diff --git a/packages/extension-link/src/helpers/pasteHandler.ts b/packages/extension-link/src/helpers/pasteHandler.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..dfca342b3f3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/extension-link/src/helpers/pasteHandler.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,52 @@
+import { Editor } from '@tiptap/core'
+import { MarkType } from '@tiptap/pm/model'
+import { Plugin, PluginKey } from '@tiptap/pm/state'
+import { find } from 'linkifyjs'
+
+type PasteHandlerOptions = {
+  editor: Editor
+  type: MarkType
+}
+
+export function pasteHandler(options: PasteHandlerOptions): Plugin {
+  return new Plugin({
+    key: new PluginKey('handlePasteLink'),
+    props: {
+      handlePaste: (view, event, slice) => {
+        const { state } = view
+        const { selection } = state
+        const { empty } = selection
+
+        if (empty) {
+          return false
+        }
+
+        let textContent = ''
+
+        slice.content.forEach(node => {
+          textContent += node.textContent
+        })
+
+        const link = find(textContent).find(item => item.isLink && item.value === textContent)
+
+        if (!textContent || !link) {
+          return false
+        }
+
+        const html = event.clipboardData.getData('text/html')
+
+        const hrefRegex = /href="([^"]*)"/
+
+        const existingLink = html?.match(hrefRegex)
+
+        const url = existingLink ? existingLink[1] : link.href
+
+        options.editor.commands.setMark(options.type, {
+          href: url,
+        })
+
+        return true
+      },
+    },
+  })
+}
diff --git a/packages/extension-link/src/link.ts b/packages/extension-link/src/link.ts
index 9c9c89b2ba1..41d6ac1365d 100644
--- a/packages/extension-link/src/link.ts
+++ b/packages/extension-link/src/link.ts
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import { find, registerCustomProtocol, reset } from 'linkifyjs'
 
 import { autolink } from './helpers/autolink.js'
 import { clickHandler } from './helpers/clickHandler.js'
+import { pasteHandler } from './helpers/pasteHandler.js'
 
 export interface LinkProtocolOptions {
   scheme: string;
@@ -167,7 +168,7 @@ export const Link = Mark.create<LinkOptions>({
           })),
         type: this.type,
         getAttributes: (match, pasteEvent) => {
-          const html = pasteEvent.clipboardData?.getData('text/html')
+          const html = pasteEvent?.clipboardData?.getData('text/html')
           const hrefRegex = /href="([^"]*)"/
 
           const existingLink = html?.match(hrefRegex)
@@ -206,6 +207,15 @@ export const Link = Mark.create<LinkOptions>({
       )
     }
 
+    if (this.options.linkOnPaste) {
+      plugins.push(
+        pasteHandler({
+          editor: this.editor,
+          type: this.type,
+        }),
+      )
+    }
+
     return plugins
   },
 })