diff --git a/Terminal.Gui/ConsoleDrivers/WindowsDriver.cs b/Terminal.Gui/ConsoleDrivers/WindowsDriver.cs
index 2fbbd411d..cc6f9fa02 100644
--- a/Terminal.Gui/ConsoleDrivers/WindowsDriver.cs
+++ b/Terminal.Gui/ConsoleDrivers/WindowsDriver.cs
@@ -798,8 +798,10 @@ internal class WindowsDriver : ConsoleDriver {
 		if (Environment.OSVersion.Platform == PlatformID.Win32NT) {
 			WinConsole = new WindowsConsole ();
 			// otherwise we're probably running in unite tests
+			Clipboard = new WindowsClipboard ();
+		} else {
+			Clipboard = new FakeDriver.FakeClipboard ();
 		}
-		Clipboard = new WindowsClipboard ();
 
 		_isWindowsTerminal = Environment.GetEnvironmentVariable ("WT_SESSION") != null;