diff --git a/spec/text-editor-spec.coffee b/spec/text-editor-spec.coffee
index 87c8727fc..c314fd271 100644
--- a/spec/text-editor-spec.coffee
+++ b/spec/text-editor-spec.coffee
@@ -3015,6 +3015,16 @@ describe "TextEditor", ->
 
           expect(insertedStrings).toEqual ["hello"]
 
+        it "notifies ::onDidInsertText observers", ->
+          insertedStrings = []
+          editor.onDidInsertText ({text, range}) ->
+            insertedStrings.push(text)
+
+          atom.clipboard.write("hello")
+          editor.pasteText()
+
+          expect(insertedStrings).toEqual ["hello"]
+
         describe "when `autoIndentOnPaste` is true", ->
           beforeEach ->
             atom.config.set("editor.autoIndentOnPaste", true)
diff --git a/src/text-editor.coffee b/src/text-editor.coffee
index b08d8ab61..b644ac4e7 100644
--- a/src/text-editor.coffee
+++ b/src/text-editor.coffee
@@ -2627,14 +2627,19 @@ class TextEditor extends Model
         if containsNewlines or not cursor.hasPrecedingCharactersOnLine()
           options.indentBasis ?= indentBasis
 
+      range = null
       if fullLine and selection.isEmpty()
         oldPosition = selection.getBufferRange().start
         selection.setBufferRange([[oldPosition.row, 0], [oldPosition.row, 0]])
-        selection.insertText(text, options)
+        range = selection.insertText(text, options)
         newPosition = oldPosition.translate([1, 0])
         selection.setBufferRange([newPosition, newPosition])
       else
-        selection.insertText(text, options)
+        range = selection.insertText(text, options)
+
+      didInsertEvent = {text, range}
+      @emit('did-insert-text', didInsertEvent) if includeDeprecatedAPIs
+      @emitter.emit 'did-insert-text', didInsertEvent
 
   # Public: For each selection, if the selection is empty, cut all characters
   # of the containing line following the cursor. Otherwise cut the selected