diff --git a/engines/sci/engine/kernel.h b/engines/sci/engine/kernel.h
index 7583e2479b9..f784e7ee709 100644
--- a/engines/sci/engine/kernel.h
+++ b/engines/sci/engine/kernel.h
@@ -725,6 +725,7 @@ reg_t kFileIOFindFirst(EngineState *s, int argc, reg_t *argv);
 reg_t kFileIOFindNext(EngineState *s, int argc, reg_t *argv);
 reg_t kFileIOExists(EngineState *s, int argc, reg_t *argv);
 reg_t kFileIORename(EngineState *s, int argc, reg_t *argv);
+reg_t kFileIOCopy(EngineState *s, int argc, reg_t *argv);
 #ifdef ENABLE_SCI32
 reg_t kFileIOReadByte(EngineState *s, int argc, reg_t *argv);
 reg_t kFileIOWriteByte(EngineState *s, int argc, reg_t *argv);
diff --git a/engines/sci/engine/kernel_tables.h b/engines/sci/engine/kernel_tables.h
index 8dab3263617..8275a36f9af 100644
--- a/engines/sci/engine/kernel_tables.h
+++ b/engines/sci/engine/kernel_tables.h
@@ -322,6 +322,7 @@ static const SciKernelMapSubEntry kFileIO_subops[] = {
 	{ SIG_SCIALL,          9, MAP_CALL(FileIOFindNext),            "r",                    NULL },
 	{ SIG_SCIALL,         10, MAP_CALL(FileIOExists),              "r",                    NULL },
 	{ SIG_SINCE_SCI11,    11, MAP_CALL(FileIORename),              "rr",                   NULL },
+	{ SIG_SINCE_SCI11,    12, MAP_CALL(FileIOCopy),                "rr",                   NULL },
 #ifdef ENABLE_SCI32
 	{ SIG_SINCE_SCI21MID, 13, MAP_CALL(FileIOReadByte),            "i",                    NULL },
 	{ SIG_SINCE_SCI21MID, 14, MAP_CALL(FileIOWriteByte),           "ii",                   NULL },
diff --git a/engines/sci/engine/kfile.cpp b/engines/sci/engine/kfile.cpp
index 1e3f8bfd4c4..3256e20fffb 100644
--- a/engines/sci/engine/kfile.cpp
+++ b/engines/sci/engine/kfile.cpp
@@ -912,6 +912,25 @@ reg_t kFileIORename(EngineState *s, int argc, reg_t *argv) {
 		return SIGNAL_REG;
 }
 
+reg_t kFileIOCopy(EngineState *s, int argc, reg_t *argv) {
+	Common::String oldName = s->_segMan->getString(argv[0]);
+	Common::String newName = s->_segMan->getString(argv[1]);
+
+	oldName = g_sci->wrapFilename(oldName);
+	newName = g_sci->wrapFilename(newName);
+
+	// Phantasmagoria 1 files are small and interoperable with the
+	//  original interpreter so they aren't compressed, see file_open().
+	bool isCompressed = (g_sci->getGameId() != GID_PHANTASMAGORIA);
+
+	// SCI1.1 returns 0 on success and a DOS error code on fail. SCI32
+	// returns -1 on fail. We just return -1 for all versions.
+	if (g_sci->getSaveFileManager()->copySavefile(oldName, newName, isCompressed))
+		return NULL_REG;
+	else
+		return SIGNAL_REG;
+}
+
 #ifdef ENABLE_SCI32
 reg_t kFileIOReadByte(EngineState *s, int argc, reg_t *argv) {
 	// Read the byte into the low byte of the accumulator