diff --git a/gnucash/register/register-gnome/gnucash-item-edit.c b/gnucash/register/register-gnome/gnucash-item-edit.c
index 3ea0de3103..9fb4f35c04 100644
--- a/gnucash/register/register-gnome/gnucash-item-edit.c
+++ b/gnucash/register/register-gnome/gnucash-item-edit.c
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@
 #include "gnucash-sheetP.h"
 #include "gnucash-style.h"
 
+#include "gnc-ui-util.h"
 
 /* The arguments we take */
 enum
@@ -398,7 +399,43 @@ gnc_item_edit_copy_clipboard (GncItemEdit *item_edit)
 void
 gnc_item_edit_paste_clipboard (GncItemEdit *item_edit)
 {
-    gtk_editable_paste_clipboard(GTK_EDITABLE(item_edit->editor));
+    GtkClipboard *clipboard = gtk_widget_get_clipboard (GTK_WIDGET(item_edit->editor),
+                                                        GDK_SELECTION_CLIPBOARD);
+    gchar *text = gtk_clipboard_wait_for_text (clipboard);
+    gchar *filtered_text;
+    gint start_pos, end_pos;
+    gint position;
+
+    if (!text)
+        return;
+
+    filtered_text = gnc_filter_text_for_control_chars (text);
+
+    if (!filtered_text)
+    {
+        g_free (text);
+        return;
+    }
+
+    position = gtk_editable_get_position (GTK_EDITABLE(item_edit->editor));
+
+    if (gtk_editable_get_selection_bounds (GTK_EDITABLE(item_edit->editor),
+                                           &start_pos, &end_pos))
+    {
+        position = start_pos;
+
+        gtk_editable_delete_selection (GTK_EDITABLE(item_edit->editor));
+        gtk_editable_insert_text (GTK_EDITABLE(item_edit->editor),
+                                  filtered_text, -1, &position);
+    }
+    else
+        gtk_editable_insert_text (GTK_EDITABLE(item_edit->editor),
+                                  filtered_text, -1, &position);
+
+    gtk_editable_set_position (GTK_EDITABLE(item_edit->editor), position);
+
+    g_free (text);
+    g_free (filtered_text);
 }
 
 
diff --git a/libgnucash/app-utils/gnc-ui-util.c b/libgnucash/app-utils/gnc-ui-util.c
index 8ab9dd7fb3..9fc8ae0b12 100644
--- a/libgnucash/app-utils/gnc-ui-util.c
+++ b/libgnucash/app-utils/gnc-ui-util.c
@@ -2663,3 +2663,67 @@ gnc_ui_util_remove_registered_prefs (void)
                                  GNC_PREF_AUTO_DECIMAL_PLACES,
                                  gnc_set_auto_decimal_places, NULL);
 }
+
+static gboolean
+unichar_is_cntrl (gunichar uc)
+{
+    if (uc < 0x20 || (uc > 0x7e && uc < 0xa0))
+        return TRUE;
+    else
+        return FALSE;
+}
+
+gchar *
+gnc_filter_text_for_control_chars (const gchar *text)
+{
+    gchar *normal_text, *nt;
+    GString *filtered;
+    gboolean cntrl = FALSE;
+    gboolean text_found = FALSE;
+
+    if (!text)
+        return NULL;
+
+    if (!g_utf8_validate (text, -1, NULL))
+        return NULL;
+
+    normal_text = g_utf8_normalize (text, -1, G_NORMALIZE_ALL_COMPOSE);
+
+    filtered = g_string_sized_new (strlen (normal_text) + 1);
+
+    nt = normal_text;
+
+    while (*nt)
+    {
+        gunichar uc = g_utf8_get_char (nt);
+
+        // check for starting with control characters
+        if (unichar_is_cntrl (uc) && !text_found)
+        {
+            nt = g_utf8_next_char (nt);
+            continue;
+        }
+        // check for alpha, num and punctuation
+        if (!unichar_is_cntrl (uc))
+        {
+            filtered = g_string_append_unichar (filtered, uc);
+            text_found = TRUE;
+        }
+        // check for control characters after text
+        if (unichar_is_cntrl (uc))
+            cntrl = TRUE;
+
+        nt = g_utf8_next_char (nt);
+
+        if (cntrl) // if control characters in text replace with space
+        {
+            gunichar uc2 = g_utf8_get_char (nt);
+
+            if (!unichar_is_cntrl (uc2))
+                filtered = g_string_append_unichar (filtered, ' ');
+        }
+        cntrl = FALSE;
+    }
+    g_free (normal_text);
+    return g_string_free (filtered, FALSE);
+}
diff --git a/libgnucash/app-utils/gnc-ui-util.h b/libgnucash/app-utils/gnc-ui-util.h
index 40c99f7e14..c400c06378 100644
--- a/libgnucash/app-utils/gnc-ui-util.h
+++ b/libgnucash/app-utils/gnc-ui-util.h
@@ -397,6 +397,15 @@ void gnc_ui_util_init (void);
 
 void gnc_ui_util_remove_registered_prefs (void);
 
+/** Returns the incoming text removed of control characters
+ *
+ * @param incoming_text The text to filter
+ *
+ * @return The incoming text filtered of control characters to be
+ *         freed by the caller.
+*/
+gchar * gnc_filter_text_for_control_chars (const gchar *incoming_text);
+
 #endif
 /** @} */
 /** @} */