diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 7b233ee2..756bc5e8 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 - Clear screen properly before rendering of content to prevent various graphical glitches
 - Fix build failure on 32-bit systems
 - Windows started as unfocused now show the hollow cursor if the setting is enabled
+- Empty lines in selections are now properly copied to the clipboard
 
 ### Deprecated
 
diff --git a/src/term/mod.rs b/src/term/mod.rs
index eefc432e..af464320 100644
--- a/src/term/mod.rs
+++ b/src/term/mod.rs
@@ -941,16 +941,11 @@ impl Term {
         use std::ops::Range;
 
         trait Append : PushChar {
-            fn append(&mut self, grid: &Grid<Cell>, line: usize, cols: Range<Column>) -> Option<Range<Column>>;
+            fn append(&mut self, grid: &Grid<Cell>, line: usize, cols: Range<Column>);
         }
 
         impl Append for String {
-            fn append(
-                &mut self,
-                grid: &Grid<Cell>,
-                mut line: usize,
-                cols: Range<Column>
-            ) -> Option<Range<Column>> {
+            fn append(&mut self, grid: &Grid<Cell>, mut line: usize, cols: Range<Column>) {
                 // Select until last line still within the buffer
                 line = min(line, grid.len() - 1);
 
@@ -958,23 +953,18 @@ impl Term {
                 let line_length = grid_line.line_length();
                 let line_end = min(line_length, cols.end + 1);
 
-                if cols.start >= line_end {
-                    None
-                } else {
+                if line_end.0 == 0 && cols.end >= grid.num_cols() - 1 {
+                    self.push('\n');
+                } else if cols.start < line_end {
                     for cell in &grid_line[cols.start..line_end] {
                         if !cell.flags.contains(cell::Flags::WIDE_CHAR_SPACER) {
                             self.push(cell.c);
                         }
                     }
 
-                    let range = Some(cols.start..line_end);
                     if cols.end >= grid.num_cols() - 1 {
-                        if let Some(ref range) = range {
-                            self.maybe_newline(grid, line, range.end);
-                        }
+                        self.maybe_newline(grid, line, line_end);
                     }
-
-                    range
                 }
             }
         }
@@ -2006,7 +1996,7 @@ mod tests {
     use term::cell;
 
     use grid::{Grid, Scroll};
-    use index::{Point, Line, Column};
+    use index::{Point, Line, Column, Side};
     use ansi::{self, Handler, CharsetIndex, StandardCharset};
     use selection::Selection;
     use std::mem;
@@ -2082,6 +2072,34 @@ mod tests {
         assert_eq!(term.selection_to_string(), Some(String::from("\"aa\"a\n")));
     }
 
+    #[test]
+    fn selecting_empty_line() {
+        let size = SizeInfo {
+            width: 21.0,
+            height: 51.0,
+            cell_width: 3.0,
+            cell_height: 3.0,
+            padding_x: 0.0,
+            padding_y: 0.0,
+        };
+        let mut term = Term::new(&Default::default(), size);
+        let mut grid: Grid<Cell> = Grid::new(Line(3), Column(3), 0, Cell::default());
+        for l in 0..3 {
+            if l != 1 {
+                for c in 0..3 {
+                    grid[Line(l)][Column(c)].c = 'a';
+                }
+            }
+        }
+
+        mem::swap(&mut term.grid, &mut grid);
+
+        let mut selection = Selection::simple(Point { line: 2, col: Column(0) }, Side::Left);
+        selection.update(Point { line: 0, col: Column(2) }, Side::Right);
+        *term.selection_mut() = Some(selection);
+        assert_eq!(term.selection_to_string(), Some("aaa\n\naaa\n".into()));
+    }
+
     /// Check that the grid can be serialized back and forth losslessly
     ///
     /// This test is in the term module as opposed to the grid since we want to
diff --git a/src/tty.rs b/src/tty.rs
index b9d00fa5..b4a8e316 100644
--- a/src/tty.rs
+++ b/src/tty.rs
@@ -216,10 +216,11 @@ pub fn new<T: ToWinsize>(config: &Config, options: &Options, size: &T, window_id
     // TERM; default to 'alacritty' if it is available, otherwise
     // default to 'xterm-256color'. May be overridden by user's config
     // below.
-    let mut term = "alacritty";
-    if let Err(_) = Database::from_name("alacritty") {
-        term = "xterm-256color";
-    }
+    let term = if Database::from_name("alacritty").is_ok() {
+        "alacritty"
+    } else {
+        "xterm-256color"
+    };
     builder.env("TERM", term);
 
     builder.env("COLORTERM", "truecolor"); // advertise 24-bit support