diff -Naur a/ubi-utils/Makefile b/ubi-utils/Makefile
--- a/ubi-utils/Makefile	2014-12-19 15:27:10.990583444 -0800
+++ b/ubi-utils/Makefile	2014-12-19 14:52:57.462133419 -0800
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 CPPFLAGS += -Iinclude -Isrc -I$(KERNELHDR)
 
 LIBS = libubi libmtd libubigen libiniparser libscan
-TARGETS = ubiupdatevol ubimkvol ubirmvol ubicrc32 ubinfo ubiattach \
+TARGETS = ubicpvol ubiupdatevol ubimkvol ubirmvol ubicrc32 ubinfo ubiattach \
           ubidetach ubinize ubiformat ubirename mtdinfo ubirsvol
 
 VPATH = src
diff -Naur a/ubi-utils/src/ubicpvol.c b/ubi-utils/src/ubicpvol.c
--- a/ubi-utils/src/ubicpvol.c	1969-12-31 16:00:00.000000000 -0800
+++ b/ubi-utils/src/ubicpvol.c	2014-12-19 15:24:59.765776184 -0800
@@ -0,0 +1,291 @@
+/*
+ * Based originally on the ubiupdatevol utility
+ * Copyright (c) International Business Machines Corp., 2006
+ * Copyright (c) Google, Inc, 2014
+ *
+ * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+ * the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
+ * (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See
+ * the GNU General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+ * along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
+ * Foundation, Inc., 675 Mass Ave, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.
+ */
+
+/*
+ * A utility to replicate/copy UBI volumes.
+ *
+ * Authors: Frank Haverkamp
+ *          Joshua W. Boyer
+ *          Artem Bityutskiy
+ *          Peter van Vugt
+ */
+
+#include <fcntl.h>
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <stdint.h>
+#include <getopt.h>
+#include <stdarg.h>
+#include <stdlib.h>
+#include <string.h>
+#include <unistd.h>
+
+#include <libubi.h>
+#include "common.h"
+
+#define PROGRAM_VERSION "1.0"
+#define PROGRAM_NAME    "ubicpvol"
+
+struct args {
+	const char *destNode;
+	const char *srcNode;
+};
+
+static struct args args;
+
+static const char *doc = PROGRAM_NAME " version " PROGRAM_VERSION
+			 " - a tool to replicate/copy UBI volumes.\n";
+
+static const char *optionsstr =
+"Options:\n"
+"-h, --help                 print help message\n"
+"-V, --version              print program version\n";
+
+static const char *usage =
+"Usage: " PROGRAM_NAME " [OPTIONS] <UBI source volume node> <UBI destination volume node>\n\n"
+"Example: " PROGRAM_NAME " /dev/ubi0_1 /dev/ubi0_2 - copy UBI volume \"/dev/ubi0_1\" to \"/dev/ubi0_2\"\n";
+
+static const char *notes =
+"Note that both volumes must have the same LEB size and the data in the source\n"
+"volume must fit into the destination volume.\n";
+
+struct option long_options[] = {
+	{ .name = "help",     .has_arg = 0, .flag = NULL, .val = 'h' },
+	{ .name = "version",  .has_arg = 0, .flag = NULL, .val = 'V' },
+	{ NULL, 0, NULL, 0}
+};
+
+static int parse_opt(int argc, char * const argv[])
+{
+	while (1) {
+		int key;
+
+		key = getopt_long(argc, argv, "h?V", long_options, NULL);
+		if (key == -1)
+			break;
+
+		switch (key) {
+		case 'h':
+		case '?':
+			fprintf(stderr, "%s\n", doc);
+			fprintf(stderr, "%s\n", usage);
+			fprintf(stderr, "%s\n", optionsstr);
+			fprintf(stderr, "%s\n", notes);
+			exit(EXIT_SUCCESS);
+
+		case 'V':
+			fprintf(stderr, "%s\n", PROGRAM_VERSION);
+			exit(EXIT_SUCCESS);
+
+		case ':':
+			return errmsg("parameter is missing");
+
+		default:
+			fprintf(stderr, "Use -h for help\n");
+			return -1;
+		}
+	}
+
+	if (optind != argc - 2)
+		return errmsg("specify source and destination UBI device names as first 2 "
+			      "parameters (use -h for help)");
+
+	args.srcNode  = argv[optind];
+	args.destNode = argv[optind + 1];
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static int ubi_write(int fd, const void *buf, int len)
+{
+	int ret;
+
+	while (len) {
+		ret = write(fd, buf, len);
+		if (ret <= 0) {
+			if (errno == EINTR) {
+				warnmsg("do not interrupt me!");
+				continue;
+			}
+			return errmsg("error %d: cannot write %d bytes to volume \"%s\"",
+					  errno, len, args.destNode);
+		}
+
+		len -= ret;
+		buf += ret;
+	}
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static int copy_volume(libubi_t libubi, struct ubi_vol_info *src_vol_info, struct ubi_vol_info *dest_vol_info)
+{
+	int err, dest_fd, src_fd;
+	long long bytes;
+	char *buf;
+	int ret = -1;
+
+	if (src_vol_info->leb_size != dest_vol_info->leb_size) {
+		return errmsg("source and destination volumes have different LEB sizes");
+	} else if (src_vol_info->data_bytes > dest_vol_info->rsvd_bytes) {
+		return errmsg("source volume \"%s\" too large for destination volume \"%s\" (%lld > %lld)", args.srcNode, args.destNode, src_vol_info->data_bytes, dest_vol_info->rsvd_bytes);
+	}
+
+	buf = malloc(dest_vol_info->leb_size);
+	if (!buf)
+		return errmsg("cannot allocate %d bytes of memory", dest_vol_info->leb_size);
+
+	bytes = src_vol_info->data_bytes;
+
+	src_fd = open(args.srcNode, O_RDONLY);
+	if (src_fd == -1) {
+		errmsg("cannot open source UBI volume \"%s\"", args.srcNode);
+		goto out_free;
+	}
+
+	dest_fd = open(args.destNode, O_RDWR);
+	if (dest_fd == -1) {
+		errmsg("cannot open destination UBI volume \"%s\"", args.destNode);
+		goto out_close1;
+	}
+
+	err = ubi_update_start(libubi, dest_fd, bytes);
+	if (err) {
+		errmsg("cannot start volume \"%s\" update", args.destNode);
+		goto out_close;
+	}
+
+	while (bytes) {
+		int ret, to_copy = dest_vol_info->leb_size;
+
+		if (to_copy > bytes)
+			to_copy = bytes;
+
+		ret = read(src_fd, buf, to_copy);
+		if (ret <= 0) {
+			if (errno == EINTR) {
+				warnmsg("do not interrupt me!");
+				continue;
+			} else {
+				errmsg("cannot read %d bytes from \"%s\"",
+						to_copy, args.srcNode);
+				goto out_close;
+			}
+		}
+
+		err = ubi_write(dest_fd, buf, ret);
+		if (err)
+		{
+			errmsg("cannot write %d bytes to \"%s\"", ret, args.destNode);
+			goto out_close;
+		}
+		bytes -= ret;
+
+		fprintf(stdout, "\r" PROGRAM_NAME ": copied %lli%%", (100 - (100 * bytes / src_vol_info->data_bytes)));
+		fflush(stdout);
+	}
+	fprintf(stdout, "\r" PROGRAM_NAME ": finished copying ubi%d:%s to ubi%d:%s\n", src_vol_info->dev_num, src_vol_info->name, dest_vol_info->dev_num, dest_vol_info->name);
+	ret = 0;
+
+out_close:
+	close(dest_fd);
+out_close1:
+	close(src_fd);
+out_free:
+	free(buf);
+	return ret;
+}
+
+int main(int argc, char * const argv[])
+{
+	int err;
+	libubi_t libubi;
+	struct ubi_vol_info src_vol_info, dest_vol_info;
+	int ret = -1;
+
+	err = parse_opt(argc, argv);
+	if (err)
+		return -1;
+
+	libubi = libubi_open();
+	if (!libubi) {
+		if (errno == 0)
+			return errmsg("UBI is not present in the system");
+		else
+			return errmsg("cannot open libubi");
+	}
+
+	err = ubi_probe_node(libubi, args.srcNode);
+	if (err == 1) {
+		errmsg("Source node \"%s\" is a UBI device node, not a UBI volume node",
+		       args.srcNode);
+		goto out_libubi;
+	} else if (err < 0) {
+		if (errno == ENODEV)
+			errmsg("Source node \"%s\" is not a UBI volume node", args.srcNode);
+		else
+			errmsg("error while probing source node \"%s\"", args.srcNode);
+		goto out_libubi;
+	}
+
+	err = ubi_probe_node(libubi, args.destNode);
+	if (err == 1) {
+		errmsg("Destination node \"%s\" is a UBI device node, not a UBI volume node",
+		       args.destNode);
+		goto out_libubi;
+	} else if (err < 0) {
+		if (errno == ENODEV)
+			errmsg("Destination node \"%s\" is not a UBI volume node", args.destNode);
+		else
+			errmsg("error while probing destination node \"%s\"", args.destNode);
+		goto out_libubi;
+	}
+
+	err = ubi_get_vol_info(libubi, args.srcNode, &src_vol_info);
+	if (err) {
+		errmsg("cannot get information about source UBI volume \"%s\"",
+			   args.srcNode);
+		goto out_libubi;
+	}
+
+	err = ubi_get_vol_info(libubi, args.destNode, &dest_vol_info);
+	if (err) {
+		errmsg("cannot get information about destination UBI volume \"%s\"",
+			   args.destNode);
+		goto out_libubi;
+	}
+
+	if ((src_vol_info.dev_num == dest_vol_info.dev_num) && (src_vol_info.vol_id == dest_vol_info.vol_id)) {
+		errmsg("Source and destination nodes \"%s\" and  \"%s\" point to same volume", args.srcNode, args.destNode);
+		goto out_libubi;
+	}
+
+	err = copy_volume(libubi, &src_vol_info, &dest_vol_info);
+	if (err)
+	{
+		errmsg("copy failed, err=%d", args.srcNode, args.destNode, err);
+		goto out_libubi;
+	}
+
+	ret = 0;
+
+out_libubi:
+	libubi_close(libubi);
+	return ret;
+}
diff -Naur a/ubi-utils/src/ubiupdatevol.c b/ubi-utils/src/ubiupdatevol.c
--- a/ubi-utils/src/ubiupdatevol.c	2010-01-15 09:12:24.000000000 -0800
+++ b/ubi-utils/src/ubiupdatevol.c	2014-12-19 15:12:23.549163250 -0800
@@ -283,10 +283,9 @@
 	libubi = libubi_open();
 	if (!libubi) {
 		if (errno == 0)
-			errmsg("UBI is not present in the system");
+			return errmsg("UBI is not present in the system");
 		else
-			sys_errmsg("cannot open libubi");
-		goto out_libubi;
+			return errmsg("cannot open libubi");
 	}
 
 	err = ubi_probe_node(libubi, args.node);