diff --git a/addons/xterm-addon-serialize/src/SerializeAddon.test.ts b/addons/xterm-addon-serialize/src/SerializeAddon.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..caa29053
--- /dev/null
+++ b/addons/xterm-addon-serialize/src/SerializeAddon.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,205 @@
+/**
+ * Copyright (c) 2018 The xterm.js authors. All rights reserved.
+ * @license MIT
+ */
+
+import jsdom = require('jsdom');
+import { assert } from 'chai';
+import { SerializeAddon } from './SerializeAddon';
+import { Terminal } from 'browser/public/Terminal';
+import { ColorManager } from 'browser/ColorManager';
+import { SelectionModel } from 'browser/selection/SelectionModel';
+import { IBufferService } from 'common/services/Services';
+
+function sgr(...seq: string[]): string {
+  return `\x1b[${seq.join(';')}m`;
+}
+
+function writeP(terminal: Terminal, data: string | Uint8Array): Promise<void> {
+  return new Promise(r => terminal.write(data, r));
+}
+
+class TestSelectionService {
+  private _model: SelectionModel;
+  private _hasSelection: boolean = false;
+
+  constructor(
+    bufferService: IBufferService
+  ) {
+    this._model = new SelectionModel(bufferService);
+  }
+
+  public get model(): SelectionModel { return this._model; }
+
+  public get hasSelection(): boolean { return this._hasSelection; }
+
+  public get selectionStart(): [number, number] | undefined { return this._model.finalSelectionStart; }
+  public get selectionEnd(): [number, number] | undefined { return this._model.finalSelectionEnd; }
+
+  public setSelection(col: number, row: number, length: number): void {
+    this._model.selectionStart = [col, row];
+    this._model.selectionStartLength = length;
+    this._hasSelection = true;
+  }
+}
+
+describe('xterm-addon-serialize html', () => {
+  let cm: ColorManager;
+  let dom: jsdom.JSDOM;
+  let document: Document;
+  let window: jsdom.DOMWindow;
+
+  let serializeAddon: SerializeAddon;
+  let terminal: Terminal;
+  let selectionService: any;
+
+  before(() => {
+    serializeAddon = new SerializeAddon();
+  });
+
+  beforeEach(() => {
+    dom = new jsdom.JSDOM('');
+    window = dom.window;
+    document = window.document;
+
+    (window as any).HTMLCanvasElement.prototype.getContext = () => ({
+      createLinearGradient(): any {
+        return null;
+      },
+
+      fillRect(): void { },
+
+      getImageData(): any {
+        return { data: [0, 0, 0, 0xFF] };
+      }
+    });
+
+    terminal = new Terminal({ cols: 10, rows: 2 });
+    terminal.loadAddon(serializeAddon);
+
+    selectionService = new TestSelectionService((terminal as any)._core._bufferService);
+    cm = new ColorManager(document, false);
+    (terminal as any)._core._colorManager = cm;
+    (terminal as any)._core._selectionService = selectionService;
+  });
+
+  it('empty terminal with selection turned off', () => {
+    const output = serializeAddon.serializeAsHTML();
+    assert.notEqual(output, '');
+    assert.equal((output.match(new RegExp('<div><span> {10}</span><\/div>', 'g')) || []).length, 2);
+  });
+
+  it('empty terminal with no selection', () => {
+    const output = serializeAddon.serializeAsHTML({
+      onlySelection: true
+    });
+    assert.equal(output, '');
+  });
+
+  it('basic terminal with selection', async () => {
+    await writeP(terminal, ' terminal ');
+    terminal.select(1, 0, 8);
+
+    const output = serializeAddon.serializeAsHTML({
+      onlySelection: true
+    });
+    assert.equal((output.match(new RegExp('<div><span>terminal<\/span><\/div>', 'g')) || []).length, 1, output);
+  });
+
+  it('cells with bold styling', async () => {
+    await writeP(terminal, ' ' + sgr('1') + 'terminal' + sgr('22') + ' ');
+
+    const output = serializeAddon.serializeAsHTML();
+    assert.equal((output.match(new RegExp('<span style=\'font-weight: bold;\'>terminal<\/span>', 'g')) || []).length, 1, output);
+  });
+
+  it('cells with italic styling', async () => {
+    await writeP(terminal, ' ' + sgr('3') + 'terminal' + sgr('23') + ' ');
+
+    const output = serializeAddon.serializeAsHTML();
+    assert.equal((output.match(new RegExp('<span style=\'font-style: italic;\'>terminal<\/span>', 'g')) || []).length, 1, output);
+  });
+
+  it('cells with inverse styling', async () => {
+    await writeP(terminal, ' ' + sgr('7') + 'terminal' + sgr('27') + ' ');
+
+    const output = serializeAddon.serializeAsHTML();
+    assert.equal((output.match(new RegExp('<span style=\'color: #000000; background-color: #BFBFBF;\'>terminal<\/span>', 'g')) || []).length, 1, output);
+  });
+
+  it('cells with underline styling', async () => {
+    await writeP(terminal, ' ' + sgr('4') + 'terminal' + sgr('24') + ' ');
+
+    const output = serializeAddon.serializeAsHTML();
+    assert.equal((output.match(new RegExp('<span style=\'text-decoration: underline;\'>terminal<\/span>', 'g')) || []).length, 1, output);
+  });
+
+  it('cells with invisible styling', async () => {
+    await writeP(terminal, ' ' + sgr('8') + 'terminal' + sgr('28') + ' ');
+
+    const output = serializeAddon.serializeAsHTML();
+    assert.equal((output.match(new RegExp('<span style=\'visibility: hidden;\'>terminal<\/span>', 'g')) || []).length, 1, output);
+  });
+
+  it('cells with dim styling', async () => {
+    await writeP(terminal, ' ' + sgr('2') + 'terminal' + sgr('22') + ' ');
+
+    const output = serializeAddon.serializeAsHTML();
+    assert.equal((output.match(new RegExp('<span style=\'opacity: 0.5;\'>terminal<\/span>', 'g')) || []).length, 1, output);
+  });
+
+  it('cells with strikethrough styling', async () => {
+    await writeP(terminal, ' ' + sgr('9') + 'terminal' + sgr('29') + ' ');
+
+    const output = serializeAddon.serializeAsHTML();
+    assert.equal((output.match(new RegExp('<span style=\'text-decoration: line-through;\'>terminal<\/span>', 'g')) || []).length, 1, output);
+  });
+
+  it('cells with combined styling', async () => {
+    await writeP(terminal, sgr('1') + ' ' + sgr('9') + 'termi' + sgr('22') + 'nal' + sgr('29') + ' ');
+
+    const output = serializeAddon.serializeAsHTML();
+    assert.equal((output.match(new RegExp('<span style=\'font-weight: bold;\'> <\/span>', 'g')) || []).length, 1, output);
+    assert.equal((output.match(new RegExp('<span style=\'font-weight: bold; text-decoration: line-through;\'>termi<\/span>', 'g')) || []).length, 1, output);
+    assert.equal((output.match(new RegExp('<span style=\'text-decoration: line-through;\'>nal<\/span>', 'g')) || []).length, 1, output);
+  });
+
+  it('cells with color styling', async () => {
+    await writeP(terminal, ' ' + sgr('38;5;46') + 'terminal' + sgr('39') + ' ');
+
+    const output = serializeAddon.serializeAsHTML();
+    assert.equal((output.match(new RegExp('<span style=\'color: #00ff00;\'>terminal<\/span>', 'g')) || []).length, 1, output);
+  });
+
+  it('cells with background styling', async () => {
+    await writeP(terminal, ' ' + sgr('48;5;46') + 'terminal' + sgr('49') + ' ');
+
+    const output = serializeAddon.serializeAsHTML();
+    assert.equal((output.match(new RegExp('<span style=\'background-color: #00ff00;\'>terminal<\/span>', 'g')) || []).length, 1, output);
+  });
+
+  it('empty terminal with default options', async () => {
+    const output = serializeAddon.serializeAsHTML();
+    assert.equal((output.match(new RegExp('color: #000000; background-color: #ffffff; font-family: courier-new, courier, monospace; font-size: 15px;', 'g')) || []).length, 1, output);
+  });
+
+  it('empty terminal with custom options', async () => {
+    terminal.options.fontFamily = 'verdana';
+    terminal.options.fontSize = 20;
+    terminal.options.theme = {
+      foreground: '#ff00ff',
+      background: '#00ff00'
+    };
+    const output = serializeAddon.serializeAsHTML({
+      includeGlobalBackground: true
+    });
+    assert.equal((output.match(new RegExp('color: #ff00ff; background-color: #00ff00; font-family: verdana; font-size: 20px;', 'g')) || []).length, 1, output);
+  });
+
+  it('empty terminal with background included', async () => {
+    const output = serializeAddon.serializeAsHTML({
+      includeGlobalBackground: true
+    });
+    assert.equal((output.match(new RegExp('color: #ffffff; background-color: #000000; font-family: courier-new, courier, monospace; font-size: 15px;', 'g')) || []).length, 1, output);
+  });
+});
diff --git a/addons/xterm-addon-serialize/src/SerializeAddon.ts b/addons/xterm-addon-serialize/src/SerializeAddon.ts
index 24020b74..25a42e65 100644
--- a/addons/xterm-addon-serialize/src/SerializeAddon.ts
+++ b/addons/xterm-addon-serialize/src/SerializeAddon.ts
@@ -5,8 +5,8 @@
  * (EXPERIMENTAL) This Addon is still under development
  */
 
-import { Terminal, ITerminalAddon, IBuffer, IBufferCell } from 'xterm';
-
+import { Terminal, ITerminalAddon, IBuffer, IBufferCell, IBufferRange } from 'xterm';
+import { IColorSet } from 'browser/Types';
 
 function constrain(value: number, low: number, high: number): number {
   return Math.max(low, Math.min(value, high));
@@ -19,18 +19,25 @@ abstract class BaseSerializeHandler {
   ) {
   }
 
-  public serialize(startRow: number, endRow: number): string {
+  public serialize(range: IBufferRange): string {
     // we need two of them to flip between old and new cell
     const cell1 = this._buffer.getNullCell();
     const cell2 = this._buffer.getNullCell();
     let oldCell = cell1;
 
+    const startRow = range.start.x;
+    const endRow = range.end.x;
+    const startColumn = range.start.y;
+    const endColumn = range.end.y;
+
     this._beforeSerialize(endRow - startRow, startRow, endRow);
 
-    for (let row = startRow; row < endRow; row++) {
+    for (let row = startRow; row <= endRow; row++) {
       const line = this._buffer.getLine(row);
       if (line) {
-        for (let col = 0; col < line.length; col++) {
+        const startLineColumn = row !== range.start.x ? 0 : startColumn;
+        const endLineColumn = row !== range.end.x ? line.length : endColumn;
+        for (let col = startLineColumn; col < endLineColumn; col++) {
           const c = line.getCell(col, oldCell === cell1 ? cell2 : cell1);
           if (!c) {
             console.warn(`Can't get cell at row=${row}, col=${col}`);
@@ -40,7 +47,7 @@ abstract class BaseSerializeHandler {
           oldCell = c;
         }
       }
-      this._rowEnd(row, row === endRow - 1);
+      this._rowEnd(row, row === endRow);
     }
 
     this._afterSerialize();
@@ -403,7 +410,35 @@ export class SerializeAddon implements ITerminalAddon {
     const maxRows = buffer.length;
     const handler = new StringSerializeHandler(buffer, terminal);
     const correctRows = (scrollback === undefined) ? maxRows : constrain(scrollback + terminal.rows, 0, maxRows);
-    return handler.serialize(maxRows - correctRows, maxRows);
+    return handler.serialize({
+      start: { x: maxRows - correctRows, y: 0 },
+      end: { x: maxRows - 1, y: terminal.cols }
+    });
+  }
+
+  private _serializeBufferAsHTML(terminal: Terminal, options: Partial<IHTMLSerializeOptions>): string {
+    const buffer = terminal.buffer.active;
+    const handler = new HTMLSerializeHandler(buffer, terminal, options);
+    const onlySelection = options.onlySelection ?? false;
+    if (!onlySelection) {
+      const maxRows = buffer.length;
+      const scrollback = options.scrollback;
+      const correctRows = (scrollback === undefined) ? maxRows : constrain(scrollback + terminal.rows, 0, maxRows);
+      return handler.serialize({
+        start: { x: maxRows - correctRows, y: 0 },
+        end: { x: maxRows - 1, y: terminal.cols }
+      });
+    }
+
+    const selection = this._terminal?.getSelectionPosition();
+    if (selection !== undefined) {
+      return handler.serialize({
+        start: { x: selection.startRow, y: selection.startColumn },
+        end: { x: selection.endRow, y: selection.endColumn }
+      });
+    }
+
+    return '';
   }
 
   private _serializeModes(terminal: Terminal): string {
@@ -460,6 +495,14 @@ export class SerializeAddon implements ITerminalAddon {
     return content;
   }
 
+  public serializeAsHTML(options?: Partial<IHTMLSerializeOptions>): string {
+    if (!this._terminal) {
+      throw new Error('Cannot use addon until it has been loaded');
+    }
+
+    return this._serializeBufferAsHTML(this._terminal, options || {});
+  }
+
   public dispose(): void { }
 }
 
@@ -469,3 +512,150 @@ interface ISerializeOptions {
   excludeModes?: boolean;
   excludeAltBuffer?: boolean;
 }
+
+interface IHTMLSerializeOptions {
+  scrollback: number;
+  onlySelection: boolean;
+  includeGlobalBackground: boolean;
+}
+
+export class HTMLSerializeHandler extends BaseSerializeHandler {
+  private _currentRow: string = '';
+
+  private _htmlContent = '';
+
+  private _colors: IColorSet;
+
+  constructor(
+    buffer: IBuffer,
+    private readonly _terminal: Terminal,
+    private readonly _options: Partial<IHTMLSerializeOptions>
+  ) {
+    super(buffer);
+
+    // https://github.com/xtermjs/xterm.js/issues/3601
+    this._colors = (_terminal as any)._core._colorManager.colors;
+  }
+
+  private _padStart(target: string, targetLength: number, padString: string): string {
+    targetLength = targetLength >> 0;
+    padString = padString ?? ' ';
+    if (target.length > targetLength) {
+      return target;
+    }
+
+    targetLength = targetLength - target.length;
+    if (targetLength > padString.length) {
+      padString += padString.repeat(targetLength / padString.length);
+    }
+    return padString.slice(0, targetLength) + target;
+  }
+
+  protected _beforeSerialize(rows: number, start: number, end: number): void {
+    this._htmlContent += '<html><body><!--StartFragment--><pre>';
+
+    let foreground = '#000000';
+    let background = '#ffffff';
+    if (this._options.includeGlobalBackground ?? false) {
+      foreground = this._terminal.options.theme?.foreground ?? '#ffffff';
+      background = this._terminal.options.theme?.background ?? '#000000';
+    }
+
+    const globalStyleDefinitions = [];
+    globalStyleDefinitions.push('color: ' + foreground + ';');
+    globalStyleDefinitions.push('background-color: ' + background + ';');
+    globalStyleDefinitions.push('font-family: ' + this._terminal.options.fontFamily + ';');
+    globalStyleDefinitions.push('font-size: ' + this._terminal.options.fontSize + 'px;');
+    this._htmlContent += '<div style=\'' + globalStyleDefinitions.join(' ') + '\'>';
+  }
+
+  protected _afterSerialize(): void {
+    this._htmlContent += '</div>';
+    this._htmlContent += '</pre><!--EndFragment--></body></html>';
+  }
+
+  protected _rowEnd(row: number, isLastRow: boolean): void {
+    this._htmlContent += '<div><span>' + this._currentRow + '</span></div>';
+    this._currentRow = '';
+  }
+
+  private _getHexColor(cell: IBufferCell, isFg: boolean): string | undefined {
+    const color = isFg ? cell.getFgColor() : cell.getBgColor();
+    if (isFg ? cell.isFgRGB() : cell.isBgRGB()) {
+      const rgb = [
+        (color >> 16) & 255,
+        (color >>  8) & 255,
+        (color      ) & 255
+      ];
+      return rgb.map(x => this._padStart(x.toString(16), 2, '0')).join('');
+    }
+    if (isFg ? cell.isFgPalette() : cell.isBgPalette()) {
+      return this._colors.ansi[color].css;
+    }
+    return undefined;
+  }
+
+  private _diffStyle(cell: IBufferCell, oldCell: IBufferCell): string[] | undefined {
+    const content: string[] = [];
+
+    const fgChanged = !equalFg(cell, oldCell);
+    const bgChanged = !equalBg(cell, oldCell);
+    const flagsChanged = !equalFlags(cell, oldCell);
+
+    if (fgChanged || bgChanged || flagsChanged) {
+      const fgHexColor = this._getHexColor(cell, true);
+      if (fgHexColor) {
+        content.push('color: ' + fgHexColor + ';');
+      }
+
+      const bgHexColor = this._getHexColor(cell, false);
+      if (bgHexColor) {
+        content.push('background-color: ' + bgHexColor + ';');
+      }
+
+      if (cell.isInverse()) { content.push('color: #000000; background-color: #BFBFBF;'); }
+      if (cell.isBold()) { content.push('font-weight: bold;'); }
+      if (cell.isUnderline()) { content.push('text-decoration: underline;'); }
+      if (cell.isBlink()) { content.push('text-decoration: blink;'); }
+      if (cell.isInvisible()) { content.push('visibility: hidden;'); }
+      if (cell.isItalic()) { content.push('font-style: italic;'); }
+      if (cell.isDim()) { content.push('opacity: 0.5;'); }
+      if (cell.isStrikethrough()) { content.push('text-decoration: line-through;'); }
+
+      return content;
+    }
+
+    return undefined;
+  }
+
+  protected _nextCell(cell: IBufferCell, oldCell: IBufferCell, row: number, col: number): void {
+    // a width 0 cell don't need to be count because it is just a placeholder after a CJK character;
+    const isPlaceHolderCell = cell.getWidth() === 0;
+    if (isPlaceHolderCell) {
+      return;
+    }
+
+    // this cell don't have content
+    const isEmptyCell = cell.getChars() === '';
+
+    const styleDefinitions = this._diffStyle(cell, oldCell);
+
+    // handles style change
+    if (styleDefinitions) {
+      this._currentRow += styleDefinitions.length === 0 ?
+        '</span><span>' :
+        '</span><span style=\'' + styleDefinitions.join(' ') + '\'>';
+    }
+
+    // handles actual content
+    if (isEmptyCell) {
+      this._currentRow += ' ';
+    } else {
+      this._currentRow += cell.getChars();
+    }
+  }
+
+  protected _serializeString(): string {
+    return this._htmlContent;
+  }
+}
diff --git a/addons/xterm-addon-serialize/src/tsconfig.json b/addons/xterm-addon-serialize/src/tsconfig.json
index ef4a14ab..38ef6a7f 100644
--- a/addons/xterm-addon-serialize/src/tsconfig.json
+++ b/addons/xterm-addon-serialize/src/tsconfig.json
@@ -14,6 +14,9 @@
     "paths": {
       "common/*": [
         "../../../src/common/*"
+      ],
+      "browser/*": [
+        "../../../src/browser/*"
       ]
     },
     "strict": true,
@@ -28,6 +31,9 @@
   "references": [
     {
       "path": "../../../src/common"
+    },
+    {
+      "path": "../../../src/browser"
     }
   ]
 }
diff --git a/addons/xterm-addon-serialize/typings/xterm-addon-serialize.d.ts b/addons/xterm-addon-serialize/typings/xterm-addon-serialize.d.ts
index f50fc4de..4cb6283d 100644
--- a/addons/xterm-addon-serialize/typings/xterm-addon-serialize.d.ts
+++ b/addons/xterm-addon-serialize/typings/xterm-addon-serialize.d.ts
@@ -24,14 +24,23 @@ declare module 'xterm-addon-serialize' {
      * the state. The cursor will also be positioned to the correct cell. When restoring a terminal
      * it is best to do before `Terminal.open` is called to avoid wasting CPU cycles rendering
      * incomplete frames.
-     * 
+     *
      * It's recommended that you write the serialized data into a terminal of the same size in which
      * it originated from and then resize it after if needed.
-     * 
+     *
      * @param options Custom options to allow control over what gets serialized.
      */
     public serialize(options?: ISerializeOptions): string;
 
+    /**
+     * Serializes terminal content as HTML, which can be written to the clipboard using the
+     * `text/html` mimetype. For applications that support it, the pasted text should then retain
+     * its colors/styles.
+     *
+     * @param options Custom options to allow control over what gets serialized.
+     */
+    public serializeAsHTML(options?: Partial<IHTMLSerializeOptions>): string;
+
     /**
      * Disposes the addon.
      */
@@ -56,4 +65,24 @@ declare module 'xterm-addon-serialize' {
      */
     excludeAltBuffer?: boolean;
   }
+
+  export interface IHTMLSerializeOptions {
+    /**
+     * The number of rows in the scrollback buffer to serialize, starting from the bottom of the
+     * scrollback buffer. When not specified, all available rows in the scrollback buffer will be
+     * serialized. This setting is ignored if {@link IHTMLSerializeOptions.onlySelection} is true.
+     */
+    scrollback: number;
+
+    /**
+     * Whether to only serialize the selection. If false, the whole active buffer is serialized in HTML.
+     * False by default.
+     */
+    onlySelection: boolean;
+
+    /**
+     * Whether to include the global background of the terminal. False by default.
+     */
+    includeGlobalBackground: boolean;
+  }
 }
diff --git a/demo/client.ts b/demo/client.ts
index a8283461..c3602ea0 100644
--- a/demo/client.ts
+++ b/demo/client.ts
@@ -147,6 +147,7 @@ if (document.location.pathname === '/test') {
   createTerminal();
   document.getElementById('dispose').addEventListener('click', disposeRecreateButtonHandler);
   document.getElementById('serialize').addEventListener('click', serializeButtonHandler);
+  document.getElementById('htmlserialize').addEventListener('click', htmlSerializeButtonHandler);
   document.getElementById('custom-glyph').addEventListener('click', writeCustomGlyphHandler);
   document.getElementById('load-test').addEventListener('click', loadTest);
   document.getElementById('add-decoration').addEventListener('click', addDecoration);
@@ -448,6 +449,21 @@ function serializeButtonHandler(): void {
   }
 }
 
+function htmlSerializeButtonHandler(): void {
+  const output = addons.serialize.instance.serializeAsHTML();
+  document.getElementById('htmlserialize-output').innerText = output;
+
+  // Deprecated, but the most supported for now.
+  function listener(e: any) {
+    e.clipboardData.setData("text/html", output);
+    e.preventDefault();
+  }
+  document.addEventListener("copy", listener);
+  document.execCommand("copy");
+  document.removeEventListener("copy", listener);
+  document.getElementById("htmlserialize-output-result").innerText = "Copied to clipboard";
+}
+
 
 function writeCustomGlyphHandler() {
   term.write('\n\r');
diff --git a/demo/index.html b/demo/index.html
index aa28000b..e024222c 100644
--- a/demo/index.html
+++ b/demo/index.html
@@ -49,6 +49,10 @@
             <button id="serialize">Serialize the content of terminal</button>
             <label><input type="checkbox" id="write-to-terminal">Write back to terminal</label>
             <div><pre id="serialize-output"></pre></div>
+
+            <button id="htmlserialize">Serialize the content of terminal in HTML</button>
+            <span id="htmlserialize-output-result"></span>
+            <div><pre id="htmlserialize-output"></pre></div>
           </div>
         </div>
         <div id="style" class="tabContent">