diff --git a/CONTRIBUTORS b/CONTRIBUTORS
index 92fa12da3..033c30a3e 100644
--- a/CONTRIBUTORS
+++ b/CONTRIBUTORS
@@ -219,6 +219,7 @@ Jakub Fidler <jakub.fidler@protonmail.com>
 Valerie Enfys <val@unidentified.systems>
 Julien Chol <https://github.com/chel-ou>
 ikkz <ylei.mk@gmail.com>
+derivativeoflog7 <https://github.com/derivativeoflog7>
 rreemmii-dev <https://github.com/rreemmii-dev>
 babofitos <https://github.com/babofitos>
 
diff --git a/qt/aqt/profiles.py b/qt/aqt/profiles.py
index 817e00139..d92d7f59f 100644
--- a/qt/aqt/profiles.py
+++ b/qt/aqt/profiles.py
@@ -94,6 +94,8 @@ metaConf = dict(
     defaultLang=None,
 )
 
+# Old Anki versions expected these keys to exist. Don't add new ones here - it's better practice
+# to always use profile.get(..., defaultValue) instead, as keys may be missing.
 profileConf: dict[str, Any] = dict(
     # profile
     mainWindowGeom=None,
@@ -698,6 +700,12 @@ create table if not exists profiles
     def set_current_sync_url(self, url: str | None) -> None:
         self.profile["currentSyncUrl"] = url
 
+    def middle_click_paste_enabled(self) -> bool:
+        return self.profile.get("middleClickPasteEnabled", True)
+
+    def set_middle_click_paste_enabled(self, val: bool) -> None:
+        self.profile["middleClickPasteEnabled"] = val
+
     def custom_sync_url(self) -> str | None:
         """A custom server provided by the user."""
         return self.profile.get("customSyncUrl")
diff --git a/qt/aqt/webview.py b/qt/aqt/webview.py
index b5b50ad72..f8ea04247 100644
--- a/qt/aqt/webview.py
+++ b/qt/aqt/webview.py
@@ -350,8 +350,11 @@ class AnkiWebView(QWebEngineView):
             isinstance(evt, QMouseEvent)
             and evt.type() == QEvent.Type.MouseButtonRelease
         ):
+            from aqt import mw
+
             if evt.button() == Qt.MouseButton.MiddleButton and is_lin:
-                self.onMiddleClickPaste()
+                if mw.pm.middle_click_paste_enabled():
+                    self.onMiddleClickPaste()
                 return True
 
         return False