diff --git a/Modules/ImageStatisticsUI/Qmitk/QmitkImageStatisticsWidget.cpp b/Modules/ImageStatisticsUI/Qmitk/QmitkImageStatisticsWidget.cpp
index fccfc2a93b..8c4625a82c 100644
--- a/Modules/ImageStatisticsUI/Qmitk/QmitkImageStatisticsWidget.cpp
+++ b/Modules/ImageStatisticsUI/Qmitk/QmitkImageStatisticsWidget.cpp
@@ -1,82 +1,92 @@
 /*===================================================================
 
 The Medical Imaging Interaction Toolkit (MITK)
 
 Copyright (c) German Cancer Research Center,
 Division of Medical and Biological Informatics.
 All rights reserved.
 
 This software is distributed WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without
 even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR
 A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
 
 See LICENSE.txt or http://www.mitk.org for details.
 
 ===================================================================*/
 
 #include "QmitkImageStatisticsWidget.h"
 
+#include "QmitkTableModelToStringConverter.h"
+
 #include <QSortFilterProxyModel>
+#include <QClipboard>
 
 QmitkImageStatisticsWidget::QmitkImageStatisticsWidget(QWidget* parent) : QWidget(parent)
 {
   m_Controls.setupUi(this);
   m_imageStatisticsModel = new QmitkImageStatisticsTableModel(parent);
   m_Controls.checkBox4dCompleteTable->setVisible(false);
   CreateConnections();
 }
 
 void QmitkImageStatisticsWidget::SetStatistics(const std::vector<mitk::StatisticsContainer::ConstPointer>& sc)
 {
   m_imageStatisticsModel->SetStatistics(sc);
   QSortFilterProxyModel *proxyModel = new QSortFilterProxyModel(this);
   proxyModel->setSourceModel(m_imageStatisticsModel);
   m_Controls.tableViewStatistics->setModel(proxyModel);
   m_Controls.tableViewStatistics->resizeColumnsToContents();
   m_Controls.tableViewStatistics->resizeRowsToContents();
   EnableAllGUIElements();
 }
 
 void QmitkImageStatisticsWidget::SetImageNodes(const std::vector<mitk::DataNode::ConstPointer>& nodes)
 {
   m_imageStatisticsModel->SetImageNodes(nodes);
 }
 
 void QmitkImageStatisticsWidget::SetMaskNodes(const std::vector<mitk::DataNode::ConstPointer>& nodes)
 {
   m_imageStatisticsModel->SetMaskNodes(nodes);
 }
 
 void QmitkImageStatisticsWidget::Reset()
 {
   DisableAllGUIElements();
   m_imageStatisticsModel->Clear();
 }
 
 void QmitkImageStatisticsWidget::CreateConnections()
 {
 	connect(m_Controls.buttonCopyImageStatisticsToClipboard, &QPushButton::clicked, this, &QmitkImageStatisticsWidget::OnClipboardButtonClicked);
 }
 
 void QmitkImageStatisticsWidget::EnableAllGUIElements()
 {
 	this->setEnabled(true);
-  //temporarily disabled because clipboard functionality is not implemented yet
-  //m_Controls.buttonCopyImageStatisticsToClipboard->setEnabled(true);
+  m_Controls.buttonCopyImageStatisticsToClipboard->setEnabled(true);
+  //temporarily disabled because 4D clipboard functionality is not implemented yet
   //m_Controls.checkBox4dCompleteTable->setEnabled(true);
   m_Controls.tableViewStatistics->setEnabled(true);
   m_Controls.groupBoxStatistics->setEnabled(true);
 }
 
 void QmitkImageStatisticsWidget::DisableAllGUIElements()
 {
   this->setEnabled(false);
   m_Controls.buttonCopyImageStatisticsToClipboard->setEnabled(false);
   m_Controls.checkBox4dCompleteTable->setEnabled(false);
   m_Controls.tableViewStatistics->setEnabled(false);
   m_Controls.groupBoxStatistics->setEnabled(false);
 }
 
 void QmitkImageStatisticsWidget::OnClipboardButtonClicked()
 {
+  QmitkTableModelToStringConverter converter;
+  converter.SetTableModel(m_imageStatisticsModel);
+  converter.SetIncludeHeaderData(true);
+  converter.SetColumnDelimiter('\t');
+
+  QString clipboardAsString = converter.GetString();
+  QApplication::clipboard()->setText(clipboardAsString, QClipboard::Clipboard);
 }