diff --git a/app/src/main/AndroidManifest.xml b/app/src/main/AndroidManifest.xml
index 4e95702bc3..7a2a6e50b6 100644
--- a/app/src/main/AndroidManifest.xml
+++ b/app/src/main/AndroidManifest.xml
@@ -233,4 +233,14 @@
 
     </application>
 
+    <!-- Starting with api level 30, we need to declare intent actions inside a queries element, 
+    to be able to find activities which support a given intent
+    https://developer.android.com/training/package-visibility/use-cases#custom-text-selection-actions -->
+    <queries>
+        <intent>
+          <action android:name="android.intent.action.PROCESS_TEXT" />
+          <data android:mimeType="text/plain" />
+        </intent>
+    </queries>
+
 </manifest>
diff --git a/app/src/main/java/com/termux/app/TermuxActivity.java b/app/src/main/java/com/termux/app/TermuxActivity.java
index 308d1f0b2b..89323e3cd3 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/com/termux/app/TermuxActivity.java
+++ b/app/src/main/java/com/termux/app/TermuxActivity.java
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@
 import android.view.Gravity;
 import android.view.Menu;
 import android.view.MenuItem;
+import android.view.SubMenu;
 import android.view.View;
 import android.view.ViewGroup;
 import android.view.WindowManager;
@@ -39,6 +40,7 @@
 import com.termux.shared.data.IntentUtils;
 import com.termux.shared.android.PermissionUtils;
 import com.termux.shared.data.DataUtils;
+import com.termux.shared.interact.ProcessTextUtils;
 import com.termux.shared.termux.TermuxConstants;
 import com.termux.shared.termux.TermuxConstants.TERMUX_APP.TERMUX_ACTIVITY;
 import com.termux.app.activities.HelpActivity;
@@ -68,6 +70,7 @@
 import androidx.viewpager.widget.ViewPager;
 
 import java.util.Arrays;
+import java.util.List;
 
 /**
  * A terminal emulator activity.
@@ -189,6 +192,8 @@ public final class TermuxActivity extends AppCompatActivity implements ServiceCo
     private static final int CONTEXT_MENU_HELP_ID = 7;
     private static final int CONTEXT_MENU_SETTINGS_ID = 8;
     private static final int CONTEXT_MENU_REPORT_ID = 9;
+    private static final int CONTEXT_MENU_SUBMENU_PROCESS_TEXT_ID = 11;
+    private static final int CONTEXT_MENU_LAUNCH_EXTERNAL_APP_PROCESS_TEXT_ID = 12;
 
     private static final String ARG_TERMINAL_TOOLBAR_TEXT_INPUT = "terminal_toolbar_text_input";
     private static final String ARG_ACTIVITY_RECREATED = "activity_recreated";
@@ -642,8 +647,20 @@ public void onCreateContextMenu(ContextMenu menu, View v, ContextMenuInfo menuIn
 
         menu.add(Menu.NONE, CONTEXT_MENU_SELECT_URL_ID, Menu.NONE, R.string.action_select_url);
         menu.add(Menu.NONE, CONTEXT_MENU_SHARE_TRANSCRIPT_ID, Menu.NONE, R.string.action_share_transcript);
-        if (!DataUtils.isNullOrEmpty(mTerminalView.getStoredSelectedText()))
+        String selectedText = mTerminalView.getStoredSelectedText();
+        if (!DataUtils.isNullOrEmpty(selectedText)) {
             menu.add(Menu.NONE, CONTEXT_MENU_SHARE_SELECTED_TEXT, Menu.NONE, R.string.action_share_selected_text);
+            if (Build.VERSION.SDK_INT >= Build.VERSION_CODES.M) {
+                List<ProcessTextUtils.ProcessTextActivityData> processTextActivities = ProcessTextUtils.getProcessTextActivities(this, selectedText);
+                if (!processTextActivities.isEmpty()) {
+                    SubMenu processTextSubmenu = menu.addSubMenu(Menu.NONE, CONTEXT_MENU_SUBMENU_PROCESS_TEXT_ID, Menu.NONE, R.string.action_process_text);
+                    for (ProcessTextUtils.ProcessTextActivityData processTextActivityData : processTextActivities) {
+                        processTextSubmenu.add(Menu.NONE, CONTEXT_MENU_LAUNCH_EXTERNAL_APP_PROCESS_TEXT_ID, Menu.NONE, processTextActivityData.label)
+                            .setIntent(processTextActivityData.intent);
+                    }
+                }
+            }
+        }
         if (addAutoFillMenu)
             menu.add(Menu.NONE, CONTEXT_MENU_AUTOFILL_ID, Menu.NONE, R.string.action_autofill_password);
         menu.add(Menu.NONE, CONTEXT_MENU_RESET_TERMINAL_ID, Menu.NONE, R.string.action_reset_terminal);
@@ -700,6 +717,9 @@ public boolean onContextItemSelected(MenuItem item) {
             case CONTEXT_MENU_REPORT_ID:
                 mTermuxTerminalViewClient.reportIssueFromTranscript();
                 return true;
+            case CONTEXT_MENU_LAUNCH_EXTERNAL_APP_PROCESS_TEXT_ID:
+                ActivityUtils.startActivity(this, item.getIntent());
+                return true;
             default:
                 return super.onContextItemSelected(item);
         }
diff --git a/app/src/main/res/values/strings.xml b/app/src/main/res/values/strings.xml
index 794d8df3e0..23a4d37f8a 100644
--- a/app/src/main/res/values/strings.xml
+++ b/app/src/main/res/values/strings.xml
@@ -90,6 +90,8 @@
     <string name="msg_generating_report">Generating Report</string>
     <string name="msg_add_termux_debug_info">Add termux debug info to report?</string>
 
+    <string name="action_process_text">Select text processing app…</string>
+
     <string name="error_styling_not_installed">The &TERMUX_STYLING_APP_NAME; Plugin App is not installed.</string>
     <string name="action_styling_install">Install</string>
 
diff --git a/termux-shared/src/main/java/com/termux/shared/interact/ProcessTextUtils.java b/termux-shared/src/main/java/com/termux/shared/interact/ProcessTextUtils.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..3dcb92cb7c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/termux-shared/src/main/java/com/termux/shared/interact/ProcessTextUtils.java
@@ -0,0 +1,69 @@
+package com.termux.shared.interact;
+
+import android.annotation.TargetApi;
+import android.content.ComponentName;
+import android.content.Context;
+import android.content.Intent;
+import android.content.pm.ActivityInfo;
+import android.content.pm.PackageManager;
+import android.content.pm.ResolveInfo;
+import android.os.Build;
+
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.List;
+
+public class ProcessTextUtils {
+
+    /**
+     * Data required to interact with an activity that supports the PROCESS_TEXT intent.
+     */
+    public static class ProcessTextActivityData {
+        /**
+         * The label of the external app activity.
+         */
+        public final CharSequence label;
+
+        /**
+         * The intent to launch the activity.
+         */
+        public final Intent intent;
+
+        private ProcessTextActivityData(CharSequence label, Intent intent) {
+            this.label = label;
+            this.intent = intent;
+        }
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Retrieve a list of activities (including outside of this app) that support the
+     * {@link Intent#ACTION_PROCESS_TEXT} intent action. For each item in the returned
+     * list, its Intent can be used to launch the activity with the given text.
+     *
+     * @param context The context for operations
+     * @param text    The text to send in the Intents for the supported activities.
+     * @return a List of {@link ProcessTextActivityData} for supported activities.
+     */
+    @TargetApi(Build.VERSION_CODES.M)
+    public static List<ProcessTextActivityData> getProcessTextActivities(Context context, String text) {
+        PackageManager packageManager = context.getPackageManager();
+        Intent processTextIntent = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_PROCESS_TEXT);
+        processTextIntent.setType("text/plain");
+        List<ResolveInfo> activities = packageManager.queryIntentActivities(processTextIntent, PackageManager.MATCH_ALL);
+        List<ProcessTextActivityData> result = new ArrayList<>();
+        for (ResolveInfo resolveInfo : activities) {
+            CharSequence label = resolveInfo.loadLabel(packageManager);
+            result.add(new ProcessTextActivityData(label, createProcessTextIntentForPackage(resolveInfo.activityInfo, text)));
+        }
+        return result;
+    }
+
+    @TargetApi(Build.VERSION_CODES.M)
+    private static Intent createProcessTextIntentForPackage(ActivityInfo activityInfo, String text) {
+        Intent intent = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_PROCESS_TEXT);
+        intent.setComponent(new ComponentName(activityInfo.packageName, activityInfo.name));
+        intent.setType("text/plain");
+        intent.putExtra(Intent.EXTRA_PROCESS_TEXT, text);
+        intent.addFlags(Intent.FLAG_ACTIVITY_NEW_TASK);
+        return intent;
+    }
+}