diff --git a/mypyc/lib-rt/CPy.h b/mypyc/lib-rt/CPy.h
index 1c8b59855fc7..dc81c8237527 100644
--- a/mypyc/lib-rt/CPy.h
+++ b/mypyc/lib-rt/CPy.h
@@ -665,6 +665,7 @@ CPyTagged CPyList_Index(PyObject *list, PyObject *obj);
 PyObject *CPySequence_Multiply(PyObject *seq, CPyTagged t_size);
 PyObject *CPySequence_RMultiply(CPyTagged t_size, PyObject *seq);
 PyObject *CPyList_GetSlice(PyObject *obj, CPyTagged start, CPyTagged end);
+PyObject *CPyList_Copy(PyObject *list);
 int CPySequence_Check(PyObject *obj);
 
 
diff --git a/mypyc/lib-rt/list_ops.c b/mypyc/lib-rt/list_ops.c
index d297ece8f417..8388e1eea73a 100644
--- a/mypyc/lib-rt/list_ops.c
+++ b/mypyc/lib-rt/list_ops.c
@@ -29,6 +29,20 @@ PyObject *CPyList_Build(Py_ssize_t len, ...) {
     return res;
 }
 
+PyObject *CPyList_Copy(PyObject *list) {
+    if(PyList_CheckExact(list)) {
+        return PyList_GetSlice(list, 0, PyList_GET_SIZE(list));
+    }
+    _Py_IDENTIFIER(copy);
+
+    PyObject *name = _PyUnicode_FromId(&PyId_copy);
+    if (name == NULL) {
+        return NULL;
+    }
+    return PyObject_CallMethodNoArgs(list, name);
+}
+
+
 PyObject *CPyList_GetItemUnsafe(PyObject *list, CPyTagged index) {
     Py_ssize_t n = CPyTagged_ShortAsSsize_t(index);
     PyObject *result = PyList_GET_ITEM(list, n);
diff --git a/mypyc/primitives/list_ops.py b/mypyc/primitives/list_ops.py
index f3af17d3859e..a453e568f00f 100644
--- a/mypyc/primitives/list_ops.py
+++ b/mypyc/primitives/list_ops.py
@@ -262,6 +262,15 @@
     error_kind=ERR_MAGIC,
 )
 
+# list.copy()
+method_op(
+    name="copy",
+    arg_types=[list_rprimitive],
+    return_type=list_rprimitive,
+    c_function_name="CPyList_Copy",
+    error_kind=ERR_MAGIC,
+)
+
 # list * int
 binary_op(
     name="*",
diff --git a/mypyc/test-data/fixtures/ir.py b/mypyc/test-data/fixtures/ir.py
index 38fecbc20c65..4fab88fdb3a9 100644
--- a/mypyc/test-data/fixtures/ir.py
+++ b/mypyc/test-data/fixtures/ir.py
@@ -231,6 +231,7 @@ def sort(self) -> None: pass
     def reverse(self) -> None: pass
     def remove(self, o: _T) -> None: pass
     def index(self, o: _T) -> int: pass
+    def copy(self) -> List[_T]: pass
 
 class dict(Mapping[_K, _V]):
     @overload
diff --git a/mypyc/test-data/irbuild-lists.test b/mypyc/test-data/irbuild-lists.test
index 56ad2d53b7eb..e2c656399821 100644
--- a/mypyc/test-data/irbuild-lists.test
+++ b/mypyc/test-data/irbuild-lists.test
@@ -182,6 +182,18 @@ L0:
     r1 = r0 << 1
     return r1
 
+[case testListCopy]
+from typing import List
+from typing import Any
+def f(a: List[Any]) -> List[Any]:
+    return a.copy()
+[out]
+def f(a):
+    a, r0 :: list
+L0:
+    r0 = CPyList_Copy(a)
+    return r0
+
 [case testListAppend]
 from typing import List
 def f(a: List[int], x: int) -> None:
diff --git a/mypyc/test-data/run-lists.test b/mypyc/test-data/run-lists.test
index 84d5ee121a20..3b2721093e0f 100644
--- a/mypyc/test-data/run-lists.test
+++ b/mypyc/test-data/run-lists.test
@@ -51,6 +51,55 @@ print(2, a)
 1 [-1, 5]
 2 [340282366920938463463374607431768211461, -170141183460469231731687303715884105736]
 
+[case testListCopy]
+from typing import List
+from copysubclass import subc
+
+def test_list_copy() -> None:
+    l1 = [1, 2, 3, -4, 5]
+    l2 = l1.copy()
+    assert l1.copy() == l1
+    assert l1.copy() == l2
+    assert l1 == l2
+    assert l1.copy() == l2.copy()
+    l1 = l2.copy()
+    assert l1 == l2
+    assert l1.copy() == l2
+    assert l1 == [1, 2, 3, -4, 5]
+    l2 = [1, 2, -3]
+    l1 = []
+    assert l1.copy() == []
+    assert l2.copy() != l1
+    assert l2 == l2.copy()
+    l1 = l2
+    assert l1.copy().copy() == l2.copy().copy().copy()
+    assert l1.copy() == l2.copy()
+    l1 == [1, 2, -3].copy()
+    assert l1 == l2
+    l2 = [1, 2, 3].copy()
+    assert l2 != l1
+    l1 = [1, 2, 3]
+    assert l1.copy() == l2.copy()
+    l3 = [1, 2 , 3, "abcdef"]
+    assert l3 == l3.copy()
+    l4 = ["abc", 5, 10]
+    l4 = l3.copy()
+    assert l4 == l3
+    #subclass testing
+    l5: subc = subc([1, 2, 3])
+    l6 = l5.copy()
+    assert l6 == l5
+    l6 = [1, 2, "3", 4, 5]
+    l5 = subc([1,2,"3",4,5])
+    assert l5.copy() == l6.copy()
+    l6 = l5.copy()
+    assert l5 == l6
+
+[file copysubclass.py]
+from typing import Any
+class subc(list[Any]):
+    pass
+
 [case testSieve]
 from typing import List