diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 039e9f962..aafd5409a 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](http://semver.org/).
 
 ### Changed
 
+- [SIL.Windows.Forms] Look for PNG data on clipboard before checking for plain image in WindowsClipboard.GetImageFromClipboard() in order to preserve transparency in copied images.
 - [SIL.Windows.Forms] Changed layout of SILAboutBox to accommodate wider SIL logo.
 - [SIL.Windows.Forms.Archiving] Split SIL.Archiving, moving Winforms portions (including dependency on L10nSharp) to SIL.Windows.Forms.Archiving.
 - [SIL.Archiving] Changed IMDIArchivingDlgViewModel.ArchivingPackage to return an IMDIPackage (instead of an IArchivingPackage).
diff --git a/SIL.Windows.Forms/Clipboarding/WindowsClipboard.cs b/SIL.Windows.Forms/Clipboarding/WindowsClipboard.cs
index 9f2ef4ed4..55009b09c 100644
--- a/SIL.Windows.Forms/Clipboarding/WindowsClipboard.cs
+++ b/SIL.Windows.Forms/Clipboarding/WindowsClipboard.cs
@@ -64,6 +64,23 @@ public PalasoImage GetImageFromClipboard()
 			var textData = string.Empty;
 			if (dataObject.GetDataPresent(DataFormats.UnicodeText))
 				textData = dataObject.GetData(DataFormats.UnicodeText) as string;
+
+			// The order of operations here is a bit tricky.
+			// We want to maintain transparency in the original image, so we need to use the PNG format.
+			// Clipboard.ContainsImage() and Clipboard.GetImage() use the plain bitmap format which loses
+			// transparency.  So here we explicitly ask for a PNG, and see if we can get it.
+			if (dataObject.GetDataPresent("PNG"))
+			{
+				var o = dataObject.GetData("PNG") as Stream;
+				try
+				{
+					return PalasoImage.FromImage(Image.FromStream(o));
+				}
+				catch (Exception e)
+				{
+					ex = e;
+				}
+			}
 			if (Clipboard.ContainsImage())
 			{
 				PalasoImage plainImage = null;
@@ -91,22 +108,6 @@ public PalasoImage GetImageFromClipboard()
 					throw;
 				}
 			}
-			// the ContainsImage() returns false when copying an PNG from MS Word
-			// so here we explicitly ask for a PNG and see if we can convert it.
-			if (dataObject.GetDataPresent("PNG"))
-			{
-				var o = dataObject.GetData("PNG") as Stream;
-				try
-				{
-					return PalasoImage.FromImage(Image.FromStream(o));
-				}
-				catch (Exception e)
-				{
-					// I'm not sure why, but previous versions of this code would continue trying other
-					// options at this point.
-					ex = e;
-				}
-			}
 
 			// People can do a "copy" from the Windows Photo Viewer but what it puts on the System.Windows.Forms.Clipboard is a path, not an image
 			if (dataObject.GetDataPresent(DataFormats.FileDrop))