diff --git a/index.js b/index.js
index 020b8893194bc185ec9ad4f5fd0558f148aee4d5..5ebf0beb60cc043c71092bd39d50f9f17d31e5bc 100644
--- a/index.js
+++ b/index.js
@@ -288,30 +288,66 @@ switch (platform) {
     throw new Error(`Unsupported OS: ${platform}, architecture: ${arch}`)
 }
 
+// Provide stub implementations if native binding is not available
+// This allows the module to be required on unsupported platforms without crashing
 if (!nativeBinding) {
-  if (loadError) {
-    throw loadError
+  const unsupportedPlatformError = new Error(
+    `Clipboard native bindings not available for ${platform}-${arch}. ` +
+    `Clipboard operations will not work. ` +
+    `Original error: ${loadError ? loadError.message : 'Unknown'}`
+  )
+  
+  // Log warning but don't throw - allow the module to load
+  if (typeof process !== 'undefined' && process.emitWarning) {
+    process.emitWarning(unsupportedPlatformError.message, 'ClipboardUnsupportedPlatform')
+  } else {
+    console.warn('[clipboard]', unsupportedPlatformError.message)
+  }
+
+  // Provide stub implementations that throw informative errors when called
+  const notAvailable = (fnName) => {
+    return function() {
+      throw new Error(`Clipboard.${fnName} is not available on ${platform}-${arch}`)
+    }
   }
-  throw new Error(`Failed to load native binding`)
-}
 
-const { availableFormats, getText, setText, hasText, getImageBinary, getImageBase64, setImageBinary, setImageBase64, hasImage, getHtml, setHtml, hasHtml, getRtf, setRtf, hasRtf, clear, watch, callThreadsafeFunction } = nativeBinding
+  module.exports.availableFormats = notAvailable('availableFormats')
+  module.exports.getText = notAvailable('getText')
+  module.exports.setText = notAvailable('setText')
+  module.exports.hasText = notAvailable('hasText')
+  module.exports.getImageBinary = notAvailable('getImageBinary')
+  module.exports.getImageBase64 = notAvailable('getImageBase64')
+  module.exports.setImageBinary = notAvailable('setImageBinary')
+  module.exports.setImageBase64 = notAvailable('setImageBase64')
+  module.exports.hasImage = notAvailable('hasImage')
+  module.exports.getHtml = notAvailable('getHtml')
+  module.exports.setHtml = notAvailable('setHtml')
+  module.exports.hasHtml = notAvailable('hasHtml')
+  module.exports.getRtf = notAvailable('getRtf')
+  module.exports.setRtf = notAvailable('setRtf')
+  module.exports.hasRtf = notAvailable('hasRtf')
+  module.exports.clear = notAvailable('clear')
+  module.exports.watch = notAvailable('watch')
+  module.exports.callThreadsafeFunction = notAvailable('callThreadsafeFunction')
+} else {
+  const { availableFormats, getText, setText, hasText, getImageBinary, getImageBase64, setImageBinary, setImageBase64, hasImage, getHtml, setHtml, hasHtml, getRtf, setRtf, hasRtf, clear, watch, callThreadsafeFunction } = nativeBinding
 
-module.exports.availableFormats = availableFormats
-module.exports.getText = getText
-module.exports.setText = setText
-module.exports.hasText = hasText
-module.exports.getImageBinary = getImageBinary
-module.exports.getImageBase64 = getImageBase64
-module.exports.setImageBinary = setImageBinary
-module.exports.setImageBase64 = setImageBase64
-module.exports.hasImage = hasImage
-module.exports.getHtml = getHtml
-module.exports.setHtml = setHtml
-module.exports.hasHtml = hasHtml
-module.exports.getRtf = getRtf
-module.exports.setRtf = setRtf
-module.exports.hasRtf = hasRtf
-module.exports.clear = clear
-module.exports.watch = watch
-module.exports.callThreadsafeFunction = callThreadsafeFunction
+  module.exports.availableFormats = availableFormats
+  module.exports.getText = getText
+  module.exports.setText = setText
+  module.exports.hasText = hasText
+  module.exports.getImageBinary = getImageBinary
+  module.exports.getImageBase64 = getImageBase64
+  module.exports.setImageBinary = setImageBinary
+  module.exports.setImageBase64 = setImageBase64
+  module.exports.hasImage = hasImage
+  module.exports.getHtml = getHtml
+  module.exports.setHtml = setHtml
+  module.exports.hasHtml = hasHtml
+  module.exports.getRtf = getRtf
+  module.exports.setRtf = setRtf
+  module.exports.hasRtf = hasRtf
+  module.exports.clear = clear
+  module.exports.watch = watch
+  module.exports.callThreadsafeFunction = callThreadsafeFunction
+}