diff --git a/packages/coding-agent/src/utils/clipboard-image.ts b/packages/coding-agent/src/utils/clipboard-image.ts
index 96905a6f..58cd5913 100644
--- a/packages/coding-agent/src/utils/clipboard-image.ts
+++ b/packages/coding-agent/src/utils/clipboard-image.ts
@@ -1,22 +1,8 @@
 import { spawnSync } from "child_process";
-import { createRequire } from "module";
 
+import { clipboard } from "./clipboard-native.js";
 import { loadPhoton } from "./photon.js";
 
-type ClipboardModule = {
-	hasImage: () => boolean;
-	getImageBinary: () => Promise<Array<number>>;
-};
-
-const require = createRequire(import.meta.url);
-let Clipboard: ClipboardModule | null = null;
-
-try {
-	Clipboard = require("@mariozechner/clipboard") as ClipboardModule;
-} catch {
-	Clipboard = null;
-}
-
 export type ClipboardImage = {
 	bytes: Uint8Array;
 	mimeType: string;
@@ -191,11 +177,11 @@ export async function readClipboardImage(options?: {
 	if (platform === "linux" && isWaylandSession(env)) {
 		image = readClipboardImageViaWlPaste() ?? readClipboardImageViaXclip();
 	} else {
-		if (!Clipboard || !Clipboard.hasImage()) {
+		if (!clipboard || !clipboard.hasImage()) {
 			return null;
 		}
 
-		const imageData = await Clipboard.getImageBinary();
+		const imageData = await clipboard.getImageBinary();
 		if (!imageData || imageData.length === 0) {
 			return null;
 		}
diff --git a/packages/coding-agent/src/utils/clipboard-native.ts b/packages/coding-agent/src/utils/clipboard-native.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..e176d47c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/coding-agent/src/utils/clipboard-native.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+import { createRequire } from "module";
+
+export type ClipboardModule = {
+	hasImage: () => boolean;
+	getImageBinary: () => Promise<Array<number>>;
+};
+
+const require = createRequire(import.meta.url);
+let clipboard: ClipboardModule | null = null;
+
+const hasDisplay = process.platform !== "linux" || Boolean(process.env.DISPLAY || process.env.WAYLAND_DISPLAY);
+
+if (!process.env.TERMUX_VERSION && hasDisplay) {
+	try {
+		clipboard = require("@mariozechner/clipboard") as ClipboardModule;
+	} catch {
+		clipboard = null;
+	}
+}
+
+export { clipboard };
diff --git a/packages/coding-agent/test/clipboard-image.test.ts b/packages/coding-agent/test/clipboard-image.test.ts
index a146820c..ad2ba5de 100644
--- a/packages/coding-agent/test/clipboard-image.test.ts
+++ b/packages/coding-agent/test/clipboard-image.test.ts
@@ -17,9 +17,9 @@ vi.mock("child_process", () => {
 	};
 });
 
-vi.mock("@mariozechner/clipboard", () => {
+vi.mock("../src/utils/clipboard-native.js", () => {
 	return {
-		default: mocks.clipboard,
+		clipboard: mocks.clipboard,
 	};
 });
 
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ describe("readClipboardImage", () => {
 		mocks.clipboard.getImageBinary.mockReset();
 	});
 
-	test("Wayland: uses wl-paste and never calls @mariozechner/clipboard", async () => {
+	test("Wayland: uses wl-paste and never calls clipboard", async () => {
 		mocks.clipboard.hasImage.mockImplementation(() => {
 			throw new Error("clipboard.hasImage should not be called on Wayland");
 		});
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@ describe("readClipboardImage", () => {
 		expect(Array.from(result?.bytes ?? [])).toEqual([9, 8]);
 	});
 
-	test("Non-Wayland: uses @mariozechner/clipboard", async () => {
+	test("Non-Wayland: uses clipboard", async () => {
 		mocks.spawnSync.mockImplementation(() => {
 			throw new Error("spawnSync should not be called for non-Wayland sessions");
 		});