diff --git a/include/wx/qt/dataobj2.h b/include/wx/qt/dataobj2.h
index d340432f6f..26536b2750 100644
--- a/include/wx/qt/dataobj2.h
+++ b/include/wx/qt/dataobj2.h
@@ -8,28 +8,15 @@
 #ifndef _WX_QT_DATAOBJ2_H_
 #define _WX_QT_DATAOBJ2_H_
 
-#include <wx/scopedptr.h>
-
-class QByteArray;
-
 class WXDLLIMPEXP_CORE wxBitmapDataObject : public wxBitmapDataObjectBase
 {
 public:
     wxBitmapDataObject();
     wxBitmapDataObject(const wxBitmap& bitmap);
 
-    ~wxBitmapDataObject();
-
-    void SetBitmap(const wxBitmap& bitmap) wxOVERRIDE;
-    size_t GetDataSize() const wxOVERRIDE;
-    bool GetDataHere(void *buf) const wxOVERRIDE;
-    bool SetData(const wxDataFormat& format, size_t len, const void *buf) wxOVERRIDE;
-
 protected:
-    void DoConvertToPng();
 
 private:
-    wxScopedPtr<QByteArray> m_imageBytes;
 };
 
 
diff --git a/src/qt/clipbrd.cpp b/src/qt/clipbrd.cpp
index 3cd5149c4d..e0eaf877d3 100644
--- a/src/qt/clipbrd.cpp
+++ b/src/qt/clipbrd.cpp
@@ -14,14 +14,14 @@
 
 #include <QtWidgets/QApplication>
 #include <QtGui/QClipboard>
+#include <QtCore/QMimeData>
+#include <QPixmap>
 
 #include "wx/clipbrd.h"
 #include "wx/scopedarray.h"
 #include "wx/scopeguard.h"
 #include "wx/qt/private/converter.h"
 
-#include <QtCore/QMimeData>
-
 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 // wxClipboard ctor/dtor
 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -89,6 +89,14 @@ bool wxClipboard::IsOpened() const
 
 bool wxClipboard::AddData( wxDataObject *data )
 {
+    wxBitmapDataObjectBase* bitmap = dynamic_cast<wxBitmapDataObjectBase*>(data);
+    if (bitmap != NULL)
+    {
+        QtClipboard->setPixmap(*bitmap->GetBitmap().GetHandle());
+        delete data;
+        return true;
+    }
+
     QMimeData *MimeData = new QMimeData;
     const size_t count = data->GetFormatCount();
     wxDataFormatArray formats(count);
@@ -134,6 +142,17 @@ bool wxClipboard::GetData( wxDataObject& data )
 {
     wxCHECK_MSG( m_open, false, wxT("clipboard not open") );
 
+    wxBitmapDataObjectBase* bitmap = dynamic_cast<wxBitmapDataObjectBase*>(&data);
+    if (bitmap != NULL)
+    {
+        QPixmap pix = QtClipboard->pixmap();
+        if (pix.isNull())
+            return false;
+
+        bitmap->SetBitmap(wxBitmap(pix));
+        return true;
+    }
+
     const QMimeData *MimeData = QtClipboard->mimeData( (QClipboard::Mode)Mode() );
     const size_t count = data.GetFormatCount(wxDataObject::Set);
     wxDataFormatArray formats(count);
@@ -170,6 +189,10 @@ void wxClipboard::Clear()
 bool wxClipboard::IsSupported( const wxDataFormat& format )
 {
     const QMimeData *data = QtClipboard->mimeData( (QClipboard::Mode)Mode() );
+    if (format.GetType() == wxDF_BITMAP)
+    {
+        return data->hasImage();
+    }
     return data->hasFormat(wxQtConvertString(format.GetMimeType()));
 }
 
diff --git a/src/qt/dataobj.cpp b/src/qt/dataobj.cpp
index acb4ee0005..d29c7be8b1 100644
--- a/src/qt/dataobj.cpp
+++ b/src/qt/dataobj.cpp
@@ -12,9 +12,6 @@
     #pragma hdrstop
 #endif
 
-#include <QPixmap>
-#include <QBuffer>
-
 #include "wx/dataobj.h"
 #include "wx/scopedarray.h"
 
@@ -26,7 +23,7 @@ wxString DataFormatIdToMimeType(wxDataFormatId formatId)
     switch ( formatId )
     {
         case wxDF_TEXT: return "text/plain";
-        case wxDF_BITMAP: return "PNG";
+        case wxDF_BITMAP: return "image/bmp";
         case wxDF_TIFF: return "image/tiff";
         case wxDF_WAVE: return "audio/x-wav";
         case wxDF_UNICODETEXT: return "text/plain";
@@ -156,54 +153,12 @@ bool wxDataObject::IsSupportedFormat(const wxDataFormat& format,
 //############################################################################
 
 wxBitmapDataObject::wxBitmapDataObject()
-    : m_imageBytes(new QByteArray())
 {
 }
 
 wxBitmapDataObject::wxBitmapDataObject( const wxBitmap &bitmap )
-    : wxBitmapDataObjectBase( bitmap ),
-    m_imageBytes(new QByteArray())
+    : wxBitmapDataObjectBase( bitmap )
 {
-    DoConvertToPng();
-}
-
-wxBitmapDataObject::~wxBitmapDataObject()
-{
-}
-
-void wxBitmapDataObject::SetBitmap(const wxBitmap &bitmap)
-{
-    wxBitmapDataObjectBase::SetBitmap(bitmap);
-
-    DoConvertToPng();
-}
-
-size_t wxBitmapDataObject::GetDataSize() const
-{
-    return m_imageBytes->size();
-}
-
-bool wxBitmapDataObject::GetDataHere(void *buf) const
-{
-    memcpy(buf, m_imageBytes->constData(), GetDataSize());
-    return true;
-}
-
-bool wxBitmapDataObject::SetData(const wxDataFormat &WXUNUSED(format), size_t len, const void *buf)
-{
-    m_imageBytes->resize(len);
-    memcpy(m_imageBytes->data(), buf, len);
-    QPixmap pix;
-    pix.loadFromData(*m_imageBytes);
-    m_bitmap = wxBitmap(pix);
-    return true;
-}
-
-void wxBitmapDataObject::DoConvertToPng()
-{
-    QBuffer buffer(m_imageBytes.get());
-    buffer.open(QIODevice::WriteOnly);
-    m_bitmap.GetHandle()->save(&buffer, "PNG");
 }
 
 //#############################################################################