diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index e9348193..1a25d318 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+* #2570 Accept correctly image drops from Record.
 * Add Greek translation. (simosx)
 * #2564 Use the activity service name as the base name for translation files.
   (tomeu)
diff --git a/shell/view/frame/clipboardpanelwindow.py b/shell/view/frame/clipboardpanelwindow.py
index 3e2f626d..70b87e4d 100644
--- a/shell/view/frame/clipboardpanelwindow.py
+++ b/shell/view/frame/clipboardpanelwindow.py
@@ -86,7 +86,18 @@ class ClipboardPanelWindow(FrameWindow):
             logging.debug('adding type ' + selection.type + '.')
                         
             cb_service = clipboardservice.get_instance()
-            cb_service.add_object_format(key, 
-                                  selection.type,
-                                  selection.data,
-                                  on_disk = False)
+            if selection.type == 'text/uri-list':
+                uris = selection.data.split('\n')
+                if len(uris) > 1:
+                    raise NotImplementedError('Multiple uris in text/uri-list still not supported.')
+
+                cb_service.add_object_format(key,
+                                             selection.type,
+                                             uris[0],
+                                             on_disk=True)
+            else:
+                cb_service.add_object_format(key, 
+                                             selection.type,
+                                             selection.data,
+                                             on_disk=False)
+