diff --git a/repos/os/src/server/clipboard/main.cc b/repos/os/src/server/clipboard/main.cc
index 0d8b2e80b3..30b00d07d9 100644
--- a/repos/os/src/server/clipboard/main.cc
+++ b/repos/os/src/server/clipboard/main.cc
@@ -76,15 +76,11 @@ struct Clipboard::Main : Rom::Module::Read_policy, Rom::Module::Write_policy
 
 	Genode::Attached_rom_dataspace _config { _env, "config" };
 
-	bool _verbose_config()
-	{
-		char const *attr = "verbose";
-		return _config.xml().attribute_value(attr, false);
-	}
-
-	bool verbose { _verbose_config() };
+	bool _verbose      = false;
+	bool _match_labels = false;
 
 	typedef Genode::String<100> Domain;
+	typedef Genode::String<100> Label;
 
 	Genode::Attached_rom_dataspace _focus_ds { _env, "focus" };
 
@@ -94,6 +90,7 @@ struct Clipboard::Main : Rom::Module::Read_policy, Rom::Module::Write_policy
 		{ _env.ep(), *this, &Main::_handle_focus };
 
 	Domain _focused_domain { };
+	Label  _focused_label  { };
 
 	/**
 	 * Handle configuration changes
@@ -101,7 +98,8 @@ struct Clipboard::Main : Rom::Module::Read_policy, Rom::Module::Write_policy
 	void _handle_config()
 	{
 		_config.update();
-		verbose = _verbose_config();
+		_verbose      = _config.xml().attribute_value("verbose",      false);
+		_match_labels = _config.xml().attribute_value("match_labels", false);
 	}
 
 	/**
@@ -114,14 +112,14 @@ struct Clipboard::Main : Rom::Module::Read_policy, Rom::Module::Write_policy
 		_focus_ds.update();
 
 		_focused_domain = Domain();
+		_focused_label  = Label();
 
-		try {
-			Genode::Xml_node focus(_focus_ds.local_addr<char>(), _focus_ds.size());
+		Genode::Xml_node const focus = _focus_ds.xml();
 
-			if (focus.attribute_value("active", false))
-				_focused_domain = focus.attribute_value("domain", Domain());
-
-		} catch (...) { }
+		if (focus.attribute_value("active", false)) {
+			_focused_domain = focus.attribute_value("domain", Domain());
+			_focused_label  = focus.attribute_value("label",  Label());
+		}
 	}
 
 	Domain _domain(Genode::Session_label const &label) const
@@ -135,20 +133,30 @@ struct Clipboard::Main : Rom::Module::Read_policy, Rom::Module::Write_policy
 		return Domain();
 	}
 
-	Domain _domain(Rom::Reader const &reader) const
+	Label _label(Rom::Reader const &reader) const
 	{
 		Rom::Session_component const &rom_session =
 			static_cast<Rom::Session_component const &>(reader);
 
-		return _domain(rom_session.label());
+		return rom_session.label();
 	}
 
-	Domain _domain(Rom::Writer const &writer) const
+	Domain _domain(Rom::Reader const &reader) const
+	{
+		return _domain(_label(reader));
+	}
+
+	Label _label(Rom::Writer const &writer) const
 	{
 		Report::Session_component const &report_session =
 			static_cast<Report::Session_component const &>(writer);
 
-		return _domain(report_session.label());
+		return report_session.label();
+	}
+
+	Domain _domain(Rom::Writer const &writer) const
+	{
+		return _domain(_label(writer));
 	}
 
 	bool _flow_defined(Domain const &from, Domain const &to) const
@@ -175,6 +183,39 @@ struct Clipboard::Main : Rom::Module::Read_policy, Rom::Module::Write_policy
 		return result;
 	}
 
+	bool _client_label_matches_focus(Genode::Session_label const &label) const
+	{
+		using namespace Genode;
+
+		/*
+		 * The client label has the suffix " -> clipboard". Strip off this
+		 * part to make the label comparable with the label of the client's
+		 * nitpicker session (which has of course no such suffix).
+		 */
+		char   const *suffix     = " -> clipboard";
+		size_t const  suffix_len = strlen(suffix);
+
+		if (label.length() < suffix_len + 1)
+			return false;
+
+		size_t const truncated_label_len = label.length() - suffix_len - 1;
+
+		Session_label const
+			truncated_label(Cstring(label.string(), truncated_label_len));
+
+		/*
+		 * We accept any subsystem of the client to have the nitpicker focus.
+		 * E.g., a multi-window application may have multiple nitpicker
+		 * sessions, one for each window. The labels of all of those nitpicker
+		 * session share the first part with application's clipboard label.
+		 */
+		bool const focus_lies_in_client_subsystem =
+			!strcmp(_focused_label.string(), truncated_label.string(),
+			        truncated_label_len);
+
+		return focus_lies_in_client_subsystem;
+	}
+
 	/**
 	 * Rom::Module::Read_policy interface
 	 */
@@ -185,6 +226,9 @@ struct Clipboard::Main : Rom::Module::Read_policy, Rom::Module::Write_policy
 		Domain const from_domain = _domain(writer);
 		Domain const to_domain   = _domain(reader);
 
+		if (_match_labels && !_client_label_matches_focus(_label(reader)))
+			return false;
+
 		if (from_domain == to_domain)
 			return true;
 
@@ -194,14 +238,16 @@ struct Clipboard::Main : Rom::Module::Read_policy, Rom::Module::Write_policy
 		return false;
 	}
 
-
 	/**
 	 * Rom::Module::Write_policy interface
 	 */
 	bool write_permitted(Rom::Module const &module,
 	                     Rom::Writer const &writer) const override
 	{
-		if (_focused_domain.valid() && _domain(writer) == _focused_domain)
+		bool const domain_matches =
+			_focused_domain.valid() && _domain(writer) == _focused_domain;
+
+		if ((!_match_labels || _client_label_matches_focus(_label(writer))) && domain_matches)
 			return true;
 
 		warning("unexpected attempt by '", writer.label(), "' "
@@ -212,11 +258,12 @@ struct Clipboard::Main : Rom::Module::Read_policy, Rom::Module::Write_policy
 
 	Rom::Registry _rom_registry { _env.ram(), _env.rm(), *this, *this };
 
-	Report::Root report_root = { _env, _sliced_heap, _rom_registry, verbose };
+	Report::Root report_root = { _env, _sliced_heap, _rom_registry, _verbose };
 	Rom   ::Root    rom_root = { _env, _sliced_heap, _rom_registry };
 
 	Main(Genode::Env &env) : _env(env)
 	{
+		_handle_config();
 		_focus_ds.sigh(_focus_handler);
 
 		_handle_focus();