diff --git a/app-office/sc-im/files/sc-im-0.8.2-tmux.patch b/app-office/sc-im/files/sc-im-0.8.2-tmux.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..63f910c547
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app-office/sc-im/files/sc-im-0.8.2-tmux.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+--- src/Makefile
++++ src/Makefile
+@@ -58,16 +58,16 @@
+ # Choose one of the following commands for copying to different clipboards:
+ # You can later change it at runtime.
+ #to copy to tmux clipboard:
+-#CFLAGS += -DDEFAULT_COPY_TO_CLIPBOARD_CMD=\""tmux load-buffer"\"
++CFLAGS += -DDEFAULT_COPY_TO_CLIPBOARD_CMD=\""tmux load-buffer"\"
+ #to copy to X clipboard:
+-CFLAGS += -DDEFAULT_COPY_TO_CLIPBOARD_CMD=\""xclip -i -selection clipboard <"\"
++#CFLAGS += -DDEFAULT_COPY_TO_CLIPBOARD_CMD=\""xclip -i -selection clipboard <"\"
+ #to copy to OSX clipboard:
+ #CFLAGS += -DDEFAULT_COPY_TO_CLIPBOARD_CMD=\""pbcopy <"\"
+ #
+ # Choose one of the proposed commands for pasting from different clipboards:
+ # You can later change it at runtime.
+-#CFLAGS += -DDEFAULT_PASTE_FROM_CLIPBOARD_CMD=\""tmux show-buffer"\"
+-CFLAGS += -DDEFAULT_PASTE_FROM_CLIPBOARD_CMD=\""xclip -o -selection clipboard"\"
++CFLAGS += -DDEFAULT_PASTE_FROM_CLIPBOARD_CMD=\""tmux show-buffer"\"
++#CFLAGS += -DDEFAULT_PASTE_FROM_CLIPBOARD_CMD=\""xclip -o -selection clipboard"\"
+ #CFLAGS += -DDEFAULT_PASTE_FROM_CLIPBOARD_CMD=\""pbpaste"\"
+ 
+ # Command to open file or link under cursor
diff --git a/app-office/sc-im/metadata.xml b/app-office/sc-im/metadata.xml
index ff8f94c7c4..64d566c87a 100644
--- a/app-office/sc-im/metadata.xml
+++ b/app-office/sc-im/metadata.xml
@@ -10,5 +10,6 @@
 		<flag name='xls'>Add xls/xlsx support. Pulls in <pkg>dev-python/xlsxwriter</pkg>, <pkg>dev-haskell/libxml</pkg>, <pkg>dev-libs/libzip</pkg> and <pkg>dev-libs/libxls</pkg></flag>
 		<flag name='ods'>Add <pkg>dev-libs/libzip</pkg> for ods import support</flag>
 		<flag name='X'>Use <pkg>x11-misc/xclip</pkg> for clipboard copy/paste</flag>
+		<flag name='tmux'>Use <pkg>app-misc/tmux</pkg> for clipboard copy/paste</flag>
 	</use>
 </pkgmetadata>
diff --git a/app-office/sc-im/sc-im-0.8.2.ebuild b/app-office/sc-im/sc-im-0.8.2.ebuild
index 69b6942308..eed3d720a6 100644
--- a/app-office/sc-im/sc-im-0.8.2.ebuild
+++ b/app-office/sc-im/sc-im-0.8.2.ebuild
@@ -10,15 +10,18 @@ SRC_URI="https://github.com/andmarti1424/sc-im/archive/v${PV}.tar.gz -> ${P}.tar
 LICENSE="BSD-4"
 SLOT="0"
 KEYWORDS="~amd64 ~x86"
-IUSE="X plots xls lua ods"
+IUSE="X plots xls lua ods tmux"
 
 PATCHES=(
 	"${FILESDIR}/${P}-prefix.patch"
+	"${FILESDIR}/${P}-tmux.patch"
+
 )
 
 DEPEND="
 	sys-libs/ncurses
 	X? ( x11-misc/xclip )
+	tmux? ( app-misc/tmux )
 	plots? ( sci-visualization/gnuplot )
 	xls? (
 		dev-libs/libxlsxwriter
@@ -36,3 +39,9 @@ DEPEND="
 RDEPEND="${DEPEND}"
 BDEPEND=""
 S="${WORKDIR}/${P}/src"
+
+src_prepare() {
+	eapply "${FILESDIR}/${P}-prefix.patch"
+	use tmux && "${FILESDIR}/${P}-tmux.patch"
+	eapply_user
+}