diff --git a/codex-rs/tui/src/chatwidget.rs b/codex-rs/tui/src/chatwidget.rs
index 8bb1e78e24..f198900bc2 100644
--- a/codex-rs/tui/src/chatwidget.rs
+++ b/codex-rs/tui/src/chatwidget.rs
@@ -1370,7 +1370,9 @@ impl ChatWidget {
                 modifiers,
                 kind: KeyEventKind::Press,
                 ..
-            } if modifiers.contains(KeyModifiers::CONTROL) && c.eq_ignore_ascii_case(&'v') => {
+            } if modifiers.intersects(KeyModifiers::CONTROL | KeyModifiers::ALT)
+                && c.eq_ignore_ascii_case(&'v') =>
+            {
                 match paste_image_to_temp_png() {
                     Ok((path, info)) => {
                         self.attach_image(