diff --git a/test/integration/copy_paste_spec.js b/test/integration/copy_paste_spec.js
index 721cfe585100e9..1e64c402270e3d 100644
--- a/test/integration/copy_paste_spec.js
+++ b/test/integration/copy_paste_spec.js
@@ -145,6 +145,7 @@ describe("Copy and paste", () => {
       );
     });
   });
+
   describe("Copy/paste and ligatures", () => {
     let pages;
 
@@ -197,4 +198,52 @@ describe("Copy and paste", () => {
       );
     });
   });
+
+  describe("Copy event", () => {
+    let pages;
+
+    beforeAll(async () => {
+      pages = await loadAndWait(
+        "tracemonkey.pdf",
+        ".textLayer .endOfContent",
+        100,
+        async page => {
+          await page.waitForFunction(
+            () => !!window.PDFViewerApplication.eventBus
+          );
+          await waitForTextLayer(page);
+        }
+      );
+    });
+
+    afterAll(async () => {
+      await closePages(pages);
+    });
+
+    it("must check that the copy event is not stolen (bug 1857823)", async () => {
+      await Promise.all(
+        pages.map(async ([browserName, page]) => {
+          await page.evaluate(async () => {
+            const promise = new Promise(resolve => {
+              document.addEventListener("selectionchange", resolve, {
+                once: true,
+              });
+            });
+            const range = document.createRange();
+            const span = document.querySelector(".textLayer span");
+            range.selectNode(span);
+            const selection = window.getSelection();
+            selection.addRange(range);
+            await promise;
+          });
+
+          const promise = waitForEvent(page, "copy", 300000);
+          await page.keyboard.down("Control");
+          await page.keyboard.press("c");
+          await page.keyboard.up("Control");
+          await promise;
+        })
+      );
+    });
+  });
 });
diff --git a/web/text_layer_builder.js b/web/text_layer_builder.js
index e9db36e949bf19..5e36593d101e00 100644
--- a/web/text_layer_builder.js
+++ b/web/text_layer_builder.js
@@ -218,17 +218,21 @@ class TextLayerBuilder {
       end.classList.remove("active");
     });
 
-    div.addEventListener("copy", event => {
-      if (!this.#enablePermissions) {
-        const selection = document.getSelection();
-        event.clipboardData.setData(
-          "text/plain",
-          removeNullCharacters(normalizeUnicode(selection.toString()))
-        );
-      }
-      event.preventDefault();
-      event.stopPropagation();
-    });
+    div.addEventListener(
+      "copy",
+      event => {
+        if (!this.#enablePermissions) {
+          const selection = document.getSelection();
+          event.clipboardData.setData(
+            "text/plain",
+            removeNullCharacters(normalizeUnicode(selection.toString()))
+          );
+        }
+      },
+      // Capture the event in order to be sure that the copy event has the
+      // correct value.
+      { capture: true, passive: true }
+    );
   }
 }