diff --git a/browser/src/Editor/NeovimEditor/NeovimEditorCommands.ts b/browser/src/Editor/NeovimEditor/NeovimEditorCommands.ts
index 75e3eca621..86fe35cb89 100644
--- a/browser/src/Editor/NeovimEditor/NeovimEditorCommands.ts
+++ b/browser/src/Editor/NeovimEditor/NeovimEditorCommands.ts
@@ -74,7 +74,10 @@ export class NeovimEditorCommands {
             await neovimInstance.command('let b:oniclipboard=@"')
             await neovimInstance.command(`let @"='${sanitizedTextLines}'`)
 
-            if (editorManager.activeEditor.mode === "insert") {
+            if (
+                editorManager.activeEditor.mode === "insert" ||
+                editorManager.activeEditor.mode === "cmdline_normal"
+            ) {
                 await neovimInstance.command("set paste")
                 await neovimInstance.input('<c-r>"')
                 await neovimInstance.command("set nopaste")
diff --git a/test/ci/LargePasteTest.ts b/test/ci/LargePasteTest.ts
index 7d3926e67d..f79d5e3752 100644
--- a/test/ci/LargePasteTest.ts
+++ b/test/ci/LargePasteTest.ts
@@ -5,8 +5,12 @@
  */
 import * as assert from "assert"
 import * as Oni from "oni-api"
-
-import { createNewFile, getTemporaryFilePath, navigateToFile } from "./Common"
+import {
+    createNewFile,
+    getElementByClassName,
+    getTemporaryFilePath,
+    navigateToFile,
+} from "./Common"
 
 export const test = async (oni: Oni.Plugin.Api) => {
     const filePath = createLargeTestFile()
@@ -49,6 +53,14 @@ export const test = async (oni: Oni.Plugin.Api) => {
         firstLine,
         "thithiss is a line of 'text' that will be repeated a bunch of times to make for a large wall of 'text' to paste",
     )
+
+    // type ':' and paste the text into the command line
+    oni.automation.sendKeys(":")
+    await oni.automation.waitFor(() => oni.editors.activeEditor.mode === "cmdline_normal")
+    await paste(oni, () => {
+        const commandLine = getElementByClassName("command-line")
+        return commandLine && commandLine.textContent === ":this"
+    })
 }
 
 import * as fs from "fs"