diff --git a/api/client.go b/api/client.go
index d339da56..57162571 100644
--- a/api/client.go
+++ b/api/client.go
@@ -210,6 +210,13 @@ func (c *Client) List(ctx context.Context) (*ListResponse, error) {
 	return &lr, nil
 }
 
+func (c *Client) Copy(ctx context.Context, req *CopyRequest) error {
+	if err := c.do(ctx, http.MethodPost, "/api/copy", req, nil); err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	return nil
+}
+
 func (c *Client) Delete(ctx context.Context, req *DeleteRequest) error {
 	if err := c.do(ctx, http.MethodDelete, "/api/delete", req, nil); err != nil {
 		return err
diff --git a/api/types.go b/api/types.go
index e9e72d83..cabec90a 100644
--- a/api/types.go
+++ b/api/types.go
@@ -48,6 +48,11 @@ type DeleteRequest struct {
 	Name string `json:"name"`
 }
 
+type CopyRequest struct {
+	Source      string `json:"source"`
+	Destination string `json:"destination"`
+}
+
 type PullRequest struct {
 	Name     string `json:"name"`
 	Insecure bool   `json:"insecure,omitempty"`
diff --git a/cmd/cmd.go b/cmd/cmd.go
index f94e3964..693d0cab 100644
--- a/cmd/cmd.go
+++ b/cmd/cmd.go
@@ -155,14 +155,25 @@ func ListHandler(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
 func DeleteHandler(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
 	client := api.NewClient()
 
-	request := api.DeleteRequest{Name: args[0]}
-	if err := client.Delete(context.Background(), &request); err != nil {
+	req := api.DeleteRequest{Name: args[0]}
+	if err := client.Delete(context.Background(), &req); err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
 	fmt.Printf("deleted '%s'\n", args[0])
 	return nil
 }
 
+func CopyHandler(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
+	client := api.NewClient()
+
+	req := api.CopyRequest{Source: args[0], Destination: args[1]}
+	if err := client.Copy(context.Background(), &req); err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	fmt.Printf("copied '%s' to '%s'\n", args[0], args[1])
+	return nil
+}
+
 func PullHandler(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
 	insecure, err := cmd.Flags().GetBool("insecure")
 	if err != nil {
@@ -470,6 +481,13 @@ func NewCLI() *cobra.Command {
 		RunE:    ListHandler,
 	}
 
+	copyCmd := &cobra.Command{
+		Use:   "cp",
+		Short: "Copy a model",
+		Args:  cobra.MinimumNArgs(2),
+		RunE:  CopyHandler,
+	}
+
 	deleteCmd := &cobra.Command{
 		Use:   "rm",
 		Short: "Remove a model",
@@ -484,6 +502,7 @@ func NewCLI() *cobra.Command {
 		pullCmd,
 		pushCmd,
 		listCmd,
+		copyCmd,
 		deleteCmd,
 	)
 
diff --git a/server/images.go b/server/images.go
index c0b3996e..babfca54 100644
--- a/server/images.go
+++ b/server/images.go
@@ -493,6 +493,32 @@ func CreateLayer(f io.ReadSeeker) (*LayerReader, error) {
 	return layer, nil
 }
 
+func CopyModel(src, dest string) error {
+	srcPath, err := ParseModelPath(src).GetManifestPath(false)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	destPath, err := ParseModelPath(dest).GetManifestPath(true)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	// copy the file
+	input, err := ioutil.ReadFile(srcPath)
+	if err != nil {
+		fmt.Println("Error reading file:", err)
+		return err
+	}
+
+	err = ioutil.WriteFile(destPath, input, 0644)
+	if err != nil {
+		fmt.Println("Error reading file:", err)
+		return err
+	}
+
+	return nil
+}
+
 func DeleteModel(name string) error {
 	mp := ParseModelPath(name)
 
diff --git a/server/routes.go b/server/routes.go
index 832c303c..d5b2e127 100644
--- a/server/routes.go
+++ b/server/routes.go
@@ -228,6 +228,23 @@ func ListModelsHandler(c *gin.Context) {
 	c.JSON(http.StatusOK, api.ListResponse{models})
 }
 
+func CopyModelHandler(c *gin.Context) {
+	var req api.CopyRequest
+	if err := c.ShouldBindJSON(&req); err != nil {
+		c.JSON(http.StatusBadRequest, gin.H{"error": err.Error()})
+		return
+	}
+
+	if err := CopyModel(req.Source, req.Destination); err != nil {
+		if os.IsNotExist(err) {
+			c.JSON(http.StatusNotFound, gin.H{"error": fmt.Sprintf("model '%s' not found", req.Source)})
+		} else {
+			c.JSON(http.StatusInternalServerError, gin.H{"error": err.Error()})
+		}
+		return
+	}
+}
+
 func Serve(ln net.Listener) error {
 	config := cors.DefaultConfig()
 	config.AllowWildcard = true
@@ -254,6 +271,7 @@ func Serve(ln net.Listener) error {
 	r.POST("/api/generate", GenerateHandler)
 	r.POST("/api/create", CreateModelHandler)
 	r.POST("/api/push", PushModelHandler)
+	r.POST("/api/copy", CopyModelHandler)
 	r.GET("/api/tags", ListModelsHandler)
 	r.DELETE("/api/delete", DeleteModelHandler)