diff --git a/source/java/org/alfresco/repo/avm/AVMServiceImpl.java b/source/java/org/alfresco/repo/avm/AVMServiceImpl.java
index 02edc9ab35..72c762e806 100644
--- a/source/java/org/alfresco/repo/avm/AVMServiceImpl.java
+++ b/source/java/org/alfresco/repo/avm/AVMServiceImpl.java
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ import java.util.Map;
 import java.util.SortedMap;
 
 import org.alfresco.repo.avm.AVMRepository;
+import org.alfresco.repo.domain.DbAccessControlList;
 import org.alfresco.repo.domain.PropertyValue;
 import org.alfresco.service.cmr.avm.AVMBadArgumentException;
 import org.alfresco.service.cmr.avm.AVMException;
@@ -1176,4 +1177,81 @@ public class AVMServiceImpl implements AVMService
         }
         return fAVMRepository.forceCopy(path);
     }
+    
+    /**
+     * Copy (possibly recursively) the source into the destination
+     * directory.
+     * @param srcVersion The version of the source.
+     * @param srcPath The path to the source.
+     * @param dstPath The destination directory.
+     * @param name The name to give the copy.
+     */
+    public void copy(int srcVersion, String srcPath, String dstPath, String name)
+    {
+        if (srcPath == null || dstPath == null)
+        {
+            throw new AVMBadArgumentException("Null Path.");
+        }
+        if (srcVersion < 0)
+        {
+            String canonicalSrc = 
+                AVMNodeConverter.ToAVMVersionPath(
+                        AVMNodeConverter.ToNodeRef(srcVersion, srcPath)).getSecond();
+            String canonicalDst =
+                AVMNodeConverter.ToAVMVersionPath(
+                        AVMNodeConverter.ToNodeRef(-1, dstPath)).getSecond();
+            if (!canonicalSrc.endsWith("/"))
+            {
+                canonicalSrc = canonicalSrc + "/";
+            }
+            if (canonicalDst.indexOf(canonicalSrc) == 0)
+            {
+                throw new AVMBadArgumentException("Infinite Copy.");
+            }
+        }
+        if (!FileNameValidator.IsValid(name))
+        {
+            throw new AVMBadArgumentException("Illegal name.");
+        }
+        AVMNodeDescriptor srcDesc = lookup(srcVersion, srcPath);
+        recursiveCopy(srcVersion, srcDesc, dstPath, name);
+    }
+    
+    /**
+     * Do the actual work of copying.
+     * @param desc The src descriptor.
+     * @param path The destination parent path.
+     * @param name The name to give the copy.
+     */
+    private void recursiveCopy(int version, AVMNodeDescriptor desc, String path, String name)
+    {
+        String newPath = path + '/' + name;
+        if (desc.isFile())
+        {
+            InputStream in = getFileInputStream(version, desc.getPath());
+            createFile(path, name, in);
+        }
+        else // desc is a directory.
+        {
+            createDirectory(path, name);
+            Map<String, AVMNodeDescriptor> listing = getDirectoryListing(desc); 
+            for (Map.Entry<String, AVMNodeDescriptor> entry : listing.entrySet())
+            {
+                recursiveCopy(version, entry.getValue(), newPath, entry.getKey()); 
+            }
+        }
+        // In either case copy properties, aspects, and acls.
+        Map<QName, PropertyValue> props = getNodeProperties(version, desc.getPath());
+        setNodeProperties(newPath, props);
+        List<QName> aspects = getAspects(version, desc.getPath());
+        for (QName aspect : aspects)
+        {
+            addAspect(newPath, aspect);
+        }
+        DbAccessControlList acl = fAVMRepository.getACL(version, desc.getPath());
+        if (acl != null)
+        {
+            fAVMRepository.setACL(newPath, acl.getCopy());
+        }
+    }
 }
diff --git a/source/java/org/alfresco/repo/avm/AVMServiceTest.java b/source/java/org/alfresco/repo/avm/AVMServiceTest.java
index 7a89301374..330a0aa945 100644
--- a/source/java/org/alfresco/repo/avm/AVMServiceTest.java
+++ b/source/java/org/alfresco/repo/avm/AVMServiceTest.java
@@ -66,6 +66,43 @@ import org.alfresco.util.Pair;
  */
 public class AVMServiceTest extends AVMServiceTestBase
 {
+    /**
+     * Test copy.
+     */
+    public void testCopy()
+    {
+        try
+        {
+            setupBasicTree();
+            // Copy a file.
+            fService.copy(-1, "main:/a/b/c/foo", "main:/d", "fooCopy");
+            AVMNodeDescriptor desc = fService.lookup(-1, "main:/d/fooCopy");
+            assertTrue(desc.isFile());
+            // Copy a whole tree
+            fService.copy(-1, "main:/a", "main:/d/e", "aCopy");
+            desc = fService.lookup(-1, "main:/d/e/aCopy");
+            assertTrue(desc.isDirectory());
+            desc = fService.lookup(-1, "main:/a/b/c/bar");
+            AVMNodeDescriptor desc2 = fService.lookup(-1, "main:/d/e/aCopy/b/c/bar");
+            assertTrue(desc2.isFile());
+            assertEquals(desc.getLength(), desc2.getLength());
+            // Check that it rejects infinite copies.
+            try
+            {
+                fService.copy(-1, "main:/", "main://d/e", "illegal");
+                fail();
+            }
+            catch (AVMException ae)
+            {
+                // This is a success.
+            }
+        }
+        catch (Exception e)
+        {
+            e.printStackTrace();
+            fail();
+        }
+    }
     /**
      * Test cyclic lookup behavior.
      */
diff --git a/source/java/org/alfresco/service/cmr/avm/AVMService.java b/source/java/org/alfresco/service/cmr/avm/AVMService.java
index 843bf67000..ee5f8b4328 100644
--- a/source/java/org/alfresco/service/cmr/avm/AVMService.java
+++ b/source/java/org/alfresco/service/cmr/avm/AVMService.java
@@ -734,4 +734,14 @@ public interface AVMService
      * @param path The path to force.
      */
     public AVMNodeDescriptor forceCopy(String path);
+    
+    /**
+     * Copy (possibly recursively) the source into the destination
+     * directory.
+     * @param srcVersion The version of the source.
+     * @param srcPath The path to the source.
+     * @param dstPath The destination directory.
+     * @param name The name to give the destination.
+     */
+    public void copy(int srcVersion, String srcPath, String dstPath, String name);
 }