diff --git a/kernel/src/engine/default/filesystem.rs b/kernel/src/engine/default/filesystem.rs
index 08d03107c..73d06088c 100644
--- a/kernel/src/engine/default/filesystem.rs
+++ b/kernel/src/engine/default/filesystem.rs
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ use delta_kernel_derive::internal_api;
 use futures::stream::StreamExt;
 use itertools::Itertools;
 use object_store::path::Path;
-use object_store::{DynObjectStore, ObjectStore};
+use object_store::{DynObjectStore, ObjectStore, PutMode};
 use url::Url;
 
 use super::UrlExt;
@@ -175,6 +175,31 @@ impl<E: TaskExecutor> StorageHandler for ObjectStoreStorageHandler<E> {
 
         Ok(Box::new(receiver.into_iter()))
     }
+
+    fn copy_atomic(&self, src: &Url, dest: &Url) -> DeltaResult<()> {
+        let src_path = Path::from_url_path(src.path())?;
+        let dest_path = Path::from_url_path(dest.path())?;
+        let dest_path_str = dest_path.to_string();
+        let store = self.inner.clone();
+
+        // Read source file then write atomically with PutMode::Create. Note that a GET/PUT is not
+        // necessarily atomic, but since the source file is immutable, we aren't exposed to the
+        // possiblilty of source file changing while we do the PUT.
+        self.task_executor.block_on(async move {
+            let data = store.get(&src_path).await?.bytes().await?;
+
+            store
+                .put_opts(&dest_path, data.into(), PutMode::Create.into())
+                .await
+                .map_err(|e| match e {
+                    object_store::Error::AlreadyExists { .. } => {
+                        Error::FileAlreadyExists(dest_path_str)
+                    }
+                    e => e.into(),
+                })?;
+            Ok(())
+        })
+    }
 }
 
 #[cfg(test)]
@@ -300,4 +325,36 @@ mod tests {
         }
         assert_eq!(len, 10, "list_from should have returned 10 files");
     }
+
+    #[tokio::test]
+    async fn test_copy() {
+        let tmp = tempfile::tempdir().unwrap();
+        let store = Arc::new(LocalFileSystem::new());
+        let executor = Arc::new(TokioBackgroundExecutor::new());
+        let handler = ObjectStoreStorageHandler::new(store.clone(), executor);
+
+        // basic
+        let data = Bytes::from("test-data");
+        let src_path = Path::from_absolute_path(tmp.path().join("src.txt")).unwrap();
+        store.put(&src_path, data.clone().into()).await.unwrap();
+        let src_url = Url::from_file_path(tmp.path().join("src.txt")).unwrap();
+        let dest_url = Url::from_file_path(tmp.path().join("dest.txt")).unwrap();
+        assert!(handler.copy_atomic(&src_url, &dest_url).is_ok());
+        let dest_path = Path::from_absolute_path(tmp.path().join("dest.txt")).unwrap();
+        assert_eq!(
+            store.get(&dest_path).await.unwrap().bytes().await.unwrap(),
+            data
+        );
+
+        // copy to existing fails
+        assert!(matches!(
+            handler.copy_atomic(&src_url, &dest_url),
+            Err(Error::FileAlreadyExists(_))
+        ));
+
+        // copy from non-existing fails
+        let missing_url = Url::from_file_path(tmp.path().join("missing.txt")).unwrap();
+        let new_dest_url = Url::from_file_path(tmp.path().join("new_dest.txt")).unwrap();
+        assert!(handler.copy_atomic(&missing_url, &new_dest_url).is_err());
+    }
 }
diff --git a/kernel/src/engine/sync/storage.rs b/kernel/src/engine/sync/storage.rs
index fd48e7f8e..9729b119e 100644
--- a/kernel/src/engine/sync/storage.rs
+++ b/kernel/src/engine/sync/storage.rs
@@ -70,6 +70,10 @@ impl StorageHandler for SyncStorageHandler {
         });
         Ok(Box::new(iter))
     }
+
+    fn copy_atomic(&self, _src: &Url, _dest: &Url) -> DeltaResult<()> {
+        unimplemented!("SyncStorageHandler does not implement copy");
+    }
 }
 
 #[cfg(test)]
diff --git a/kernel/src/lib.rs b/kernel/src/lib.rs
index b3d0a3899..8a3780911 100644
--- a/kernel/src/lib.rs
+++ b/kernel/src/lib.rs
@@ -534,6 +534,10 @@ pub trait StorageHandler: AsAny {
         &self,
         files: Vec<FileSlice>,
     ) -> DeltaResult<Box<dyn Iterator<Item = DeltaResult<Bytes>>>>;
+
+    /// Copy a file atomically from source to destination. If the destination file already exists,
+    /// it must return Err(Error::FileAlreadyExists).
+    fn copy_atomic(&self, src: &Url, dest: &Url) -> DeltaResult<()>;
 }
 
 /// Provides JSON handling functionality to Delta Kernel.
diff --git a/kernel/src/listed_log_files.rs b/kernel/src/listed_log_files.rs
index 95ca61ce9..5283ec089 100644
--- a/kernel/src/listed_log_files.rs
+++ b/kernel/src/listed_log_files.rs
@@ -634,6 +634,9 @@ mod list_log_files_with_log_tail_tests {
             ) -> DeltaResult<Box<dyn Iterator<Item = DeltaResult<bytes::Bytes>>>> {
                 panic!("read_files used");
             }
+            fn copy_atomic(&self, src: &Url, dest: &Url) -> DeltaResult<()> {
+                panic!("copy used from {src} to {dest}");
+            }
         }
 
         // when log_tail covers the entire requested range, no filesystem listing should occur