diff --git a/runtime/doc/change.txt b/runtime/doc/change.txt
index 6040926..6c6a0c9 100644
--- a/runtime/doc/change.txt
+++ b/runtime/doc/change.txt
@@ -1042,6 +1042,10 @@
 			cursor to the end of line (which is more logical,
 			but not Vi-compatible) use ":map Y y$".
 
+							*zy*
+["x]zy{motion}		Yank {motion} text [into register x].  Only differs
+			from `y` when selecting a block of text, see |v_zy|.
+
 							*v_y*
 {Visual}["x]y		Yank the highlighted text [into register x] (for
 			{Visual} see |Visual-mode|).
@@ -1050,6 +1054,12 @@
 {Visual}["x]Y		Yank the highlighted lines [into register x] (for
 			{Visual} see |Visual-mode|).
 
+							*v_zy*
+{Visual}["x]zy		Yank the highlighted text [into register x].  Trailing
+			whitespace at the end of each line of a selected block
+			won't be yanked.  Especially useful in combination
+			with `zp`.  (for {Visual} see |Visual-mode|)
+
 							*:y* *:yank* *E850*
 :[range]y[ank] [x]	Yank [range] lines [into register x]. Yanking to the
 			"* or "+ registers is possible only when the
@@ -1129,7 +1139,8 @@
 ["x]zp		    or					*zp* *zP*
 ["x]zP			Like "p" and "P", except without adding trailing spaces
 			when pasting a block.  Thus the inserted text will not
-			always be a rectangle.
+			always be a rectangle.  Especially useful in
+			combination with |v_zy|.
 
 You can use these commands to copy text from one place to another.  Do this
 by first getting the text into a register with a yank, delete or change
diff --git a/runtime/doc/index.txt b/runtime/doc/index.txt
index 118bc22..00db076 100644
--- a/runtime/doc/index.txt
+++ b/runtime/doc/index.txt
@@ -878,6 +878,7 @@
 |zv|		zv		   open enough folds to view the cursor line
 |zw|		zw		   permanently mark word as incorrectly spelled
 |zx|		zx		   re-apply 'foldlevel' and do "zv"
+|zy|		zy		   yank without trailing spaces
 |zz|		zz		   redraw, cursor line at center of window
 |z<Left>|	z<Left>		   same as "zh"
 |z<Right>|	z<Right>	   same as "zl"
diff --git a/src/normal.c b/src/normal.c
index fe47e2b..b2d0c01 100644
--- a/src/normal.c
+++ b/src/normal.c
@@ -2985,6 +2985,9 @@
     case 'P':
     case 'p':  nv_put(cap);
 	       break;
+		// "zy" Yank without trailing spaces
+    case 'y':  nv_operator(cap);
+	       break;
 #ifdef FEAT_FOLDING
 		// "zF": create fold command
 		// "zf": create fold operator
diff --git a/src/ops.c b/src/ops.c
index 48d629d..73faa16 100644
--- a/src/ops.c
+++ b/src/ops.c
@@ -78,6 +78,8 @@
 	return OP_NR_ADD;
     if (char1 == 'g' && char2 == Ctrl_X)	// subtract
 	return OP_NR_SUB;
+    if (char1 == 'z' && char2 == 'y')	// OP_YANK
+	return OP_YANK;
     for (i = 0; ; ++i)
     {
 	if (opchars[i][0] == char1 && opchars[i][1] == char2)
@@ -3894,6 +3896,7 @@
 #ifdef FEAT_LINEBREAK
 		curwin->w_p_lbr = lbr_saved;
 #endif
+		oap->excl_tr_ws = cap->cmdchar == 'z';
 		(void)op_yank(oap, FALSE, !gui_yank);
 	    }
 	    check_cursor_col();
diff --git a/src/register.c b/src/register.c
index 5dc8f28..c30787a 100644
--- a/src/register.c
+++ b/src/register.c
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@
 static void	put_reedit_in_typebuf(int silent);
 static int	put_in_typebuf(char_u *s, int esc, int colon,
 								 int silent);
-static int	yank_copy_line(struct block_def *bd, long y_idx);
+static int	yank_copy_line(struct block_def *bd, long y_idx, int exclude_trailing_space);
 #ifdef FEAT_CLIPBOARD
 static void	copy_yank_reg(yankreg_T *reg);
 #endif
@@ -1208,20 +1208,20 @@
 	{
 	    case MBLOCK:
 		block_prep(oap, &bd, lnum, FALSE);
-		if (yank_copy_line(&bd, y_idx) == FAIL)
+		if (yank_copy_line(&bd, y_idx, oap->excl_tr_ws) == FAIL)
 		    goto fail;
 		break;
 
 	    case MLINE:
 		if ((y_current->y_array[y_idx] =
-			    vim_strsave(ml_get(lnum))) == NULL)
+					    vim_strsave(ml_get(lnum))) == NULL)
 		    goto fail;
 		break;
 
 	    case MCHAR:
 		{
 		    colnr_T startcol = 0, endcol = MAXCOL;
-		    int is_oneChar = FALSE;
+		    int	    is_oneChar = FALSE;
 		    colnr_T cs, ce;
 
 		    p = ml_get(lnum);
@@ -1282,7 +1282,7 @@
 		    else
 			bd.textlen = endcol - startcol + oap->inclusive;
 		    bd.textstart = p + startcol;
-		    if (yank_copy_line(&bd, y_idx) == FAIL)
+		    if (yank_copy_line(&bd, y_idx, FALSE) == FAIL)
 			goto fail;
 		    break;
 		}
@@ -1443,8 +1443,12 @@
     return FAIL;
 }
 
+/*
+ * Copy a block range into a register.
+ * If "exclude_trailing_space" is set, do not copy trailing whitespaces.
+ */
     static int
-yank_copy_line(struct block_def *bd, long y_idx)
+yank_copy_line(struct block_def *bd, long y_idx, int exclude_trailing_space)
 {
     char_u	*pnew;
 
@@ -1458,6 +1462,16 @@
     pnew += bd->textlen;
     vim_memset(pnew, ' ', (size_t)bd->endspaces);
     pnew += bd->endspaces;
+    if (exclude_trailing_space)
+    {
+	int s = bd->textlen + bd->endspaces;
+
+	while (VIM_ISWHITE(*(bd->textstart + s - 1)) && s > 0)
+	{
+	    s = s - (*mb_head_off)(bd->textstart, bd->textstart + s - 1) - 1;
+	    pnew--;
+	}
+    }
     *pnew = NUL;
     return OK;
 }
diff --git a/src/structs.h b/src/structs.h
index 10f1025..26ab315 100644
--- a/src/structs.h
+++ b/src/structs.h
@@ -3772,7 +3772,7 @@
     int		use_reg_one;	// TRUE if delete uses reg 1 even when not
 				// linewise
     int		inclusive;	// TRUE if char motion is inclusive (only
-				// valid when motion_type is MCHAR
+				// valid when motion_type is MCHAR)
     int		end_adjusted;	// backuped b_op_end one char (only used by
 				// do_format())
     pos_T	start;		// start of the operator
@@ -3789,6 +3789,8 @@
     colnr_T	end_vcol;	// end col for block mode operator
     long	prev_opcount;	// ca.opcount saved for K_CURSORHOLD
     long	prev_count0;	// ca.count0 saved for K_CURSORHOLD
+    int		excl_tr_ws;	// exclude trailing whitespace for yank of a
+				// block
 } oparg_T;
 
 /*
diff --git a/src/testdir/test_visual.vim b/src/testdir/test_visual.vim
index 51ef5ae..fb26750 100644
--- a/src/testdir/test_visual.vim
+++ b/src/testdir/test_visual.vim
@@ -1171,4 +1171,59 @@
   bwipe!
 endfunc
 
+func Test_visual_put_in_block_using_zy_and_zp()
+  new
+
+  " Test 1) Paste using zp - after the cursor without trailing spaces
+  call setline(1, ['/path;text', '/path;text', '/path;text', '', 
+    \ 'texttext  /subdir           columntext',
+		\ 'texttext  /longsubdir       columntext',
+    \ 'texttext  /longlongsubdir   columntext'])
+  exe "normal! 5G0f/\<c-v>2jezy"
+  norm! 1G0f;hzp
+  call assert_equal(['/path/subdir;text', '/path/longsubdir;text', '/path/longlongsubdir;text'], getline(1, 3))
+
+  " Test 2) Paste using zP - in front of the cursor without trailing spaces
+  %d
+  call setline(1, ['/path;text', '/path;text', '/path;text', '', 
+    \ 'texttext  /subdir           columntext',
+		\ 'texttext  /longsubdir       columntext',
+    \ 'texttext  /longlongsubdir   columntext'])
+  exe "normal! 5G0f/\<c-v>2jezy"
+  norm! 1G0f;zP
+  call assert_equal(['/path/subdir;text', '/path/longsubdir;text', '/path/longlongsubdir;text'], getline(1, 3))
+
+  " Test 3) Paste using p - with trailing spaces
+  %d
+  call setline(1, ['/path;text', '/path;text', '/path;text', '', 
+    \ 'texttext  /subdir           columntext',
+		\ 'texttext  /longsubdir       columntext',
+    \ 'texttext  /longlongsubdir   columntext'])
+  exe "normal! 5G0f/\<c-v>2jezy"
+  norm! 1G0f;hp
+  call assert_equal(['/path/subdir        ;text', '/path/longsubdir    ;text', '/path/longlongsubdir;text'], getline(1, 3))
+
+  " Test 4) Paste using P - with trailing spaces
+  %d
+  call setline(1, ['/path;text', '/path;text', '/path;text', '', 
+    \ 'texttext  /subdir           columntext',
+		\ 'texttext  /longsubdir       columntext',
+    \ 'texttext  /longlongsubdir   columntext'])
+  exe "normal! 5G0f/\<c-v>2jezy"
+  norm! 1G0f;P
+  call assert_equal(['/path/subdir        ;text', '/path/longsubdir    ;text', '/path/longlongsubdir;text'], getline(1, 3))
+
+  " Test 5) Yank with spaces inside the block
+  %d
+  call setline(1, ['/path;text', '/path;text', '/path;text', '', 
+    \ 'texttext  /sub    dir/           columntext',
+    \ 'texttext  /lon    gsubdir/       columntext',
+    \ 'texttext  /lon    glongsubdir/   columntext'])
+  exe "normal! 5G0f/\<c-v>2jf/zy"
+  norm! 1G0f;zP
+  call assert_equal(['/path/sub    dir/;text', '/path/lon    gsubdir/;text', '/path/lon    glongsubdir/;text'], getline(1, 3))
+  bwipe!
+endfunc
+
+
 " vim: shiftwidth=2 sts=2 expandtab
diff --git a/src/version.c b/src/version.c
index 6286581..fb6d550 100644
--- a/src/version.c
+++ b/src/version.c
@@ -751,6 +751,8 @@
 static int included_patches[] =
 {   /* Add new patch number below this line */
 /**/
+    2971,
+/**/
     2970,
 /**/
     2969,