diff --git a/doc/source/array.rst b/doc/source/array.rst
index bec0365b18041981782a76223367c842038575f4..087b583bfd338768e1942b78384e6c41aab65c94 100644
--- a/doc/source/array.rst
+++ b/doc/source/array.rst
@@ -209,6 +209,10 @@ The :class:`Array` Class
         :mod:`numpy.ndarray`. If *ary* is given, it must have the right
         size (not necessarily shape) and dtype.
 
+    .. method :: copy(queue=None)
+
+        .. versionadded:: 2012.2
+
     .. method :: __str__()
     .. method :: __repr__()
 
diff --git a/pyopencl/array.py b/pyopencl/array.py
index a4cf9ff5cfa39073d5c80bbbef32da5b0374a851..c06e21b275b22cf6a7369680a92b4d7257f48c5e 100644
--- a/pyopencl/array.py
+++ b/pyopencl/array.py
@@ -377,6 +377,12 @@ class Array(object):
 
         return ary
 
+    def copy(self, queue=None):
+        queue = queue or self.queue
+        result = self._new_like_me()
+        cl.enqueue_copy(queue, result.data, self.data, byte_count=self.nbytes)
+        return result
+
     def __str__(self):
         return str(self.get())