diff --git a/src/app/qgsclipboard.cpp b/src/app/qgsclipboard.cpp
index 484129ebfbcc..af0dd63622ba 100644
--- a/src/app/qgsclipboard.cpp
+++ b/src/app/qgsclipboard.cpp
@@ -122,11 +122,19 @@ void QgsClipboard::replaceWithCopyOf( QgsFeatureStore &featureStore, QgsVectorLa
 
 void QgsClipboard::generateClipboardText( QString &textContent, QString &htmlContent ) const
 {
-  const CopyFormat format = QgsSettings().enumValue( QStringLiteral( "qgis/copyFeatureFormat" ),  AttributesWithWKT );
+  CopyFormat format = QgsSettings().enumValue( QStringLiteral( "qgis/copyFeatureFormat" ),  AttributesWithWKT );
 
   textContent.clear();
   htmlContent.clear();
 
+  if ( QgsVectorLayer *vectorLayer = qobject_cast<QgsVectorLayer *>( mFeatureLayer.data() ) )
+  {
+    if ( vectorLayer->geometryType() == Qgis::GeometryType::Null )
+    {
+      format = AttributesOnly;
+    }
+  }
+
   switch ( format )
   {
     case AttributesOnly: