diff --git a/lib/keymaps/autocomplete-xml.cson b/lib/keymaps/autocomplete-xml.cson
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..26e8020
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/keymaps/autocomplete-xml.cson
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+# Keybindings require three things to be fully defined: A selector that is
+# matched against the focused element, the keystroke and the command to
+# execute.
+#
+# Below is a basic keybinding which registers on all platforms by applying to
+# the root workspace element.
+
+# For more detailed documentation see
+# https://atom.io/docs/latest/behind-atom-keymaps-in-depth
+'atom-workspace':
+  'ctrl-alt-c': 'main:copyXpathToClipboard'
diff --git a/lib/main.coffee b/lib/main.coffee
index 95c1c08..3ceb550 100644
--- a/lib/main.coffee
+++ b/lib/main.coffee
@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
 provider = require './provider'
+utils = require './xml-utils'
+{CompositeDisposable} = require 'atom'
 
 module.exports =
   xpathView: null
@@ -18,6 +20,13 @@ module.exports =
 
   getProvider: -> provider
 
+  activate: (state) ->
+    # Events subscribed to in atom's system can be easily cleaned up with a CompositeDisposable
+    @subscriptions = new CompositeDisposable
+    # Register command that toggles this view
+    @subscriptions.add atom.commands.add 'atom-workspace', 'main:copyXpathToClipboard': => @copyXpathToClipboard()
+    @subscriptions.dispose()
+
   deactivate: ->
     @xpathView?.destroy()
     @xpathView = null
@@ -26,3 +35,11 @@ module.exports =
     XPathStatusBarView = require './xpath-statusbar-view'
     @xpathView = new XPathStatusBarView().initialize(statusBar)
     @xpathView.attach()
+
+  copyXpathToClipboard: ->
+    editor = atom.workspace.getActiveTextEditor()
+    if editor
+      buffer = editor.getBuffer()
+      bufferPosition = editor.getCursorBufferPosition()
+      xpath = utils.getXPath buffer, bufferPosition, ''
+      atom.clipboard.write(xpath.join '/')