diff --git a/src/renderer/components/open-torrent-address-modal.js b/src/renderer/components/open-torrent-address-modal.js
index 01cb5a04..4e478736 100644
--- a/src/renderer/components/open-torrent-address-modal.js
+++ b/src/renderer/components/open-torrent-address-modal.js
@@ -1,8 +1,10 @@
 const React = require('react')
 const TextField = require('material-ui/TextField').default
+const { clipboard } = require('electron')
 
 const ModalOKCancel = require('./modal-ok-cancel')
 const { dispatch, dispatcher } = require('../lib/dispatcher')
+const { isMagnetLink } = require('../lib/torrent-player')
 
 module.exports = class OpenTorrentAddressModal extends React.Component {
   render () {
@@ -30,6 +32,12 @@ module.exports = class OpenTorrentAddressModal extends React.Component {
 
   componentDidMount () {
     this.torrentURL.input.focus()
+    const clipboardContent = clipboard.readText()
+
+    if (isMagnetLink(clipboardContent)) {
+      this.torrentURL.input.value = clipboardContent
+      this.torrentURL.input.select()
+    }
   }
 }
 
diff --git a/src/renderer/lib/torrent-player.js b/src/renderer/lib/torrent-player.js
index ab0e9702..3e8d1403 100644
--- a/src/renderer/lib/torrent-player.js
+++ b/src/renderer/lib/torrent-player.js
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ module.exports = {
   isVideo,
   isAudio,
   isTorrent,
+  isMagnetLink,
   isPlayableTorrentSummary
 }
 
@@ -31,9 +32,15 @@ function isAudio (file) {
 // - a file object where obj.name is ends in .torrent
 // - a string that's a magnet link (magnet://...)
 function isTorrent (file) {
-  const isTorrentFile = getFileExtension(file) === '.torrent'
-  const isMagnet = typeof file === 'string' && /^(stream-)?magnet:/.test(file)
-  return isTorrentFile || isMagnet
+  return isTorrentFile(file) || isMagnetLink(file)
+}
+
+function isTorrentFile (file) {
+  return getFileExtension(file) === '.torrent'
+}
+
+function isMagnetLink (link) {
+  return typeof link === 'string' && /^(stream-)?magnet:/.test(link)
 }
 
 function getFileExtension (file) {