diff --git a/lisp/ChangeLog b/lisp/ChangeLog
index 939be5e07..12f5beea0 100755
--- a/lisp/ChangeLog
+++ b/lisp/ChangeLog
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 2009-01-25  Carsten Dominik  <carsten.dominik@gmail.com>
 
+	* org.el (org-yank): Add property for delete-selection mode.
+
 	* org-exp.el (org-export-as-html): Turn \par into a paragraph.
 
 	* org.el (org-agenda-tags-todo-honor-ignore-options): Declare
diff --git a/lisp/org.el b/lisp/org.el
index 97ba3924b..5b69f5a08 100644
--- a/lisp/org.el
+++ b/lisp/org.el
@@ -12863,6 +12863,7 @@ because, in this case the deletion might narrow the column."
 (put 'orgtbl-self-insert-command 'delete-selection t)
 (put 'org-delete-char 'delete-selection 'supersede)
 (put 'org-delete-backward-char 'delete-selection 'supersede)
+(put 'org-yank 'delete-selection 'yank)
 
 ;; Make `flyspell-mode' delay after some commands
 (put 'org-self-insert-command 'flyspell-delayed t)