diff --git a/app/views/my/_sidebar.html.erb b/app/views/my/_sidebar.html.erb
index e372425aa..ec86aaaef 100644
--- a/app/views/my/_sidebar.html.erb
+++ b/app/views/my/_sidebar.html.erb
@@ -22,9 +22,10 @@
 <h4><%= l(:label_api_access_key) %></h4>
 <div>
   <%= link_to l(:button_show), my_api_key_path, :remote => true %>
+  <%= link_to_function l(:button_copy), "copyTextToClipboard('api-access-key')", :id => 'copy-api-access-key', :class => ['icon', 'icon-copy'] %>
   <pre id='api-access-key' class='autoscroll'></pre>
 </div>
-<%= javascript_tag("$('#api-access-key').hide();") %>
+<%= javascript_tag("$('#api-access-key, #copy-api-access-key').hide();") %>
 <p>
 <% if @user.api_token %>
 <%= l(:label_api_access_key_created_on, distance_of_time_in_words(Time.now, @user.api_token.created_on)) %>
diff --git a/app/views/my/show_api_key.js.erb b/app/views/my/show_api_key.js.erb
index 73b0ee029..d21d39871 100644
--- a/app/views/my/show_api_key.js.erb
+++ b/app/views/my/show_api_key.js.erb
@@ -1 +1,2 @@
 $('#api-access-key').html('<%= escape_javascript @user.api_key %>').toggle();
+$('#copy-api-access-key').toggle();
diff --git a/public/javascripts/application.js b/public/javascripts/application.js
index 019b45dc4..b4caeddcf 100644
--- a/public/javascripts/application.js
+++ b/public/javascripts/application.js
@@ -570,6 +570,21 @@ function randomKey(size) {
   return key;
 }
 
+function copyTextToClipboard(id) {
+  var target = document.getElementById(id);
+  if (target) {
+    var temp = document.createElement('textarea');
+    temp.value = target.innerText;
+    document.body.appendChild(temp);
+    temp.select();
+    document.execCommand('copy');
+    if (temp.parentNode) {
+      temp.parentNode.removeChild(temp);
+    }
+  }
+  return false;
+}
+
 function updateIssueFrom(url, el) {
   $('#all_attributes input, #all_attributes textarea, #all_attributes select').each(function(){
     $(this).data('valuebeforeupdate', $(this).val());
diff --git a/public/stylesheets/application.css b/public/stylesheets/application.css
index 1dc44f3f2..6172df4ff 100644
--- a/public/stylesheets/application.css
+++ b/public/stylesheets/application.css
@@ -91,6 +91,7 @@ pre, code {font-family: Consolas, Menlo, "Liberation Mono", Courier, monospace;}
 #sidebar ul li, ul.flat li {list-style-type:none;margin: 0px 2px 0px 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 0px;}
 #sidebar div.wiki ul {margin:inherit; padding-left:40px;}
 #sidebar div.wiki ul li {list-style-type:inherit;}
+#sidebar #copy-api-access-key {float:right;}
 
 #content { flex-grow: 1; background-color: #fff; margin: 0px; padding: 6px 10px 10px 10px; overflow-x: auto;}
 html>body #content { min-height: 600px; }