diff --git a/editors/js/tinymce-3.js b/editors/js/tinymce-3.js
index b38f523..cdfbde3 100644
--- a/editors/js/tinymce-3.js
+++ b/editors/js/tinymce-3.js
@@ -46,6 +46,14 @@ Drupal.wysiwyg.editor.init.tinymce = function(settings) {
 Drupal.wysiwyg.editor.attach.tinymce = function(context, params, settings) {
   // Configure editor settings for this input format.
   var ed = new tinymce.Editor(params.field, settings);
+  // Activate the "Paste as Plain Text" button by default if the appropriate setting (paste_text_sticky) is chosen
+  if (ed.settings.paste_text_sticky) {
+    ed.onInit.add(function() {
+      if (!ed.settings.readonly) {
+        ed.pasteAsPlainText = true;
+      }
+    });
+  }
   // Reset active instance id on any event.
   ed.onEvent.add(function(ed, e) {
     Drupal.wysiwyg.activeId = ed.id;
diff --git a/editors/tinymce.inc b/editors/tinymce.inc
index a7250f3..dbad2fd 100644
--- a/editors/tinymce.inc
+++ b/editors/tinymce.inc
@@ -171,6 +171,9 @@ function wysiwyg_tinymce_settings($editor, $config, $theme) {
   if (isset($config['paste_auto_cleanup_on_paste'])) {
     $settings['paste_auto_cleanup_on_paste'] = $config['paste_auto_cleanup_on_paste'];
   }
+  if (isset($config['paste_text_sticky'])) {
+    $settings['paste_text_sticky'] = true;
+  }
   if (isset($config['preformatted'])) {
     $settings['preformatted'] = $config['preformatted'];
   }
diff --git a/wysiwyg.admin.inc b/wysiwyg.admin.inc
index 510e1e3..2925e2b 100644
--- a/wysiwyg.admin.inc
+++ b/wysiwyg.admin.inc
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@ function wysiwyg_profile_form($form, &$form_state, $profile) {
     'remove_linebreaks' => TRUE,
     'apply_source_formatting' => FALSE,
     'paste_auto_cleanup_on_paste' => FALSE,
+    'paste_text_sticky' => FALSE,
     'css_setting' => 'theme',
     'css_path' => NULL,
     'css_classes' => NULL,
@@ -249,6 +250,16 @@ function wysiwyg_profile_form($form, &$form_state, $profile) {
     '#description' => t('If enabled, the default paste function (CTRL-V or SHIFT-INS) behaves like the "paste from word" plugin function.'),
   );
 
+  if ($profile->editor == 'tinymce') {
+    $form['output']['paste_text_sticky'] = array(
+      '#type' => 'checkbox',
+      '#title' => t('Activate "Paste as Plain Text" button and make it sticky'),
+      '#default_value' => $profile->settings['paste_text_sticky'],
+      '#return_value' => 1,
+      '#description' => t('If enabled, the "Paste as Plain Text" is activated by default and doesn\'t deactivate after text is pasted.'),
+    );
+  }
+
   $form['css'] = array(
     '#type' => 'fieldset',
     '#title' => t('CSS'),