diff --git a/js/common/bootstrap/module-fs.js b/js/common/bootstrap/module-fs.js
index a4f916c9f7..9ac6dcca1d 100644
--- a/js/common/bootstrap/module-fs.js
+++ b/js/common/bootstrap/module-fs.js
@@ -401,6 +401,14 @@ if (global.FS_MTIME) {
   delete global.FS_MTIME;
 }
 
+////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
+/// @brief copy one file
+////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
+
+if (global.FS_COPY_FILE) {
+  exports.copyFile = global.FS_COPY_FILE;
+  delete global.FS_COPY_FILE;
+}
 
 ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
 /// @brief copy recursive
diff --git a/js/server/modules/org/arangodb/testing.js b/js/server/modules/org/arangodb/testing.js
index e20228b5b3..7c32240c95 100644
--- a/js/server/modules/org/arangodb/testing.js
+++ b/js/server/modules/org/arangodb/testing.js
@@ -475,13 +475,6 @@ function readImportantLogLines(logPath) {
   return importantLines;
 }
 
-function copy (src, dst) {
-  var fs = require("fs");
-  var buffer = fs.readBuffer(src);
-
-  fs.write(dst, buffer);
-}
-
 function analyzeCoreDump(instanceInfo, options, storeArangodPath, pid) {
   var command;
   command  = '(';
@@ -523,13 +516,13 @@ function checkInstanceAlive(instanceInfo, options) {
           storeArangodPath + " " + options.coreDirectory + 
           "/core*" + instanceInfo.pid.pid + "*'";
         if (require("internal").platform.substr(0,3) === 'win') {
-          copy("bin\\arangod.exe", instanceInfo.tmpDataDir + "\\arangod.exe");
-          copy("bin\\arangod.pdb", instanceInfo.tmpDataDir + "\\arangod.pdb");
+          fs.copyFile("bin\\arangod.exe", instanceInfo.tmpDataDir + "\\arangod.exe");
+          fs.copyFile("bin\\arangod.pdb", instanceInfo.tmpDataDir + "\\arangod.pdb");
           // Windows: wait for procdump to do its job...
           statusExternal(instanceInfo.monitor, true);
         }
         else {
-          copy("bin/arangod", storeArangodPath);
+          fs.copyFile("bin/arangod", storeArangodPath);
           analyzeCoreDump(instanceInfo, options, storeArangodPath, instanceInfo.pid.pid);
         }
       }
@@ -557,13 +550,13 @@ function checkInstanceAlive(instanceInfo, options) {
               " /var/tmp/core*" + checkpid.pid + "*'";
 
             if (require("internal").platform.substr(0,3) === 'win') {
-              copy("bin\\arangod.exe", instanceInfo.tmpDataDir + "\\arangod.exe");
-              copy("bin\\arangod.pdb", instanceInfo.tmpDataDir + "\\arangod.pdb");
+              fs.copyFile("bin\\arangod.exe", instanceInfo.tmpDataDir + "\\arangod.exe");
+              fs.copyFile("bin\\arangod.pdb", instanceInfo.tmpDataDir + "\\arangod.pdb");
               // Windows: wait for procdump to do its job...
               statusExternal(instanceInfo.monitor, true);
             }
             else {
-              copy("bin/arangod", storeArangodPath);
+              fs.copyFile("bin/arangod", storeArangodPath);
               analyzeCoreDump(instanceInfo, options, storeArangodPath, checkpid.pid);
             }
             
diff --git a/lib/V8/v8-utils.cpp b/lib/V8/v8-utils.cpp
index a2fd234751..de070ace27 100644
--- a/lib/V8/v8-utils.cpp
+++ b/lib/V8/v8-utils.cpp
@@ -2168,7 +2168,7 @@ static void JS_MoveFile (const v8::FunctionCallbackInfo<v8::Value>& args) {
 ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
 /// @brief copies a directory structure
 /// @startDocuBlock JS_CopyDirectoryRecursive
-/// `fs.xcopy(source, destination)`
+/// `fs.copyRecursive(source, destination)`
 ///
 /// Copies *source* to destination. Failure to copy the file, or
 /// specifying a directory for destination when source is a file will throw an
@@ -2183,7 +2183,7 @@ static void JS_CopyRecursive (const v8::FunctionCallbackInfo<v8::Value>& args) {
 
   // extract two arguments
   if (args.Length() != 2) {
-    TRI_V8_THROW_EXCEPTION_USAGE("xcopy(<source>, <destination>)");
+    TRI_V8_THROW_EXCEPTION_USAGE("copyRecursive(<source>, <destination>)");
   }
 
   string source = TRI_ObjectToString(args[0]);
@@ -2233,6 +2233,61 @@ static void JS_CopyRecursive (const v8::FunctionCallbackInfo<v8::Value>& args) {
   TRI_V8_RETURN_UNDEFINED();
 }
 
+////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
+/// @brief copies a file into a target file
+/// @startDocuBlock JS_CopyFile
+/// `fs.copyRecursive(source, destination)`
+///
+/// Copies *source* to destination. If Destination is a directory, a file 
+/// of the same name will be created, else it will be the name of the new file.
+/// @endDocuBlock
+////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
+
+static void JS_CopyFile (const v8::FunctionCallbackInfo<v8::Value>& args) {
+  v8::Isolate* isolate = args.GetIsolate();
+  v8::HandleScope scope(isolate);
+
+  // extract two arguments
+  if (args.Length() != 2) {
+    TRI_V8_THROW_EXCEPTION_USAGE("copyFile(<source>, <destination>)");
+  }
+
+  string source = TRI_ObjectToString(args[0]);
+  string destination = TRI_ObjectToString(args[1]);
+
+  bool const destinationIsDirectory = TRI_IsDirectory(destination.c_str());
+
+  if (! TRI_IsRegularFile(source.c_str())) {
+    TRI_V8_THROW_EXCEPTION_PARAMETER("can only copy regular files.");
+  }
+
+  std::string systemErrorStr;
+
+  if (destinationIsDirectory) {
+    const char* file = strrchr(source.c_str(), TRI_DIR_SEPARATOR_CHAR);
+    if (file == nullptr) {
+      if (destination[destination.length()] == TRI_DIR_SEPARATOR_CHAR) {
+        destination += TRI_DIR_SEPARATOR_CHAR;
+      }
+      destination += source;
+    }
+    else {
+      destination += file;
+    }
+  }
+  if (!TRI_CopyFile(source, destination, systemErrorStr)) {
+    std::string errMsg = "cannot copy file [" +
+      source +
+      "] to [" +
+      destination +
+      " ] : " + 
+      systemErrorStr;
+    TRI_V8_THROW_EXCEPTION_MESSAGE(TRI_ERROR_BAD_PARAMETER, errMsg);
+  }
+
+  TRI_V8_RETURN_UNDEFINED();
+}
+
 
 
 ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
@@ -4414,6 +4469,7 @@ void TRI_InitV8Utils (v8::Isolate* isolate,
   TRI_AddGlobalFunctionVocbase(isolate, context, TRI_V8_ASCII_STRING("FS_MAKE_DIRECTORY_RECURSIVE"), JS_MakeDirectoryRecursive);
   TRI_AddGlobalFunctionVocbase(isolate, context, TRI_V8_ASCII_STRING("FS_MOVE"), JS_MoveFile);
   TRI_AddGlobalFunctionVocbase(isolate, context, TRI_V8_ASCII_STRING("FS_COPY_RECURSIVE"), JS_CopyRecursive);
+  TRI_AddGlobalFunctionVocbase(isolate, context, TRI_V8_ASCII_STRING("FS_COPY_FILE"), JS_CopyFile);
 
   TRI_AddGlobalFunctionVocbase(isolate, context, TRI_V8_ASCII_STRING("FS_MTIME"), JS_MTime);
   TRI_AddGlobalFunctionVocbase(isolate, context, TRI_V8_ASCII_STRING("FS_REMOVE"), JS_Remove);