diff --git a/CHANGES.rst b/CHANGES.rst
index aba2f966a..bbbe3a808 100644
--- a/CHANGES.rst
+++ b/CHANGES.rst
@@ -29,6 +29,8 @@ New Features in 0.5.0
 - Support for QEMU Q35 machine added.
 - `UBootDriver` now handles idle console, allowing driver activation on
   an interupted U-Boot.
+- `ShellDriver` now handles bracketed-paste mode (default in bash >= 5.1,
+  readline >= 8.1)
 
 Bug fixes in 0.5.0
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
diff --git a/labgrid/driver/shelldriver.py b/labgrid/driver/shelldriver.py
index 3ed728aa8..cf1aa2a48 100644
--- a/labgrid/driver/shelldriver.py
+++ b/labgrid/driver/shelldriver.py
@@ -95,8 +95,9 @@ def _run(self, cmd, *, timeout=30.0, codec="utf-8", decodeerrors="strict"):
         # hide marker from expect
         cmp_command = f'''MARKER='{marker[:4]}''{marker[4:]}' run {shlex.quote(cmd)}'''
         self.console.sendline(cmp_command)
+        # match output by run function, bracketed-paste escape sequence (optionally), prompt
         _, _, match, _ = self.console.expect(
-            rf'{marker}(.*){marker}\s+(\d+)\s+{self.prompt}',
+            rf'{marker}(.*){marker}\s+(\d+)\s+(\x1b\[\?2004h)?{self.prompt}',
             timeout=timeout
         )
         # Remove VT100 Codes, split by newline and remove surrounding newline
@@ -200,8 +201,9 @@ def _check_prompt(self):
         # hide marker from expect
         self.console.sendline(f"echo '{marker[:4]}''{marker[4:]}'")
         try:
+            # match marker, bracketed-paste escape sequence (optionally), prompt
             self.console.expect(
-                rf"{marker}\s+{self.prompt}",
+                rf"{marker}\s+(\x1b\[\?2004h)?{self.prompt}",
                 timeout=5
             )
             self._status = 1