diff --git a/src/sunstone/models/OpenNebulaJSON/ImageJSON.rb b/src/sunstone/models/OpenNebulaJSON/ImageJSON.rb
index 99a0bdf04b..6224ef063c 100644
--- a/src/sunstone/models/OpenNebulaJSON/ImageJSON.rb
+++ b/src/sunstone/models/OpenNebulaJSON/ImageJSON.rb
@@ -58,6 +58,7 @@ module OpenNebulaJSON
                  when "chown"         then self.chown(action_hash['params'])
                  when "chmod"         then self.chmod_octet(action_hash['params'])
                  when "chtype"        then self.chtype(action_hash['params'])
+                 when "clone"         then self.clone(action_hash['params'])
                  else
                      error_msg = "#{action_hash['perform']} action not " <<
                          " available for this resource"
@@ -84,5 +85,9 @@ module OpenNebulaJSON
         def chtype(params=Hash.new)
             super(params['type'])
         end
+
+        def clone(params=Hash.new)
+            super(params['name'])
+        end
     end
 end
diff --git a/src/sunstone/public/js/opennebula.js b/src/sunstone/public/js/opennebula.js
index 716a1ebdda..893772121b 100644
--- a/src/sunstone/public/js/opennebula.js
+++ b/src/sunstone/public/js/opennebula.js
@@ -816,6 +816,11 @@ var OpenNebula = {
                                             OpenNebula.Image.resource,
                                             "chtype",
                                             action_obj);
+        },
+        "clone" : function(params) {
+            var name = params.data.extra_param ? params.data.extra_param : "";
+            var action_obj = { "name" : name };
+            OpenNebula.Action.simple_action(params,OpenNebula.Image.resource, "clone", action_obj);
         }
     },
 
diff --git a/src/sunstone/public/js/plugins/images-tab.js b/src/sunstone/public/js/plugins/images-tab.js
index 0aea6334dd..dc55758419 100644
--- a/src/sunstone/public/js/plugins/images-tab.js
+++ b/src/sunstone/public/js/plugins/images-tab.js
@@ -436,6 +436,16 @@ var image_actions = {
         error: onError,
         notify: true
     },
+    "Image.clone_dialog" : {
+        type: "custom",
+        call: popUpImageCloneDialog
+    },
+    "Image.clone" : {
+        type: "single",
+        call: OpenNebula.Image.clone,
+        error: onError,
+        notify: true
+    },
     "Image.help" : {
         type: "custom",
         call: function() {
@@ -496,6 +506,10 @@ var image_buttons = {
             }
         }
     },
+    "Image.clone_dialog" : {
+        type: "action",
+        text: tr("Clone"),
+    },
     "Image.delete" : {
         type: "confirm",
         text: tr("Delete")
@@ -1136,6 +1150,78 @@ function setupImageActionCheckboxes(){
 
 }
 
+function setupImageCloneDialog(){
+    //Append to DOM
+    dialogs_context.append('<div id="image_clone_dialog" title="'+tr("Clone an image")+'"></div>');
+    var dialog = $('#image_clone_dialog',dialogs_context);
+
+    //Put HTML in place
+
+    var html = '<form><fieldset>\
+<div class="clone_one">'+tr("Choose a new name for the image")+':</div>\
+<div class="clone_several">'+tr("Several image are selected, please choose prefix to name the new copies")+':</div>\
+<br />\
+<label class="clone_one">'+tr("Name")+':</label>\
+<label class="clone_several">'+tr("Prefix")+':</label>\
+<input type="text" name="name"></input>\
+<div class="form_buttons">\
+  <button class="button" id="image_clone_button" value="Image.clone">\
+'+tr("Clone")+'\
+  </button>\
+</div></fieldset></form>\
+';
+
+    dialog.html(html);
+
+    //Convert into jQuery
+    dialog.dialog({
+        autoOpen:false,
+        width:375,
+        modal:true,
+        resizable:false,
+    });
+
+    $('button',dialog).button();
+
+    $('form',dialog).submit(function(){
+        var name = $('input', this).val();
+        var sel_elems = imageElements();
+        if (!name || !sel_elems.length)
+            notifyError('A name or prefix is needed!');
+        if (sel_elems.length > 1){
+            for (var i=0; i< sel_elems.length; i++)
+                Sunstone.runAction('Image.clone',
+                                   sel_elems[i],
+                                   name+getImageName(sel_elems[i]));
+        } else {
+            Sunstone.runAction('Image.clone',sel_elems[0],name)
+        };
+        dialog.dialog('close');
+        setTimeout(function(){
+            Sunstone.runAction('Image.refresh');
+        }, 1500);
+        return false;
+    });
+}
+
+function popUpImageCloneDialog(){
+    var dialog = $('#image_clone_dialog');
+    var sel_elems = imageElements();
+    //show different text depending on how many elements are selected
+    if (sel_elems.length > 1){
+        $('.clone_one',dialog).hide();
+        $('.clone_several',dialog).show();
+        $('input',dialog).val('Copy of ');
+    }
+    else {
+        $('.clone_one',dialog).show();
+        $('.clone_several',dialog).hide();
+        $('input',dialog).val('Copy of '+getImageName(sel_elems[0]));
+    };
+
+    $(dialog).dialog('open');
+}
+
 //The DOM is ready at this point
 $(document).ready(function(){
 
@@ -1172,6 +1258,7 @@ $(document).ready(function(){
     setupImageTemplateUpdateDialog();
     setupTips($create_image_dialog);
     setupImageActionCheckboxes();
+    setupImageCloneDialog();
     setImageAutorefresh();
 
     initCheckAllBoxes(dataTable_images);