diff --git a/crates/engine/src/cmd/richclip.rs b/crates/engine/src/cmd/richclip.rs
index a3811911..5b9eaf6d 100644
--- a/crates/engine/src/cmd/richclip.rs
+++ b/crates/engine/src/cmd/richclip.rs
@@ -350,7 +350,7 @@ fn numeric_char(digits: &str) -> Option<char> {
         return None;
     }
     let n = u32::from_str_radix(body, radix).ok()?;
-    char::from_u32(n).filter(|c| !c.is_control() || *c == '\n')
+    char::from_u32(n).filter(|c| !c.is_control() || matches!(*c, '\n' | '\t'))
 }
 
 /// Do the HTML's words and the paste's plain text say the same thing?
@@ -383,6 +383,12 @@ mod tests {
         assert_eq!(decode_text("a&#65;b&#x41;"), "aAbA");
     }
 
+    #[test]
+    fn numeric_tab_entity_decodes_to_tab() {
+        assert_eq!(decode_text("a&#9;b"), "a\tb");
+        assert_eq!(decode_text("a&#x9;b"), "a\tb");
+    }
+
     #[test]
     fn google_docs_normal_weight_wrapper_is_not_bold() {
         let html = "<meta charset=\"utf-8\"><b style=\"font-weight:normal;\" id=\"docs-internal-guid-1\"><span style=\"font-weight:400\">plain words</span></b>";