diff --git a/src/Umbraco.Web.UI.Client/src/common/resources/content.resource.js b/src/Umbraco.Web.UI.Client/src/common/resources/content.resource.js
index 93e67ce874..0b7df15d55 100644
--- a/src/Umbraco.Web.UI.Client/src/common/resources/content.resource.js
+++ b/src/Umbraco.Web.UI.Client/src/common/resources/content.resource.js
@@ -145,8 +145,9 @@ function contentResource($q, $http, umbDataFormatter, umbRequestHelper) {
          *    });
          * </pre> 
          * @param {Object} args arguments object
-         * @param {Int} args.idd the ID of the node to copy
+         * @param {Int} args.id the ID of the node to copy
          * @param {Int} args.parentId the ID of the parent node to copy to
+         * @param {Boolean} args.relateToOriginal if true, relates the copy to the original through the relation api
          * @returns {Promise} resourcePromise object.
          *
          */
@@ -163,10 +164,7 @@ function contentResource($q, $http, umbDataFormatter, umbRequestHelper) {
 
             return umbRequestHelper.resourcePromise(
                 $http.post(umbRequestHelper.getApiUrl("contentApiBaseUrl", "PostCopy"),
-                    {
-                        parentId: args.parentId,
-                        id: args.id
-                    }),
+                    args),
                 'Failed to copy content');
         },
 
diff --git a/src/Umbraco.Web.UI.Client/src/views/content/content.copy.controller.js b/src/Umbraco.Web.UI.Client/src/views/content/content.copy.controller.js
index a6b43b8169..c915c978e8 100644
--- a/src/Umbraco.Web.UI.Client/src/views/content/content.copy.controller.js
+++ b/src/Umbraco.Web.UI.Client/src/views/content/content.copy.controller.js
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ angular.module("umbraco")
 	});
 
 	$scope.copy = function(){
-		contentResource.copy({parentId: $scope.target.id, id: node.id})
+		contentResource.copy({parentId: $scope.target.id, id: node.id, relateToOriginal: $scope.relate})
 			.then(function(){
 				$scope.error = false;
 				$scope.success = true;
diff --git a/src/Umbraco.Web.UI.Client/src/views/content/copy.html b/src/Umbraco.Web.UI.Client/src/views/content/copy.html
index b0ed707a5c..4a6aee1daa 100644
--- a/src/Umbraco.Web.UI.Client/src/views/content/copy.html
+++ b/src/Umbraco.Web.UI.Client/src/views/content/copy.html
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 <div ng-controller="Umbraco.Editors.Content.CopyController">
-<div class="umb-dialog-body">
+<div class="umb-dialog-body form-horizontal">
 	<div class="umb-pane">
 
 		<p class="abstract" ng-hide="success">
@@ -26,6 +26,13 @@
 				showoptions="false"
 				eventhandler="dialogTreeEventHandler">
 			</umb-tree>
+
+
+			<umb-pane>
+				<umb-control-group label="Relate to original">
+					<input type="checkbox" ng-model="relate" /> </label>
+				</umb-control-group>
+		    </umb-pane>
 		</div>
 	</div>
 </div>