diff --git a/electrum/gui/qt/seed_dialog.py b/electrum/gui/qt/seed_dialog.py
index 632f5bb32..9e40802ad 100644
--- a/electrum/gui/qt/seed_dialog.py
+++ b/electrum/gui/qt/seed_dialog.py
@@ -119,6 +119,7 @@ class SeedWidget(QWidget):
                 self.seed_e = ButtonsTextEdit()
             else:  # e.g. xpub
                 self.seed_e = ShowQRTextEdit(config=self.config)
+                self.seed_e.addCopyButton()
             self.seed_e.setReadOnly(True)
             self.seed_e.setText(seed)
         else:  # we expect user to enter text