diff --git a/packages/coding-agent/docs/keybindings.md b/packages/coding-agent/docs/keybindings.md
index 34e4d68b4..bdb8d3701 100644
--- a/packages/coding-agent/docs/keybindings.md
+++ b/packages/coding-agent/docs/keybindings.md
@@ -126,7 +126,7 @@ In fullscreen mode, these actions control the transcript and take precedence ove
 | `app.exit` | `ctrl+d` | Exit (when editor empty) |
 | `app.suspend` | `ctrl+z` (None on Windows) | Suspend to background |
 | `app.editor.external` | `ctrl+g` | Open in external editor (`externalEditor`, `$VISUAL`, `$EDITOR`, Notepad on Windows, or `nano` elsewhere) |
-| `app.clipboard.pasteImage` | `ctrl+v` (`alt+v` on Windows and WSL) | Paste files on macOS, images, or text from clipboard |
+| `app.clipboard.pasteImage` | `ctrl+v` (`alt+v`, `ctrl+v` on Windows and WSL) | Paste files on macOS, images, or text from clipboard |
 
 On native Windows, `app.suspend` has no default because Windows terminals do not support Unix job control. If you assign it manually, Pi shows a status message instead of suspending. WSL uses the normal `ctrl+z` and `fg` behavior.
 
diff --git a/packages/coding-agent/src/core/keybindings.ts b/packages/coding-agent/src/core/keybindings.ts
index 75e540b37..f06a2e6f1 100644
--- a/packages/coding-agent/src/core/keybindings.ts
+++ b/packages/coding-agent/src/core/keybindings.ts
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ const APP_KEYBINDINGS = {
 		description: "Restore queued messages",
 	},
 	"app.clipboard.pasteImage": {
-		defaultKeys: windowsKeybindings ? "alt+v" : "ctrl+v",
+		defaultKeys: windowsKeybindings ? ["alt+v", "ctrl+v"] : "ctrl+v",
 		description: "Paste files on macOS, images, or text from clipboard",
 	},
 	"app.session.new": { defaultKeys: [], description: "Start a new session" },
diff --git a/packages/coding-agent/test/keybindings.test.ts b/packages/coding-agent/test/keybindings.test.ts
index cb505eede..cdc089d72 100644
--- a/packages/coding-agent/test/keybindings.test.ts
+++ b/packages/coding-agent/test/keybindings.test.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import { describe, expect, it } from "vitest";
+import { describe, expect, it, vi } from "vitest";
 import { KEYBINDINGS, useWindowsKeybindings } from "../src/core/keybindings.ts";
 
 describe("Windows keybinding defaults", () => {
@@ -20,11 +20,26 @@ describe("Windows keybinding defaults", () => {
 		expect(useWindowsKeybindings("darwin", {})).toBe(false);
 	});
 
+	it("keeps ctrl+v as a paste key on WSL", async () => {
+		if (process.platform !== "linux") return;
+		vi.stubEnv("WSL_DISTRO_NAME", "Ubuntu");
+		vi.resetModules();
+		try {
+			const { KEYBINDINGS: wslKeybindings } = await import("../src/core/keybindings.ts");
+			expect(wslKeybindings["app.clipboard.pasteImage"].defaultKeys).toEqual(["alt+v", "ctrl+v"]);
+		} finally {
+			vi.unstubAllEnvs();
+			vi.resetModules();
+		}
+	});
+
 	it("applies the detected defaults consistently", () => {
 		const windowsKeybindings = useWindowsKeybindings();
 		const nativeWindows = process.platform === "win32";
 
-		expect(KEYBINDINGS["app.clipboard.pasteImage"].defaultKeys).toBe(windowsKeybindings ? "alt+v" : "ctrl+v");
+		expect(KEYBINDINGS["app.clipboard.pasteImage"].defaultKeys).toEqual(
+			windowsKeybindings ? ["alt+v", "ctrl+v"] : "ctrl+v",
+		);
 		expect(KEYBINDINGS["tui.altScreen.search"].defaultKeys).toBe(windowsKeybindings ? "ctrl+f" : "ctrl+shift+f");
 		expect(KEYBINDINGS["app.message.followUp"].defaultKeys).toBe(windowsKeybindings ? "ctrl+q" : "alt+enter");
 		expect(KEYBINDINGS["app.model.cycleBackward"].defaultKeys).toBe(windowsKeybindings ? "alt+p" : "shift+ctrl+p");