diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/string.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/string.h
index ee39ff4a..ad9c0520 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/string.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/string.h
@@ -26,13 +26,6 @@
 extern "C" {
 #endif
 
-/** @brief Copy a physical page to another physical destination
- *
- * @param dest Destination address
- * @param src Source address
- */
-void copy_page_physical(void* dest, const void * src);
-
 #ifdef HAVE_ARCH_MEMCPY
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_ROCKCREEK
diff --git a/include/metalsvm/mmu.h b/include/metalsvm/mmu.h
index 71cfab64..15284900 100644
--- a/include/metalsvm/mmu.h
+++ b/include/metalsvm/mmu.h
@@ -71,9 +71,7 @@ static inline size_t get_page(void) { return get_pages(1); }
  * @param phyaddr Physical address of the first page
  * @param npages Number of pages
  *
- * @return 
- * - 0 on success
- * - -EINVAL (-22) on failure
+ * @return number of pages which were marked as used before calling
  */
 int put_pages(size_t phyaddr, size_t npages);
 
@@ -83,6 +81,23 @@ int put_pages(size_t phyaddr, size_t npages);
  */
 static inline int put_page(size_t phyaddr) { return put_pages(phyaddr, 1); }
 
+/** @brief Copy a physical page frames
+ *
+ * @param psrc physical address of source page frames
+ * @param pdest physical address of source page frames
+ * @param npages number of pages
+ * @return
+ * - 0 on success
+ * - -1 on failure
+ */
+int copy_pages(size_t pdest, size_t psrc, size_t npages);
+
+/** @brief Copy a single page
+ *
+ * Convenience function: uses copy_pages(pdest, psrc, 1);
+ */
+static inline int copy_page(size_t pdest, size_t psrc) { return copy_pages(pdest, psrc, 1); }
+
 #ifdef __cplusplus
 }
 #endif
diff --git a/mm/memory.c b/mm/memory.c
index 82155ef5..464ffa2b 100644
--- a/mm/memory.c
+++ b/mm/memory.c
@@ -167,6 +167,36 @@ int put_pages(size_t phyaddr, size_t npages)
 	return ret;
 }
 
+int copy_pages(size_t pdest, size_t psrc, size_t npages)
+{
+	size_t viraddr;
+	size_t vdest, vsrc;
+
+	// allocate virtual memory areas
+	viraddr = vma_alloc(2*npages*PAGE_SIZE, VMA_HEAP);
+	if (BUILTIN_EXPECT(!viraddr, 0))
+		return -ENOMEM;
+
+	// map pages
+	vsrc = map_region(viraddr, psrc, npages, MAP_KERNEL_SPACE);
+	vdest = map_region(viraddr+npages*PAGE_SIZE, pdest, npages, MAP_KERNEL_SPACE);
+	if (BUILTIN_EXPECT(!vsrc || !vdest, 0)) {
+		unmap_region(viraddr, 2*npages);
+		return -ENOMEM;
+	}
+
+	kprintf("copy_pages: copy %u pages from: %#lx (%#lx) to %#lx (%#lx)\n", npages, vsrc, psrc, vdest, pdest); // TODO remove
+
+	// copy the whole page
+	memcpy((void*) vdest, (void*) vsrc, npages*PAGE_SIZE);
+
+	// householding
+	unmap_region(viraddr, 2*npages);
+	vma_free(viraddr, viraddr+2*npages*PAGE_SIZE);
+
+	return pdest;
+}
+
 int mmu_init(void)
 {
 	unsigned int i;