diff --git a/bin/is b/bin/is
index 3ad594a60a913f8214f48e2c6222e62510ebbcd7..c6a12d79968a207e6fd48f78a0df468911a3157e 100755
--- a/bin/is
+++ b/bin/is
@@ -216,11 +216,20 @@ def c_copy(args):
     '''
     repoman = load_repositories(args)
     dstrepo = repoman[args.repository]
-    for srcimg, srcrepo in get_images(args.pattern, repoman, local=False, min=1):
-        arrow("Copying %s v%s from repository %s to %s" % (srcimg.name,
-                                                           srcimg.version,
-                                                           srcrepo.config.name,
-                                                           dstrepo.config.name))
+    todo = list(get_images(args.pattern, repoman, local=False, min=1))
+    # check user really want to this
+    if not args.force:
+        out("You will copy the following images:")
+        for img, repo in todo:
+            out("  %s/%s:%s" % (repo.config.name, img.name, img.version))
+        out("Inside repository: #l##b#%s#R#" % dstrepo.config.name)
+        if not confirm():
+            raise Exception("Aborted!")
+    # copy it for real
+    for srcimg, srcrepo in todo:
+        arrow("Copying %s v%s from repository %s to %s" %
+              (srcimg.name, srcimg.version,
+               srcrepo.config.name, dstrepo.config.name))
         arrowlevel(1)
         dstrepo.add(srcimg)
         arrowlevel(-1)
@@ -509,6 +518,8 @@ def arg_parser_init():
     p.set_defaults(func=c_clean)
     # copy command parser
     p = subparser.add_parser("copy", help=c_copy.__doc__.lower())
+    p.add_argument("-f", "--force", action="store_true",
+                   help="copy image without confirmation")
     p.add_argument("pattern", nargs="+",
                    help="[repository/]image[:version]")
     p.add_argument("repository", help="destination repository")
diff --git a/completion/bash/is b/completion/bash/is
index 303c2b8ba24facfea3cfd2be44bf19b10792269b..aedcf63d7c612a3214a79b6607d6ffac9e0d8ff5 100644
--- a/completion/bash/is
+++ b/completion/bash/is
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ _is() {
          _local_repo
       ;;
       copy)
-         [[ "$cur" == -* ]] && _opt '-h --help' && return 0
+         [[ "$cur" == -* ]] && _opt '-h --help -f --force' && return 0
          _count_args
          (( args == 2 )) && _remote_image
          (( args > 2 )) && _remote_image && _local_repo