diff --git a/src/librustdoc/html/static/js/src-script.js b/src/librustdoc/html/static/js/src-script.js
index b9ab6e85603bc..2a31424c4cef5 100644
--- a/src/librustdoc/html/static/js/src-script.js
+++ b/src/librustdoc/html/static/js/src-script.js
@@ -206,6 +206,31 @@ const handleSrcHighlight = (function() {
     };
 }());
 
+// This section is a bugfix for firefox: when copying text with `user-select: none`, it adds
+// extra backline characters.
+//
+// Rustdoc issue: Workaround for https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/issues/141464
+// Firefox issue: https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1273836
+(function() {
+    document.body.addEventListener("copy", event => {
+        let target = event.target;
+        let isInsideCode = false;
+        while (target !== document.body) {
+            if (target.tagName === "CODE") {
+                isInsideCode = true;
+                break;
+            }
+            target = target.parentElement;
+        }
+        if (!isInsideCode) {
+            return;
+        }
+        const selection = document.getSelection();
+        nonnull(event.clipboardData).setData("text/plain", selection.toString());
+        event.preventDefault();
+    });
+}());
+
 window.addEventListener("hashchange", highlightSrcLines);
 
 onEachLazy(document.querySelectorAll("a[data-nosnippet]"), el => {