diff --git a/cfg/config.go b/cfg/config.go
index 3d4840a..e2c34ec 100644
--- a/cfg/config.go
+++ b/cfg/config.go
@@ -59,6 +59,8 @@ type Config struct {
 	NoHeaders      bool
 	Columns        string
 	UseColumns     []int
+	YankColumns    string
+	UseYankColumns []int
 	Separator      string
 	OutputMode     int
 	InvertMatch    bool
diff --git a/cmd/root.go b/cmd/root.go
index afbf0df..c4ff4fe 100644
--- a/cmd/root.go
+++ b/cmd/root.go
@@ -147,6 +147,8 @@ func Execute() {
 		"Custom field separator")
 	rootCmd.PersistentFlags().StringVarP(&conf.Columns, "columns", "c", "",
 		"Only show the speficied columns (separated by ,)")
+	rootCmd.PersistentFlags().StringVarP(&conf.YankColumns, "yank-columns", "y", "",
+		"Yank the speficied columns (separated by ,) to the clipboard")
 	rootCmd.PersistentFlags().StringVarP(&conf.TransposeColumns, "transpose-columns", "T", "",
 		"Transpose the speficied columns (separated by ,)")
 
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 7c203d7..7ae1eeb 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/agext/levenshtein v1.2.3 // indirect
 	github.com/apparentlymart/go-textseg/v13 v13.0.0 // indirect
 	github.com/apparentlymart/go-textseg/v15 v15.0.0 // indirect
+	github.com/atotto/clipboard v0.1.4 // indirect
 	github.com/google/go-cmp v0.6.0 // indirect
 	github.com/inconshreveable/mousetrap v1.1.0 // indirect
 	github.com/mattn/go-runewidth v0.0.16 // indirect
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 5491a3d..3a96455 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -8,6 +8,8 @@ github.com/apparentlymart/go-textseg/v15 v15.0.0 h1:uYvfpb3DyLSCGWnctWKGj857c6ew
 github.com/apparentlymart/go-textseg/v15 v15.0.0/go.mod h1:K8XmNZdhEBkdlyDdvbmmsvpAG721bKi0joRfFdHIWJ4=
 github.com/araddon/dateparse v0.0.0-20210429162001-6b43995a97de h1:FxWPpzIjnTlhPwqqXc4/vE0f7GvRjuAsbW+HOIe8KnA=
 github.com/araddon/dateparse v0.0.0-20210429162001-6b43995a97de/go.mod h1:DCaWoUhZrYW9p1lxo/cm8EmUOOzAPSEZNGF2DK1dJgw=
+github.com/atotto/clipboard v0.1.4 h1:EH0zSVneZPSuFR11BlR9YppQTVDbh5+16AmcJi4g1z4=
+github.com/atotto/clipboard v0.1.4/go.mod h1:ZY9tmq7sm5xIbd9bOK4onWV4S6X0u6GY7Vn0Yu86PYI=
 github.com/cpuguy83/go-md2man/v2 v2.0.4/go.mod h1:tgQtvFlXSQOSOSIRvRPT7W67SCa46tRHOmNcaadrF8o=
 github.com/davecgh/go-spew v1.1.0/go.mod h1:J7Y8YcW2NihsgmVo/mv3lAwl/skON4iLHjSsI+c5H38=
 github.com/davecgh/go-spew v1.1.1 h1:vj9j/u1bqnvCEfJOwUhtlOARqs3+rkHYY13jYWTU97c=
diff --git a/lib/helpers.go b/lib/helpers.go
index 32b6705..28dc321 100644
--- a/lib/helpers.go
+++ b/lib/helpers.go
@@ -77,6 +77,14 @@ func PrepareColumns(conf *cfg.Config, data *Tabdata) error {
 
 	conf.UseColumns = usecolumns
 
+	// -y columns
+	useyankcolumns, err := PrepareColumnVars(conf.YankColumns, data)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	conf.UseYankColumns = useyankcolumns
+
 	return nil
 }
 
diff --git a/lib/printer.go b/lib/printer.go
index 3189060..c863b7f 100644
--- a/lib/printer.go
+++ b/lib/printer.go
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ import (
 	"strconv"
 	"strings"
 
+	"github.com/atotto/clipboard"
 	"github.com/gookit/color"
 	"github.com/olekukonko/tablewriter"
 	"github.com/tlinden/tablizer/cfg"
@@ -38,6 +39,9 @@ func printData(writer io.Writer, conf cfg.Config, data *Tabdata) {
 	// by, independently if it's being used for display or not.
 	sortTable(conf, data)
 
+	// put one or more columns into clipboard
+	yankColumns(conf, data)
+
 	// add numbers to headers and remove those we're not interested in
 	numberizeAndReduceHeaders(conf, data)
 
@@ -262,3 +266,26 @@ func printCSVData(writer io.Writer, data *Tabdata) {
 		log.Fatal(err)
 	}
 }
+
+func yankColumns(conf cfg.Config, data *Tabdata) {
+	var yank string
+
+	if len(data.entries) == 0 || len(conf.UseYankColumns) == 0 {
+		return
+	}
+
+	for _, row := range data.entries {
+		for i, field := range row {
+			for _, idx := range conf.UseYankColumns {
+				if i == idx-1 {
+					yank += field + " "
+				}
+			}
+		}
+	}
+
+	if yank != "" {
+		// FIXME: does not use the primary clipboard, grnz...
+		clipboard.WriteAll(yank)
+	}
+}