diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/admin/utils/directives/textangular_strip.js.coffee b/app/assets/javascripts/admin/utils/directives/textangular_strip.js.coffee
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..8e60221376
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/admin/utils/directives/textangular_strip.js.coffee
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+angular.module("admin.utils").directive "textangularStrip", () ->
+  restrict: 'CA'
+  link: (scope, element, attrs) ->
+    scope.stripFormatting = ($html) ->
+      return String($html).replace(/<[^>]+>/gm, '')
diff --git a/app/overrides/spree/admin/products/_form/add_description_wysiwyg.html.haml.deface b/app/overrides/spree/admin/products/_form/add_description_wysiwyg.html.haml.deface
index 71d3e43f9c..d04e787482 100644
--- a/app/overrides/spree/admin/products/_form/add_description_wysiwyg.html.haml.deface
+++ b/app/overrides/spree/admin/products/_form/add_description_wysiwyg.html.haml.deface
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 / replace "[data-hook=admin_product_form_left] code[erb-loud]:contains('f.text_area :description')"
-%text-angular{'id' => 'product_description', 'name' => 'product[description]', 'class' => 'text-angular', 'ta-toolbar' => "[['bold','italics','clear']]"}
+%text-angular{'id' => 'product_description', 'name' => 'product[description]', 'class' => 'text-angular', 'textangular-strip' => true, 'ta-paste' => "stripFormatting($html)", 'ta-toolbar' => "[['bold','italics','clear']]"}
   = sanitize(@product.description)