diff --git a/command/container/cp.go b/command/container/cp.go
index a1d7110a61..a4165a18d2 100644
--- a/command/container/cp.go
+++ b/command/container/cp.go
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ type copyOptions struct {
 	source      string
 	destination string
 	followLink  bool
+	copyUIDGID  bool
 }
 
 type copyDirection int
@@ -66,6 +67,7 @@ func NewCopyCommand(dockerCli *command.DockerCli) *cobra.Command {
 	flags := cmd.Flags()
 
 	flags.BoolVarP(&opts.followLink, "follow-link", "L", false, "Always follow symbol link in SRC_PATH")
+	flags.BoolVarP(&opts.copyUIDGID, "archive", "a", false, "Archive mode (copy all uid/gid information)")
 
 	return cmd
 }
@@ -92,7 +94,7 @@ func runCopy(dockerCli *command.DockerCli, opts copyOptions) error {
 	case fromContainer:
 		return copyFromContainer(ctx, dockerCli, srcContainer, srcPath, dstPath, cpParam)
 	case toContainer:
-		return copyToContainer(ctx, dockerCli, srcPath, dstContainer, dstPath, cpParam)
+		return copyToContainer(ctx, dockerCli, srcPath, dstContainer, dstPath, cpParam, opts.copyUIDGID)
 	case acrossContainers:
 		// Copying between containers isn't supported.
 		return errors.New("copying between containers is not supported")
@@ -175,7 +177,7 @@ func copyFromContainer(ctx context.Context, dockerCli *command.DockerCli, srcCon
 	return archive.CopyTo(preArchive, srcInfo, dstPath)
 }
 
-func copyToContainer(ctx context.Context, dockerCli *command.DockerCli, srcPath, dstContainer, dstPath string, cpParam *cpConfig) (err error) {
+func copyToContainer(ctx context.Context, dockerCli *command.DockerCli, srcPath, dstContainer, dstPath string, cpParam *cpConfig, copyUIDGID bool) (err error) {
 	if srcPath != "-" {
 		// Get an absolute source path.
 		srcPath, err = resolveLocalPath(srcPath)
@@ -265,6 +267,7 @@ func copyToContainer(ctx context.Context, dockerCli *command.DockerCli, srcPath,
 
 	options := types.CopyToContainerOptions{
 		AllowOverwriteDirWithFile: false,
+		CopyUIDGID:                copyUIDGID,
 	}
 
 	return dockerCli.Client().CopyToContainer(ctx, dstContainer, resolvedDstPath, content, options)