diff --git a/_requirements/test.txt b/_requirements/test.txt
index 0a77149..d69794c 100644
--- a/_requirements/test.txt
+++ b/_requirements/test.txt
@@ -5,3 +5,4 @@ pytest-mock
 
 pytorch-lightning >=2.0
 scikit-learn >=1.0
+huggingface-hub >=0.29.0
diff --git a/src/litmodels/integrations/duplicate.py b/src/litmodels/integrations/duplicate.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..79f6dee
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/litmodels/integrations/duplicate.py
@@ -0,0 +1,56 @@
+import os
+import shutil
+import tempfile
+from pathlib import Path
+from typing import Optional
+
+from litmodels import upload_model
+
+
+def duplicate_hf_model(
+    hf_model: str, lit_model: Optional[str] = None, local_workdir: Optional[str] = None, verbose: int = 1
+) -> str:
+    """Downloads the model from Hugging Face and uploads it to Lightning Cloud.
+
+    Args:
+        hf_model: The name of the Hugging Face model to duplicate.
+        lit_model: The name of the Lightning Cloud model to create.
+        local_workdir:
+            The local working directory to use for the duplication process. If not set a temp folder will be created.
+        verbose: Shot a progress bar for the upload.
+
+    Returns:
+        The name of the duplicated model in Lightning Cloud.
+    """
+    try:
+        from huggingface_hub import snapshot_download
+    except ModuleNotFoundError:
+        raise ModuleNotFoundError(
+            "Hugging Face Hub is not installed. Please install it with `pip install huggingface_hub`."
+        )
+
+    if not local_workdir:
+        local_workdir = tempfile.mkdtemp()
+    local_workdir = Path(local_workdir)
+    model_name = hf_model.replace("/", "_")
+
+    os.environ["HF_HUB_ENABLE_HF_TRANSFER"] = "1"
+    # Download the model from Hugging Face
+    snapshot_download(
+        repo_id=hf_model,
+        revision="main",  # Branch/tag/commit
+        repo_type="model",  # Options: "dataset", "model", "space"
+        local_dir=local_workdir / model_name,  # Specify to save in custom location, default is cache
+        local_dir_use_symlinks=True,  # Use symlinks to save disk space
+        ignore_patterns=[".cache*"],  # Exclude certain files if needed
+        max_workers=os.cpu_count(),  # Number of parallel downloads
+    )
+    # prune cache in the downloaded model
+    for path in local_workdir.rglob(".cache*"):
+        shutil.rmtree(path)
+
+    # Upload the model to Lightning Cloud
+    if not lit_model:
+        lit_model = model_name
+    model = upload_model(name=lit_model, model=local_workdir / model_name, verbose=verbose)
+    return model.name
diff --git a/tests/integrations/test_duplicate.py b/tests/integrations/test_duplicate.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e37028c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/integrations/test_duplicate.py
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+import os
+
+import pytest
+from lightning_sdk.lightning_cloud.rest_client import GridRestClient
+from lightning_sdk.utils.resolve import _resolve_teamspace
+from litmodels.integrations.duplicate import duplicate_hf_model
+
+LIT_ORG = "lightning-ai"
+LIT_TEAMSPACE = "LitModels"
+
+
+@pytest.mark.cloud()
+def test_duplicate_hf_model(tmp_path):
+    """Verify that the HF model can be duplicated to the teamspace"""
+
+    # model name with random hash
+    model_name = f"litmodels_hf_model+{os.urandom(8).hex()}"
+    teamspace = _resolve_teamspace(org=LIT_ORG, teamspace=LIT_TEAMSPACE, user=None)
+    org_team = f"{teamspace.owner.name}/{teamspace.name}"
+
+    duplicate_hf_model(hf_model="google/t5-efficient-tiny", lit_model=f"{org_team}/{model_name}")
+
+    client = GridRestClient()
+    model = client.models_store_get_model_by_name(
+        project_owner_name=teamspace.owner.name,
+        project_name=teamspace.name,
+        model_name=model_name,
+    )
+    client.models_store_delete_model(project_id=teamspace.id, model_id=model.id)