diff --git a/lib/initcpio/install/arch_base b/lib/initcpio/install/arch_base
index 3ffe49cfc..ac6f9a84b 100644
--- a/lib/initcpio/install/arch_base
+++ b/lib/initcpio/install/arch_base
@@ -65,7 +65,6 @@ install ()
     add_file "/etc/rc.d/functions"
     add_file "/usr/share/archboot/base/etc/rc.conf" "/etc/rc.conf"
     add_file "/etc/rc.d/syslog-ng"
-
     ### adding config files of installation system
     for i in $(find /usr/share/archboot/base/etc/*); do
         add_file "$i" "/etc/$(basename $i)"
@@ -74,6 +73,8 @@ install ()
     ### fixing network support
     add_file "/lib/libnss_files.so.2"
     add_file "/lib/libnss_dns.so.2"
+    ### add copy-mountpoint.sh
+    add_file "/usr/bin/copy-mountpoint.sh"
 }
 
 help ()
diff --git a/lib/initcpio/install/arch_base_lowmem b/lib/initcpio/install/arch_base_lowmem
index 5e65cb031..9b5fd03f2 100644
--- a/lib/initcpio/install/arch_base_lowmem
+++ b/lib/initcpio/install/arch_base_lowmem
@@ -58,6 +58,8 @@ install ()
     ### fixing network support
     add_file "/lib/libnss_files.so.2"
     add_file "/lib/libnss_dns.so.2"
+    ### add copy-mountpoint.sh
+    add_file "/usr/bin/copy-mountpoint.sh"
 }
 
 help ()
diff --git a/usr/bin/copy-mountpoint.sh b/usr/bin/copy-mountpoint.sh
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..7ed349512
--- /dev/null
+++ b/usr/bin/copy-mountpoint.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+# 
+#    copy-mointpoint.sh - copy recursivly a mountpoint using tar
+#    by Tobias Powalowski <tpowa@archlinux.org>
+# usage(exitvalue)
+# outputs a usage message and exits with value
+APPNAME=$(basename "${0}")
+usage()
+{
+    echo "COPY MOUNTPOINTS:"
+    echo "- Copy mountpoint recursivly from one mountpoint to an other one,"
+    echo "  using tar utility."
+    echo "- For system copying start with mounted / and then invoke this script"
+    echo "  for each additional mountpoint eg. /boot or /home."
+    echo ""
+    echo "usage: ${APPNAME} <oldmountpoint> <newmountpoint>"
+    exit $1
+}
+
+##################################################
+
+if [ $# -ne 2 ]; then
+    usage 1
+fi
+
+NEWMOUNTPOINT="${2}"
+OLDMOUNTPOINT="${1}"
+
+tar -C $OLDMOUNTPOINT -clspf - . | tar -C $NEWMOUNTPOINT -vxlspf - 
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