diff --git a/repos/gems/recipes/pkg/motif_wm/runtime b/repos/gems/recipes/pkg/motif_wm/runtime
index c01a56275..b963b61c9 100644
--- a/repos/gems/recipes/pkg/motif_wm/runtime
+++ b/repos/gems/recipes/pkg/motif_wm/runtime
@@ -1,8 +1,15 @@
 <runtime ram="40M" caps="1000" binary="init" config="wm.config">
 
-	<requires> <nitpicker/> <timer/> </requires>
+	<requires>
+		<nitpicker label="focus"/>
+		<nitpicker/>
+		<report label="shape"/>
+		<report label="clipboard"/>
+		<rom    label="clipboard"/>
+		<timer/>
+	</requires>
 
-	<provides> <nitpicker/> </provides>
+	<provides> <nitpicker/> <report/> <rom/> </provides>
 
 	<content>
 		<rom label="ld.lib.so"/>
diff --git a/repos/gems/recipes/pkg/themed_wm/runtime b/repos/gems/recipes/pkg/themed_wm/runtime
index 8bff9dca6..39f04e7e5 100644
--- a/repos/gems/recipes/pkg/themed_wm/runtime
+++ b/repos/gems/recipes/pkg/themed_wm/runtime
@@ -3,11 +3,13 @@
 	<requires>
 		<nitpicker label="focus"/>
 		<nitpicker/>
-		<report/>
+		<report label="shape"/>
+		<report label="clipboard"/>
+		<rom    label="clipboard"/>
 		<timer/>
 	</requires>
 
-	<provides> <nitpicker/> <report/> </provides>
+	<provides> <nitpicker/> <report/> <rom/> </provides>
 
 	<content>
 		<rom label="ld.lib.so"/>
diff --git a/repos/gems/recipes/pkg/wm/runtime b/repos/gems/recipes/pkg/wm/runtime
index 76bfe5f31..9c92c01a9 100644
--- a/repos/gems/recipes/pkg/wm/runtime
+++ b/repos/gems/recipes/pkg/wm/runtime
@@ -3,7 +3,9 @@
 	<requires>
 		<nitpicker label="focus"/>
 		<nitpicker/>
-		<report/>
+		<report label="shape"/>
+		<report label="clipboard"/>
+		<rom    label="clipboard"/>
 		<timer/>
 	</requires>
 
diff --git a/repos/gems/recipes/raw/motif_wm/wm.config b/repos/gems/recipes/raw/motif_wm/wm.config
index 0296db990..065156753 100644
--- a/repos/gems/recipes/raw/motif_wm/wm.config
+++ b/repos/gems/recipes/raw/motif_wm/wm.config
@@ -19,7 +19,11 @@
 		<default-policy> <child name="wm"/> </default-policy>
 	</service>
 
-	<service name="Report"> <!-- for reporting 'shape' reports through the wm -->
+	<service name="Report"> <!-- for reporting 'shape' and 'clipboard' reports through the wm -->
+		<default-policy> <child name="wm"/> </default-policy>
+	</service>
+
+	<service name="ROM"> <!-- for accessing 'clipboard' ROMs through the wm -->
 		<default-policy> <child name="wm"/> </default-policy>
 	</service>
 
@@ -45,7 +49,7 @@
 	<start name="wm" caps="250">
 		<resource name="RAM" quantum="6M"/>
 		<provides>
-			<service name="Nitpicker"/> <service name="Report"/>
+			<service name="Nitpicker"/> <service name="Report"/> <service name="ROM"/>
 		</provides>
 		<config>
 			<policy label_prefix="decorator" role="decorator"/>
@@ -56,6 +60,8 @@
 			<service name="ROM" label="resize_request"> <child name="report_rom"/> </service>
 			<service name="ROM" label="focus">          <child name="report_rom"/> </service>
 			<service name="Report" label_last="shape">  <parent/> </service>
+			<service name="Report" label_last="clipboard"> <parent/> </service>
+			<service name="ROM"    label_last="clipboard"> <parent/> </service>
 			<service name="Report">                     <child name="report_rom"/> </service>
 			<service name="Nitpicker" label=""> <parent label="focus"/> </service>
 			<any-service>
@@ -75,9 +81,9 @@
 			<service name="ROM" label="decorator_margins"> <child name="report_rom"/> </service>
 			<service name="ROM" label="rules">             <child name="report_rom"/> </service>
 			<service name="Report">                        <child name="report_rom"/> </service>
-			<any-service>
-				<child name="wm"/> <parent/> <any-child/>
-			</any-service>
+			<service name="Nitpicker"> <child name="wm"/> </service>
+
+			<any-service> <parent/> <any-child/> </any-service>
 		</route>
 	</start>
 
@@ -92,10 +98,9 @@
 			<service name="ROM"    label="pointer">           <child name="report_rom"/> </service>
 			<service name="Report" label="decorator_margins"> <child name="report_rom"/> </service>
 			<service name="Report" label="hover">             <child name="report_rom"/> </service>
+			<service name="Nitpicker"> <child name="wm"/> </service>
 
-			<any-service>
-				<child name="wm"/> <parent/> <any-child/>
-			</any-service>
+			<any-service> <parent/> <any-child/> </any-service>
 		</route>
 	</start>
 </config>
diff --git a/repos/gems/recipes/raw/wm/wm.config b/repos/gems/recipes/raw/wm/wm.config
index 862bf4f98..080f5dc4e 100644
--- a/repos/gems/recipes/raw/wm/wm.config
+++ b/repos/gems/recipes/raw/wm/wm.config
@@ -20,36 +20,39 @@
 	</service>
 
 	<service name="ROM">
-		<policy label_suffix="layouter -> window_list">
+		<policy label_suffix=" -> window_list">
 			<child name="report_rom" label="layouter -> window_list"/> </policy>
-		<policy label_suffix="layouter -> focus_request">
+		<policy label_suffix=" -> focus_request">
 			<child name="report_rom" label="layouter -> focus_request"/> </policy>
-		<policy label_suffix="layouter -> hover">
+		<policy label_suffix=" -> hover">
 			<child name="report_rom" label="layouter -> hover"/> </policy>
-		<policy label_suffix="layouter -> decorator_margins">
+		<policy label_suffix=" -> decorator_margins">
 			<child name="report_rom" label="layouter -> decorator_margins"/> </policy>
-		<policy label_suffix="layouter -> rules">
+		<policy label_suffix=" -> rules">
 			<child name="report_rom" label="layouter -> rules"/> </policy>
-		<policy label_suffix="decorator -> window_layout">
+		<policy label_suffix=" -> window_layout">
 			<child name="report_rom" label="decorator -> window_layout"/> </policy>
-		<policy label_suffix="decorator -> pointer">
+		<policy label_suffix=" -> pointer">
 			<child name="report_rom" label="decorator -> pointer"/> </policy>
+		<policy label_suffix=" -> clipboard">
+			<child name="wm"/> </policy>
 	</service>
 
 	<service name="Report">
-		<policy label_suffix="layouter -> window_layout">
+		<policy label_suffix=" -> window_layout">
 			<child name="report_rom" label="layouter -> window_layout"/> </policy>
-		<policy label_suffix="layouter -> resize_request">
+		<policy label_suffix=" -> resize_request">
 			<child name="report_rom" label="layouter -> resize_request"/> </policy>
-		<policy label_suffix="layouter -> focus">
+		<policy label_suffix=" -> focus">
 			<child name="report_rom" label="layouter -> focus"/> </policy>
-		<policy label_suffix="layouter -> rules">
+		<policy label_suffix=" -> rules">
 			<child name="report_rom" label="layouter -> rules"/> </policy>
-		<policy label_suffix="decorator -> hover">
+		<policy label_suffix=" -> hover">
 			<child name="report_rom" label="decorator -> hover"/> </policy>
-		<policy label_suffix="decorator -> decorator_margins">
+		<policy label_suffix=" -> decorator_margins">
 			<child name="report_rom" label="decorator -> decorator_margins"/> </policy>
-		<policy label_suffix="-> shape"> <child name="wm"/> </policy>
+		<policy label_suffix=" -> shape">     <child name="wm"/> </policy>
+		<policy label_suffix=" -> clipboard"> <child name="wm"/> </policy>
 	</service>
 
 	<start name="report_rom">
@@ -74,7 +77,7 @@
 	<start name="wm" caps="250">
 		<resource name="RAM" quantum="8M"/>
 		<provides>
-			<service name="Nitpicker"/> <service name="Report"/>
+			<service name="Nitpicker"/> <service name="Report"/> <service name="ROM"/>
 		</provides>
 		<config>
 			<policy label_suffix="decorator -> " role="decorator"/>
@@ -84,8 +87,10 @@
 		<route>
 			<service name="ROM" label="resize_request"> <child name="report_rom"/> </service>
 			<service name="ROM" label="focus">          <child name="report_rom"/> </service>
-			<service name="Report" label_last="shape">  <parent/> </service>
-			<service name="Report">                     <child name="report_rom"/> </service>
+			<service name="ROM"    label_last="clipboard"> <parent/> </service>
+			<service name="Report" label_last="clipboard"> <parent/> </service>
+			<service name="Report" label_last="shape">     <parent/> </service>
+			<service name="Report"> <child name="report_rom"/> </service>
 			<service name="Nitpicker" label=""> <parent label="focus"/> </service>
 			<any-service> <parent/> </any-service>
 		</route>
diff --git a/repos/gems/run/launcher.run b/repos/gems/run/launcher.run
index 385d08146..e672faa8a 100644
--- a/repos/gems/run/launcher.run
+++ b/repos/gems/run/launcher.run
@@ -143,7 +143,7 @@ install_config {
 	<start name="wm" caps="200">
 		<resource name="RAM" quantum="6M"/>
 		<provides>
-			<service name="Nitpicker"/> <service name="Report"/>
+			<service name="Nitpicker"/> <service name="Report"/> <service name="ROM"/>
 		</provides>
 		<config>
 			<policy label_prefix="decorator"           role="decorator"/>
diff --git a/repos/gems/run/sculpt/leitzentrale.config b/repos/gems/run/sculpt/leitzentrale.config
index 6e5a8aecf..d463d9b09 100644
--- a/repos/gems/run/sculpt/leitzentrale.config
+++ b/repos/gems/run/sculpt/leitzentrale.config
@@ -107,7 +107,9 @@
 
 			<start name="wm" caps="200">
 				<resource name="RAM" quantum="2M"/>
-				<provides> <service name="Nitpicker"/> <service name="Report"/> </provides>
+				<provides>
+					<service name="Nitpicker"/> <service name="Report"/> <service name="ROM"/>
+				</provides>
 				<config>
 					<policy label_prefix="decorator" role="decorator"/>
 					<default-policy/>
diff --git a/repos/gems/run/wm.run b/repos/gems/run/wm.run
index 54f4c7fdb..d337e6eca 100644
--- a/repos/gems/run/wm.run
+++ b/repos/gems/run/wm.run
@@ -74,7 +74,9 @@ install_config {
 	<start name="wm" caps="1000">
 		<resource name="RAM" quantum="32M"/>
 		<binary name="init"/>
-		<provides> <service name="Nitpicker"/> <service name="Report"/> </provides>
+		<provides>
+			<service name="Nitpicker"/> <service name="Report"/> <service name="ROM"/>
+		</provides>
 		<route>
 			<service name="ROM" label="config"> <parent label="wm.config"/> </service>
 			<service name="Nitpicker"> <child name="nitpicker"/> </service>
diff --git a/repos/gems/src/server/wm/main.cc b/repos/gems/src/server/wm/main.cc
index 577cff690..de95b140b 100644
--- a/repos/gems/src/server/wm/main.cc
+++ b/repos/gems/src/server/wm/main.cc
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@
 /* local includes */
 #include <nitpicker.h>
 #include <report_forwarder.h>
+#include <rom_forwarder.h>
 
 namespace Wm {
 
@@ -110,6 +111,7 @@ struct Wm::Main
 		{ env.ep(), *this, &Main::handle_resize_request_update };
 
 	Report_forwarder _report_forwarder { env, heap };
+	Rom_forwarder    _rom_forwarder    { env, heap };
 
 	Main(Genode::Env &env) : env(env)
 	{
diff --git a/repos/gems/src/server/wm/report_forwarder.h b/repos/gems/src/server/wm/report_forwarder.h
index 3284aa94c..50c212ee0 100644
--- a/repos/gems/src/server/wm/report_forwarder.h
+++ b/repos/gems/src/server/wm/report_forwarder.h
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * \brief  Report service for intercepting shape reports
+ * \brief  Report service for intercepting shape and clipboard reports
  * \author Norman Feske
  * \date   2019-02-18
  *
@@ -7,6 +7,9 @@
  * policy to an application's shape report as done for the application's
  * 'Nitpicker' session. This consistency is needed by the pointer to correlate
  * the currently hovered nitpicker session with the reported shapes.
+ * Analogously, clipboard reports can be routed through the window
+ * manager to support the clipboard component with associating its clients
+ * with nitpicker's reported focus.
  */
 
 /*
diff --git a/repos/gems/src/server/wm/rom_forwarder.h b/repos/gems/src/server/wm/rom_forwarder.h
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..5da945943
--- /dev/null
+++ b/repos/gems/src/server/wm/rom_forwarder.h
@@ -0,0 +1,96 @@
+/*
+ * \brief  ROM service for intercepting clipboard ROMs
+ * \author Norman Feske
+ * \date   2019-06-26
+ *
+ * This ROM service can be used as proxy for clipboard ROMs to ensure the
+ * consistency of the client labels appearing at the clipboard component
+ * with the label of the currently focused nitpicker client.
+ */
+
+/*
+ * Copyright (C) 2019 Genode Labs GmbH
+ *
+ * This file is part of the Genode OS framework, which is distributed
+ * under the terms of the GNU Affero General Public License version 3.
+ */
+
+#ifndef _ROM_FORWARDER_H_
+#define _ROM_FORWARDER_H_
+
+/* Genode includes */
+#include <root/component.h>
+#include <rom_session/connection.h>
+
+namespace Wm { struct Rom_forwarder; }
+
+
+struct Wm::Rom_forwarder
+{
+	struct Session : Genode::Rpc_object<Genode::Rom_session>
+	{
+		Genode::Env &_env;
+		Genode::Rom_connection _connection;
+
+		Session(Genode::Env &env, Genode::Session_label const &label)
+		: _env(env), _connection(env, label.string())
+		{ _env.ep().manage(*this); }
+
+		~Session() { _env.ep().dissolve(*this); }
+
+		void upgrade(Genode::Session::Resources const &resources)
+		{
+			_connection.upgrade(resources);
+		}
+
+
+		/***************************
+		 ** Rom_session interface **
+		 ***************************/
+
+		Genode::Rom_dataspace_capability dataspace() override
+		{
+			return _connection.dataspace();
+		}
+
+		bool update() override
+		{
+			return _connection.update();
+		}
+
+		void sigh(Signal_context_capability sigh) override
+		{
+			_connection.sigh(sigh);
+		}
+	};
+
+	struct Root : Genode::Root_component<Session>
+	{
+		Genode::Env       &_env;
+		Genode::Allocator &_alloc;
+
+		Session *_create_session(char const *args) override
+		{
+			return new (md_alloc()) Session(_env, Genode::label_from_args(args));
+		}
+
+		void _upgrade_session(Session *session, const char *args) override
+		{
+			session->upgrade(Genode::session_resources_from_args(args));
+		}
+
+		Root(Genode::Env &env, Genode::Allocator &alloc)
+		:
+			Genode::Root_component<Session>(env.ep(), alloc),
+			_env(env), _alloc(alloc)
+		{
+			_env.parent().announce(env.ep().manage(*this));
+		}
+
+	} _root;
+
+	Rom_forwarder(Genode::Env &env, Genode::Allocator &alloc)
+	: _root(env, alloc) { }
+};
+
+#endif /* _ROM_FORWARDER_H_ */
diff --git a/repos/libports/run/mupdf.run b/repos/libports/run/mupdf.run
index f44556278..f79281213 100644
--- a/repos/libports/run/mupdf.run
+++ b/repos/libports/run/mupdf.run
@@ -70,7 +70,9 @@ set config {
 	<start name="wm" caps="1000">
 		<resource name="RAM" quantum="32M"/>
 		<binary name="init"/>
-		<provides> <service name="Nitpicker"/> </provides>
+		<provides>
+			<service name="Nitpicker"/> <service name="Report"/> <service name="ROM"/>
+		</provides>
 		<route>
 			<service name="ROM" label="config"> <parent label="wm.config"/> </service>
 			<service name="Nitpicker"> <child name="nitpicker"/> </service>
diff --git a/repos/libports/run/qt5_common.inc b/repos/libports/run/qt5_common.inc
index 5137a2e53..7c1392921 100644
--- a/repos/libports/run/qt5_common.inc
+++ b/repos/libports/run/qt5_common.inc
@@ -187,7 +187,7 @@ proc qt5_start_nodes { feature_arg } {
 		<start name="wm" caps="250">
 			<resource name="RAM" quantum="8M"/>
 			<provides>
-				<service name="Nitpicker"/> <service name="Report"/>
+				<service name="Nitpicker"/> <service name="Report"/> <service name="ROM"/>
 			</provides>
 			<config>
 				<policy label_prefix="decorator" role="decorator"/>
diff --git a/repos/ports/run/vbox_win.inc b/repos/ports/run/vbox_win.inc
index 50db1b361..2c4cd088a 100644
--- a/repos/ports/run/vbox_win.inc
+++ b/repos/ports/run/vbox_win.inc
@@ -144,7 +144,9 @@ if { $use_vms > 1 } {
 	<start name="wm" caps="1000">
 		<resource name="RAM" quantum="32M"/>
 		<binary name="init"/>
-		<provides> <service name="Nitpicker"/> <service name="Report"/> </provides>
+		<provides>
+			<service name="Nitpicker"/> <service name="Report"/> <service name="ROM"/>
+		</provides>
 		<route>
 			<service name="ROM" label="config"> <parent label="wm.config"/> </service>
 			<service name="Nitpicker"> <child name="nitpicker"/> </service>