diff --git a/openbsc/include/openbsc/control_cmd.h b/openbsc/include/openbsc/control_cmd.h
index c78b3dc..c94c7b5 100644
--- a/openbsc/include/openbsc/control_cmd.h
+++ b/openbsc/include/openbsc/control_cmd.h
@@ -77,6 +77,7 @@
 int ctrl_cmd_send(struct osmo_wqueue *queue, struct ctrl_cmd *cmd);
 struct ctrl_cmd *ctrl_cmd_parse(void *ctx, struct msgb *msg);
 struct msgb *ctrl_cmd_make(struct ctrl_cmd *cmd);
+struct ctrl_cmd *ctrl_cmd_cpy(void *ctx, struct ctrl_cmd *cmd);
 
 #define CTRL_CMD_DEFINE_RANGE(cmdname, cmdstr, dtype, element, min, max) \
 int get_##cmdname(struct ctrl_cmd *cmd, void *data) \
diff --git a/openbsc/src/libctrl/control_cmd.c b/openbsc/src/libctrl/control_cmd.c
index 06af3b3..b5cff68 100644
--- a/openbsc/src/libctrl/control_cmd.c
+++ b/openbsc/src/libctrl/control_cmd.c
@@ -237,6 +237,42 @@
 	return 0;
 }
 
+struct ctrl_cmd *ctrl_cmd_cpy(void *ctx, struct ctrl_cmd *cmd)
+{
+	struct ctrl_cmd *cmd2;
+
+	cmd2 = talloc_zero(ctx, struct ctrl_cmd);
+	if (!cmd2)
+		return NULL;
+
+	cmd2->type = cmd->type;
+	if (cmd->id) {
+		cmd2->id = talloc_strdup(cmd2, cmd->id);
+		if (!cmd2->id)
+			goto err;
+	}
+	if (cmd->variable) {
+		cmd2->variable = talloc_strdup(cmd2, cmd->variable);
+		if (!cmd2->variable)
+			goto err;
+	}
+	if (cmd->value) {
+		cmd2->value = talloc_strdup(cmd2, cmd->value);
+		if (!cmd2->value)
+			goto err;
+	}
+	if (cmd->reply) {
+		cmd2->reply = talloc_strdup(cmd2, cmd->reply);
+		if (!cmd2->reply)
+			goto err;
+	}
+
+	return cmd2;
+err:
+	talloc_free(cmd2);
+	return NULL;
+}
+
 struct ctrl_cmd *ctrl_cmd_parse(void *ctx, struct msgb *msg)
 {
 	char *str, *tmp, *saveptr = NULL;