diff --git a/app/assets/stylesheets/pages/snippets.scss b/app/assets/stylesheets/pages/snippets.scss
index 7d414ae003d..639d639d5b0 100644
--- a/app/assets/stylesheets/pages/snippets.scss
+++ b/app/assets/stylesheets/pages/snippets.scss
@@ -28,3 +28,11 @@
   border: 1px solid;
   line-height: 32px;
 }
+
+.markdown-snippet-copy {
+  position: fixed;
+  top: -10px;
+  left: -10px;
+  max-height: 0;
+  max-width: 0;
+}
diff --git a/app/views/shared/snippets/_blob.html.haml b/app/views/shared/snippets/_blob.html.haml
index c84614c0879..773ce8ac240 100644
--- a/app/views/shared/snippets/_blob.html.haml
+++ b/app/views/shared/snippets/_blob.html.haml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 - unless @snippet.content.empty?
   - if markup?(@snippet.file_name)
-    .hidden.blob-content{data: {blob_id: @snippet.id}}
+    %textarea.markdown-snippet-copy.blob-content{data: {blob_id: @snippet.id}}
       = @snippet.data
     .file-content.wiki
       = render_markup(@snippet.file_name, @snippet.data)