diff --git a/src/SFML/Window/Win32/ClipboardImpl.cpp b/src/SFML/Window/Win32/ClipboardImpl.cpp
index 6b133ed6e..f81bd2ee2 100644
--- a/src/SFML/Window/Win32/ClipboardImpl.cpp
+++ b/src/SFML/Window/Win32/ClipboardImpl.cpp
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@
 #include <SFML/System/Win32/WindowsHeader.hpp>
 
 #include <ostream>
+#include <string_view>
 
 #include <cstring>
 
@@ -65,7 +66,8 @@ String ClipboardImpl::getString()
         return text;
     }
 
-    text = String(static_cast<wchar_t*>(GlobalLock(clipboardHandle)));
+    const std::u16string_view string(static_cast<const char16_t*>(GlobalLock(clipboardHandle)));
+    text = String::fromUtf16(string.begin(), string.end());
     GlobalUnlock(clipboardHandle);
 
     CloseClipboard();
@@ -90,10 +92,11 @@ void ClipboardImpl::setString(const String& text)
     }
 
     // Create a Win32-compatible string
-    const std::size_t stringSize = (text.getSize() + 1) * sizeof(WCHAR);
+    const auto        string     = text.toUtf16();
+    const std::size_t stringSize = (string.size() + 1) * sizeof(char16_t);
     if (const HANDLE stringHandle = GlobalAlloc(GMEM_MOVEABLE, stringSize))
     {
-        std::memcpy(GlobalLock(stringHandle), text.toWideString().data(), stringSize);
+        std::memcpy(GlobalLock(stringHandle), string.data(), stringSize);
         GlobalUnlock(stringHandle);
         SetClipboardData(CF_UNICODETEXT, stringHandle);
     }
diff --git a/test/Window/Clipboard.test.cpp b/test/Window/Clipboard.test.cpp
index 68200a321..47fcc8e3f 100644
--- a/test/Window/Clipboard.test.cpp
+++ b/test/Window/Clipboard.test.cpp
@@ -12,12 +12,32 @@ TEST_CASE("[Window] sf::Clipboard", runDisplayTests())
     // Capture current clipboard state
     const auto currentClipboard = sf::Clipboard::getString();
 
-    SECTION("Set/get string")
+    sf::String string;
+
+    SECTION("ASCII")
     {
-        sf::Clipboard::setString("Welcome to SFML!");
-        CHECK(sf::Clipboard::getString() == "Welcome to SFML!");
+        string = "Snail";
     }
 
+    SECTION("Latin1")
+    {
+        string = U"Limacé";
+    }
+
+    SECTION("Basic Multilingual Plane")
+    {
+        string = U"カタツムリ";
+    }
+
+    SECTION("Emoji")
+    {
+        string = U"🐌";
+    }
+
+    INFO("String: " << reinterpret_cast<const char*>(string.toUtf8().c_str()));
+    sf::Clipboard::setString(string);
+    CHECK(sf::Clipboard::getString() == string);
+
     // Restore clipboard
     sf::Clipboard::setString(currentClipboard);