diff --git a/toolkit/components/console/hudservice/tests/browser/Makefile.in b/toolkit/components/console/hudservice/tests/browser/Makefile.in
index 2ba7cbf042cd..229f2dbdd2ab 100644
--- a/toolkit/components/console/hudservice/tests/browser/Makefile.in
+++ b/toolkit/components/console/hudservice/tests/browser/Makefile.in
@@ -56,6 +56,7 @@ _BROWSER_TEST_FILES = \
 	browser_webconsole_bug_593003_iframe_wrong_hud.js \
 	browser_webconsole_bug_581231_close_button.js \
 	browser_webconsole_consoleonpage.js \
+	browser_webconsole_bug_587617_output_copy.js \
 	$(NULL)
 
 _BROWSER_TEST_PAGES = \
diff --git a/toolkit/components/console/hudservice/tests/browser/browser_webconsole_bug_587617_output_copy.js b/toolkit/components/console/hudservice/tests/browser/browser_webconsole_bug_587617_output_copy.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..91e2a872821b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/toolkit/components/console/hudservice/tests/browser/browser_webconsole_bug_587617_output_copy.js
@@ -0,0 +1,101 @@
+/* ***** BEGIN LICENSE BLOCK *****
+ * Any copyright is dedicated to the Public Domain.
+ * http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/
+ *
+ * Contributor(s):
+ *  Mihai Șucan <mihai.sucan@gmail.com>
+ *
+ * ***** END LICENSE BLOCK ***** */
+
+const Cu = Components.utils;
+
+Cu.import("resource://gre/modules/HUDService.jsm");
+
+const TEST_URI = "http://example.com/browser/toolkit/components/console/hudservice/tests/browser/test-console.html";
+
+function tabLoaded() {
+  gBrowser.selectedBrowser.removeEventListener("load", tabLoaded, true);
+
+  waitForFocus(function () {
+    HUDService.activateHUDForContext(gBrowser.selectedTab);
+
+    // See bugs 574036, 586386 and 587617.
+
+    let HUD = HUDService.getDisplayByURISpec(content.location.href);
+    let filterBox = HUD.querySelector(".hud-filter-box");
+    let outputNode = HUD.querySelector(".hud-output-node");
+    let selection = getSelection();
+    let jstermInput = HUD.querySelector(".jsterm-input-node");
+    let console = content.wrappedJSObject.console;
+    let contentSelection = content.getSelection();
+
+    let make_selection = function () {
+      let controller = top.document.commandDispatcher.
+        getControllerForCommand("cmd_copy");
+      is(controller.isCommandEnabled("cmd_copy"), false, "cmd_copy is disabled");
+
+      console.log("Hello world!");
+
+      let range = document.createRange();
+      let selectedNode = outputNode.querySelector(".hud-group > label:last-child");
+      range.selectNode(selectedNode);
+      selection.addRange(range);
+
+      selectedNode.focus();
+
+      goUpdateCommand("cmd_copy");
+
+      controller = top.document.commandDispatcher.
+        getControllerForCommand("cmd_copy");
+      is(controller.isCommandEnabled("cmd_copy"), true, "cmd_copy is enabled");
+
+      waitForClipboard(selectedNode.textContent, clipboard_setup,
+        clipboard_copy_done, clipboard_copy_done);
+    };
+
+    let clipboard_setup = function () {
+      goDoCommand("cmd_copy");
+    };
+
+    let clipboard_copy_done = function () {
+      selection.removeAllRanges();
+      testEnd();
+    };
+
+    // Check if we first need to clear any existing selections.
+    if (selection.rangeCount > 0 || contentSelection.rangeCount > 0 ||
+        jstermInput.selectionStart != jstermInput.selectionEnd) {
+      if (jstermInput.selectionStart != jstermInput.selectionEnd) {
+        jstermInput.selectionStart = jstermInput.selectionEnd = 0;
+      }
+
+      if (selection.rangeCount > 0) {
+        selection.removeAllRanges();
+      }
+
+      if (contentSelection.rangeCount > 0) {
+        contentSelection.removeAllRanges();
+      }
+
+      goUpdateCommand("cmd_copy");
+      make_selection();
+    }
+    else {
+      make_selection();
+    }
+  });
+}
+
+function testEnd() {
+  HUDService.deactivateHUDForContext(gBrowser.selectedTab);
+  finish();
+}
+
+function test() {
+  waitForExplicitFinish();
+
+  gBrowser.selectedBrowser.addEventListener("load", tabLoaded, true);
+
+  content.location = TEST_URI;
+}
+
diff --git a/toolkit/themes/gnomestripe/global/webConsole.css b/toolkit/themes/gnomestripe/global/webConsole.css
index 419bfb2b53a6..9954a051c1e5 100644
--- a/toolkit/themes/gnomestripe/global/webConsole.css
+++ b/toolkit/themes/gnomestripe/global/webConsole.css
@@ -21,7 +21,8 @@
  * Contributor(s):
  *   David Dahl <ddahl@mozilla.com>
  *   Patrick Walton <pcwalton@mozilla.com>
-
+ *   Mihai Șucan <mihai.sucan@gmail.com>
+ *
  * Alternatively, the contents of this file may be used under the terms of
  * either the GNU General Public License Version 2 or later (the "GPL"), or
  * the GNU Lesser General Public License Version 2.1 or later (the "LGPL"),
@@ -60,7 +61,7 @@
     font-weight: bold;
 }
 
-.hud-output-node div {
+.hud-output-node * {
     -moz-user-select: text;
     white-space: pre-wrap;
     -moz-user-focus: normal;