diff --git a/contrib/grimshot b/contrib/grimshot
index 1ec19def6..111080ffa 100755
--- a/contrib/grimshot
+++ b/contrib/grimshot
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ ACTION=${1:-usage}
 SUBJECT=${2:-screen}
 FILE=${3:-$(getTargetDirectory)/$(date -Ins).png}
 
-if [ "$ACTION" != "save" ] && [ "$ACTION" != "copy" ] && [ "$ACTION" != "check" ]; then
+if [ "$ACTION" != "save" ] && [ "$ACTION" != "copy" ] && [ "$ACTION" != "savecopy" ] && [ "$ACTION" != "check" ]; then
   echo "Usage:"
   echo "  grimshot [--notify] [--cursor] (copy|save) [active|screen|output|area|window] [FILE|-]"
   echo "  grimshot check"
@@ -53,6 +53,7 @@ if [ "$ACTION" != "save" ] && [ "$ACTION" != "copy" ] && [ "$ACTION" != "check"
   echo "Commands:"
   echo "  copy: Copy the screenshot data into the clipboard."
   echo "  save: Save the screenshot to a regular file or '-' to pipe to STDOUT."
+  echo "  savecopy: Saves the screenshot to a regular file and copies the data into the clipboard."
   echo "  check: Verify if required tools are installed and exit."
   echo "  usage: Show this message and exit."
   echo ""
@@ -153,16 +154,22 @@ else
   die "Unknown subject to take a screen shot from" "$SUBJECT"
 fi
 
-if [ "$ACTION" = "copy" ] ; then
-  takeScreenshot - "$GEOM" "$OUTPUT" | wl-copy --type image/png || die "Clipboard error"
-  notifyOk "$WHAT copied to buffer"
-else
-  if takeScreenshot "$FILE" "$GEOM" "$OUTPUT"; then
-    TITLE="Screenshot of $SUBJECT"
-    MESSAGE=$(basename "$FILE")
-    notifyOk "$MESSAGE" "$TITLE"
-    echo "$FILE"
-  else
-    notifyError "Error taking screenshot with grim"
-  fi
-fi
+case "$ACTION" in
+  copy)
+    takeScreenshot - "$GEOM" "$OUTPUT" | wl-copy --type image/png || die "Clipboard error";
+    notifyOk "$WHAT copied to buffer";;
+  save*)
+    if takeScreenshot "$FILE" "$GEOM" "$OUTPUT"; then
+      if [ "$ACTION" = "savecopy" ]; then
+        wl-copy --type image/png < "$FILE" || die "Clipboard error"
+      fi
+      TITLE="Screenshot of $SUBJECT"
+      MESSAGE=$(basename "$FILE")
+      notifyOk "$MESSAGE" "$TITLE"
+      echo "$FILE"
+    else
+      notifyError "Error taking screenshot with grim"
+    fi;;
+  *)
+    die "Unexpected action: $ACTION"
+esac