diff --git a/lib/src/extended_editable_text.dart b/lib/src/extended_editable_text.dart
index 4e417a7..5603faa 100644
--- a/lib/src/extended_editable_text.dart
+++ b/lib/src/extended_editable_text.dart
@@ -183,6 +183,7 @@ class ExtendedEditableText extends StatefulWidget {
     this.enableIMEPersonalizedLearning = true,
     this.showToolbarInWeb = false,
     this.scribbleEnabled = true,
+    this.customPasteAction = false,
   })  : assert(controller != null),
         assert(focusNode != null),
         assert(obscuringCharacter != null && obscuringCharacter.length == 1),
@@ -1035,6 +1036,9 @@ class ExtendedEditableText extends StatefulWidget {
   /// {@macro flutter.services.TextInputConfiguration.enableIMEPersonalizedLearning}
   final bool enableIMEPersonalizedLearning;
 
+  ///Set to True if you want to monitor keyboard paste operations externally and handle them yourself
+  final bool customPasteAction;
+
   // Infer the keyboard type of an `EditableText` if it's not specified.
   static TextInputType _inferKeyboardType({
     required Iterable<String>? autofillHints,
@@ -1410,7 +1414,7 @@ class ExtendedEditableTextState extends State<ExtendedEditableText>
   /// Paste text from [Clipboard].
   @override
   Future<void> pasteText(SelectionChangedCause cause) async {
-    if (widget.readOnly) {
+    if (widget.readOnly || widget.customPasteAction) {
       return;
     }
     final TextSelection selection = textEditingValue.selection;
diff --git a/lib/src/extended_text_field.dart b/lib/src/extended_text_field.dart
index 3fa51cd..3e89889 100644
--- a/lib/src/extended_text_field.dart
+++ b/lib/src/extended_text_field.dart
@@ -246,6 +246,7 @@ class ExtendedTextField extends StatefulWidget {
     this.scribbleEnabled = true,
     this.enableIMEPersonalizedLearning = true,
     this.shouldShowSelectionHandles,
+    this.customPasteAction = false,
     this.textSelectionGestureDetectorBuilder,
   })  : assert(textAlign != null),
         assert(readOnly != null),
@@ -704,6 +705,9 @@ class ExtendedTextField extends StatefulWidget {
   /// {@macro flutter.services.TextInputConfiguration.enableIMEPersonalizedLearning}
   final bool enableIMEPersonalizedLearning;
 
+  ///Set to True if you want to monitor keyboard paste operations externally and handle them yourself
+  final bool customPasteAction;
+
   @override
   ExtendedTextFieldState createState() => ExtendedTextFieldState();
 
@@ -1357,6 +1361,7 @@ class ExtendedTextFieldState extends State<ExtendedTextField>
           scribbleEnabled: widget.scribbleEnabled,
           enableIMEPersonalizedLearning: widget.enableIMEPersonalizedLearning,
           showToolbarInWeb: _selectionGestureDetectorBuilder.showToolbarInWeb,
+          customPasteAction: widget.customPasteAction,
         ),
       ),
     );