diff --git a/app/models/project.rb b/app/models/project.rb
index 526d479f3..db509b0ac 100644
--- a/app/models/project.rb
+++ b/app/models/project.rb
@@ -841,7 +841,7 @@ class Project < ActiveRecord::Base
   def copy(project, options={})
     project = project.is_a?(Project) ? project : Project.find(project)
 
-    to_be_copied = %w(members wiki versions issue_categories issues queries boards documents)
+    to_be_copied = %w(members wiki versions issue_categories issues queries boards documents news)
     to_be_copied = to_be_copied & Array.wrap(options[:only]) unless options[:only].nil?
 
     Project.transaction do
@@ -1161,6 +1161,15 @@ class Project < ActiveRecord::Base
     end
   end
 
+  # Copies news from +project+
+  def copy_news(project)
+    project.news.each do |news|
+      new_news = News.new
+      new_news.attributes = news.attributes.dup.except("id", "project_id", "created_on", "updated_on")
+      self.news << new_news
+    end
+  end
+
   def allowed_permissions
     @allowed_permissions ||= begin
       module_names = enabled_modules.loaded? ? enabled_modules.map(&:name) : enabled_modules.pluck(:name)
diff --git a/app/views/projects/copy.html.erb b/app/views/projects/copy.html.erb
index 8a7805ef0..bd0916b7a 100644
--- a/app/views/projects/copy.html.erb
+++ b/app/views/projects/copy.html.erb
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
   <label class="block"><%= check_box_tag 'only[]', 'documents', true, :id => nil %> <%= l(:label_document_plural) %> (<%= @source_project.documents.count %>)</label>
   <label class="block"><%= check_box_tag 'only[]', 'boards', true, :id => nil %> <%= l(:label_board_plural) %> (<%= @source_project.boards.count %>)</label>
   <label class="block"><%= check_box_tag 'only[]', 'wiki', true, :id => nil %> <%= l(:label_wiki_page_plural) %> (<%= @source_project.wiki.nil? ? 0 : @source_project.wiki.pages.count %>)</label>
+  <label class="block"><%= check_box_tag 'only[]', 'news', true, :id => nil %> <%= l(:label_news_plural) %> (<%= @source_project.news.nil? ? 0 : @source_project.news.count %>)</label>
   <%= call_hook :view_projects_copy_only_items, project: @source_project, f: f  %>
   <%= hidden_field_tag 'only[]', '' %>
   <br />
diff --git a/test/unit/project_copy_test.rb b/test/unit/project_copy_test.rb
index d18b99df6..ae53f7818 100644
--- a/test/unit/project_copy_test.rb
+++ b/test/unit/project_copy_test.rb
@@ -393,6 +393,15 @@ class ProjectCopyTest < ActiveSupport::TestCase
     assert_equal "testfile.txt", copied_document.attachments.first.filename
   end
 
+  test "#copy should copy news" do
+    assert @project.copy(@source_project)
+
+    assert_equal 1, @project.news.size
+    @project.news.each do |news|
+      assert !@source_project.news.include?(news)
+    end
+  end
+
   test "#copy should change the new issues to use the copied issue categories" do
     issue = Issue.find(4)
     issue.update_attribute(:category_id, 3)