs and implicit dup(2) of the write end
+	// of the pipe. Close our version.
+	defer w.Close()
 	cmimeType := C.CString(s.mimeType)
 	defer C.free(unsafe.Pointer(cmimeType))
 	C.wl_data_offer_receive(s.clipboard, cmimeType, C.int(w.Fd()))