diff --git a/src/clipboard.ts b/src/clipboard.ts
index c0deb93af2..7ac9478f26 100644
--- a/src/clipboard.ts
+++ b/src/clipboard.ts
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ import { deepCopyElement } from "./element/newElement";
 import { mutateElement } from "./element/mutateElement";
 import { getContainingFrame } from "./frame";
 import { isPromiseLike, isTestEnv } from "./utils";
+import { ExcalidrawProgrammaticElement } from "./data/transform";
 
 type ElementsClipboard = {
   type: typeof EXPORT_DATA_TYPES.excalidrawClipboard;
@@ -20,7 +21,7 @@ type ElementsClipboard = {
 
 export interface ClipboardData {
   spreadsheet?: Spreadsheet;
-  elements?: readonly ExcalidrawElement[];
+  elements?: readonly (ExcalidrawElement | ExcalidrawProgrammaticElement)[];
   files?: BinaryFiles;
   text?: string;
   errorMessage?: string;
diff --git a/src/components/App.tsx b/src/components/App.tsx
index 0e02a9ee7c..277c4c46bf 100644
--- a/src/components/App.tsx
+++ b/src/components/App.tsx
@@ -1928,9 +1928,12 @@ class App extends React.Component<AppProps, AppState> {
           },
         });
       } else if (data.elements) {
-        const elements = data.programmaticAPI
-          ? convertToExcalidrawElements(data.elements)
-          : data.elements;
+        const elements = (
+          data.programmaticAPI
+            ? //@ts-ignore
+              convertToExcalidrawElements(data.elements)
+            : data.elements
+        ) as readonly ExcalidrawElement[];
         // TODO remove formatting from elements if isPlainPaste
         this.addElementsFromPasteOrLibrary({
           elements,