diff --git a/src/io/copy.rs b/src/io/copy.rs
index 753f5e3..8ec3c1a 100644
--- a/src/io/copy.rs
+++ b/src/io/copy.rs
@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@ use crate::task::{Context, Poll};
 /// #
 /// # Ok(()) }) }
 /// ```
+#[cfg(any(feature = "docs", not(feature = "unstable")))]
 pub async fn copy<R, W>(reader: &mut R, writer: &mut W) -> io::Result<u64>
 where
     R: Read + Unpin + ?Sized,
@@ -91,3 +92,90 @@ where
     };
     future.await
 }
+
+/// Copies the entire contents of a reader into a writer.
+///
+/// This function will continuously read data from `reader` and then
+/// write it into `writer` in a streaming fashion until `reader`
+/// returns EOF.
+///
+/// On success, the total number of bytes that were copied from
+/// `reader` to `writer` is returned.
+///
+/// If you’re wanting to copy the contents of one file to another and you’re
+/// working with filesystem paths, see the [`fs::copy`] function.
+///
+/// This function is an async version of [`std::io::copy`].
+///
+/// [`std::io::copy`]: https://doc.rust-lang.org/std/io/fn.copy.html
+/// [`fs::copy`]: ../fs/fn.copy.html
+///
+/// # Errors
+///
+/// This function will return an error immediately if any call to `read` or
+/// `write` returns an error. All instances of `ErrorKind::Interrupted` are
+/// handled by this function and the underlying operation is retried.
+///
+/// # Examples
+///
+/// ```
+/// # fn main() -> std::io::Result<()> { async_std::task::block_on(async {
+/// #
+/// use async_std::io;
+///
+/// let mut reader: &[u8] = b"hello";
+/// let mut writer = io::stdout();
+///
+/// io::copy(&mut reader, &mut writer).await?;
+/// #
+/// # Ok(()) }) }
+/// ```
+#[cfg(all(feature = "unstable", not(feature = "docs")))]
+pub async fn copy<R, W>(reader: R, writer: W) -> io::Result<u64>
+where
+    R: Read + Unpin,
+    W: Write + Unpin,
+{
+    pin_project! {
+        struct CopyFuture<R, W> {
+            #[pin]
+            reader: R,
+            #[pin]
+            writer: W,
+            amt: u64,
+        }
+    }
+
+    impl<R, W> Future for CopyFuture<R, W>
+    where
+        R: BufRead,
+        W: Write + Unpin,
+    {
+        type Output = io::Result<u64>;
+
+        fn poll(self: Pin<&mut Self>, cx: &mut Context<'_>) -> Poll<Self::Output> {
+            let mut this = self.project();
+            loop {
+                let buffer = futures_core::ready!(this.reader.as_mut().poll_fill_buf(cx))?;
+                if buffer.is_empty() {
+                    futures_core::ready!(this.writer.as_mut().poll_flush(cx))?;
+                    return Poll::Ready(Ok(*this.amt));
+                }
+
+                let i = futures_core::ready!(this.writer.as_mut().poll_write(cx, buffer))?;
+                if i == 0 {
+                    return Poll::Ready(Err(io::ErrorKind::WriteZero.into()));
+                }
+                *this.amt += i as u64;
+                this.reader.as_mut().consume(i);
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    let future = CopyFuture {
+        reader: BufReader::new(reader),
+        writer,
+        amt: 0,
+    };
+    future.await
+}