diff --git a/.local/bin/maimpick b/.local/bin/maimpick
index 77175012..e9918998 100755
--- a/.local/bin/maimpick
+++ b/.local/bin/maimpick
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
 # variables
 output="$(date '+%y%m%d-%H%M-%S').png"
 xclip_cmd="xclip -sel clip -t image/png"
+ocr_cmd="xclip -sel clip"
 
 case "$(printf "a selected area\\ncurrent window\\nfull screen\\na selected area (copy)\\ncurrent window (copy)\\nfull screen (copy)" | dmenu -l 6 -i -p "Screenshot which area?")" in
     "a selected area") maim -u -s pic-selected-"${output}" ;;
@@ -15,4 +16,5 @@ case "$(printf "a selected area\\ncurrent window\\nfull screen\\na selected area
     "a selected area (copy)") maim -u -s | ${xclip_cmd} ;;
     "current window (copy)") maim -q -d 0.2 -i "$(xdotool getactivewindow)" | ${xclip_cmd} ;;
     "full screen (copy)") maim -q -d 0.2 | ${xclip_cmd} ;;
+    "a selected area (OCR)") tmpfile=$(mktemp /tmp/ocr-XXXXXX.png) && maim -u -s > "$tmpfile" && tesseract "$tmpfile" - -l eng | ${ocr_cmd} && rm "$tmpfile" ;;
 esac