diff --git a/addons/web_editor/static/src/js/editor/odoo-editor/src/OdooEditor.js b/addons/web_editor/static/src/js/editor/odoo-editor/src/OdooEditor.js
index 8395c492fba..5149097a760 100644
--- a/addons/web_editor/static/src/js/editor/odoo-editor/src/OdooEditor.js
+++ b/addons/web_editor/static/src/js/editor/odoo-editor/src/OdooEditor.js
@@ -166,7 +166,7 @@ export const CLIPBOARD_WHITELISTS = {
         /^btn/,
         /^fa/,
     ],
-    attributes: ['class', 'href', 'src'],
+    attributes: ['class', 'href', 'src', 'target'],
     styledTags: ['SPAN', 'B', 'STRONG', 'I', 'S', 'U', 'FONT'],
     styles: {
         'text-decoration': { defaultValues: ['', 'none'] },