diff --git a/tests/test_api/test_file_storage_backends.py b/tests/test_api/test_file_storage_backends.py
index 9e661ab7..89e3d5db 100644
--- a/tests/test_api/test_file_storage_backends.py
+++ b/tests/test_api/test_file_storage_backends.py
@@ -4,18 +4,20 @@ from pillar.tests import AbstractPillarTest
 
 
 class LocalStorageBackendTest(AbstractPillarTest):
-
-    def test_upload_download(self):
+    def create_test_file(self) -> (typing.IO, bytes):
         import io
         import secrets
 
-        from pillar.api.file_storage_backends import Bucket
-
         file_contents = secrets.token_bytes(512)
         test_file: typing.IO = io.BytesIO(file_contents)
 
+        return test_file, file_contents
+
+    def test_upload_download(self):
+        test_file, file_contents = self.create_test_file()
+
         with self.app.test_request_context():
-            bucket_class = Bucket.for_backend('local')
+            bucket_class = self.storage_backend()
             bucket = bucket_class('buckettest')
             blob = bucket.blob('somefile.bin')
 
@@ -30,3 +32,35 @@ class LocalStorageBackendTest(AbstractPillarTest):
         self.assertEqual(200, resp.status_code)
         self.assertEqual('512', resp.headers['Content-Length'])
         self.assertEqual(file_contents, resp.data)
+
+    def storage_backend(self):
+        from pillar.api.file_storage_backends import Bucket
+
+        return Bucket.for_backend('local')
+
+    def test_copy_to_bucket(self):
+        from bson import ObjectId
+
+        test_file, file_contents = self.create_test_file()
+
+        src_project_id = ObjectId(24 * 'a')
+        dest_project_id = ObjectId(24 * 'd')
+
+        with self.app.test_request_context():
+            bucket_class = self.storage_backend()
+            bucket1 = bucket_class(str(src_project_id))
+            src_blob = bucket1.blob('somefile.bin')
+            src_blob.create_from_file(test_file, content_type='application/octet-stream')
+
+            bucket_class.copy_to_bucket('somefile.bin', src_project_id, dest_project_id)
+
+            # Test that the file now exists at the new bucket.
+            bucket2 = bucket_class(str(dest_project_id))
+            dest_blob = bucket2.blob('somefile.bin')
+            url = dest_blob.get_url(is_public=True)
+
+        resp = self.get(url)
+
+        self.assertEqual(200, resp.status_code)
+        self.assertEqual('512', resp.headers['Content-Length'])
+        self.assertEqual(file_contents, resp.data)