diff --git a/addressbook/inc/class.addressbook_ui.inc.php b/addressbook/inc/class.addressbook_ui.inc.php
index e9ae2e98ee..d085ef73fc 100644
--- a/addressbook/inc/class.addressbook_ui.inc.php
+++ b/addressbook/inc/class.addressbook_ui.inc.php
@@ -1379,11 +1379,18 @@ class addressbook_ui extends addressbook_bo
 					$GLOBALS['egw_info']['user']['account_firstname'],$GLOBALS['egw_info']['user']['account_lastname']),
 					$content['id']));
 				// create a new contact with the content of the old
-				foreach(array('id','modified','modifier','account_id','uid','cat_id','etag') as $key)
+				$copy_fields = unserialize($this->config['copy_fields']);
+				foreach($content as $key => $value)
 				{
-					unset($content[$key]);
+					if(!in_array($key, $copy_fields) || in_array($key, array('etag')))
+					{
+						unset($content[$key]);
+					}
+				}
+				if(!isset($content['owner']))
+				{
+					$this->default_private ? $this->user.'p' : $this->default_addressbook;
 				}
-				$content['owner'] = $this->default_private ? $this->user.'p' : $this->default_addressbook;
 				$content['creator'] = $this->user;
 				$content['created'] = $this->now_su;
 				$content['msg'] = lang('Contact copied');
diff --git a/addressbook/inc/hook_config.inc.php b/addressbook/inc/hook_config.inc.php
index f51df0f88b..1449ca0c37 100644
--- a/addressbook/inc/hook_config.inc.php
+++ b/addressbook/inc/hook_config.inc.php
@@ -110,3 +110,52 @@ function org_fileds_to_update($config)
 	return html::checkbox_multiselect('newsettings[org_fileds_to_update]',
 		$config['org_fileds_to_update'] ? $config['org_fileds_to_update'] : $bocontacts->org_fields,$fields,true,'',4);
 }
+
+/**
+ * Hook to get a multiselect box with all fieleds of fields used for copying for addressbook config
+ *
+ * @param array $config
+ * @return string html
+ */
+function copy_fields($config)
+{
+	$bocontacts = new addressbook_bo();
+	$supported_fields = $bocontacts->get_fields('supported',null,0);	// fields supported by the backend (ldap schemas!)
+	// get the list of account fields
+	$fields = array();
+	foreach($bocontacts->contact_fields as $field => $label)
+	{
+		// some fields the user should never be allowed to copy or are coverted by an other attribute (n_fn for all n_*)
+		if (!in_array($field,array('id','tid','created','creator','modified','modifier','n_prefix','n_given','n_middle','n_family','n_suffix', 'account_id', 'uid')))
+		{
+			$fields[$field] = $label;
+		}
+	}
+	$fields['link_to'] = 'Links';
+
+	if ($config['account_repository'] != 'ldap')	// no custom-fields in ldap
+	{
+		foreach(config::get_customfields('addressbook') as $name => $data)
+		{
+			$fields['#'.$name] = $data['label'];
+		}
+	}
+	$default = array(
+		'company',
+		'department',
+		'adr_one_street',
+		'adr_one_street2',
+		'adr_one_locality',
+		'adr_one_region',
+		'adr_one_postalcode',
+		'adr_one_countryname',
+		'email',
+		'url',
+		'tel_work',
+		'cat_id'
+	);
+	return html::checkbox_multiselect('newsettings[copy_fields]',
+		$config['copy_fields'] ? $config['copy_fields'] : $default,
+		$fields,true,'',4
+	);
+}
diff --git a/addressbook/templates/default/config.tpl b/addressbook/templates/default/config.tpl
index 05fdfb41a8..2ec2f9be8c 100644
--- a/addressbook/templates/default/config.tpl
+++ b/addressbook/templates/default/config.tpl
@@ -54,6 +54,12 @@
     </td>
    </tr>
    <tr class="row_on">
+    <td>&nbsp;{lang_Fields_to_copy_when_copying_an_address?}</td>
+    <td>
+    {hook_copy_fields}
+    </td>
+   </tr>
+   <tr class="row_off">
     <td>&nbsp;{lang_Use_an_extra_tab_for_private_custom_fields?}</td>
     <td>
      <select name="newsettings[private_cf_tab]">