diff --git a/bash_kernel/kernel.py b/bash_kernel/kernel.py
index ad65c52..a451158 100644
--- a/bash_kernel/kernel.py
+++ b/bash_kernel/kernel.py
@@ -105,9 +105,12 @@ def _start_bash(self):
         finally:
             signal.signal(signal.SIGINT, sig)
 
+        # Disable bracketed paste (see <https://github.com/takluyver/bash_kernel/issues/117>)
+        self.bashwrapper.run_command("bind 'set enable-bracketed-paste off' >/dev/null 2>&1 || true")
         # Register Bash function to write image data to temporary file
         self.bashwrapper.run_command(image_setup_cmd)
 
+
     def process_output(self, output):
         if not self.silent:
             image_filenames, output = extract_image_filenames(output)
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 6e08364..9ce6b49 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ module = "bash_kernel"
 author = "Thomas Kluyver"
 author-email = "thomas@kluyver.me.uk"
 home-page = "https://github.com/takluyver/bash_kernel"
-requires = ["pexpect (>=4.0)"]
+requires = ["pexpect (>=4.0)", "ipykernel"]
 description-file = "README.rst"
 classifiers = [
     "Framework :: IPython",