diff --git a/app/models/work_package.rb b/app/models/work_package.rb
index ec2c2c2d7c..10a42114fe 100644
--- a/app/models/work_package.rb
+++ b/app/models/work_package.rb
@@ -669,7 +669,9 @@ class WorkPackage < ActiveRecord::Base
     end
 
     if work_package.save
-      unless options[:copy]
+      if options[:copy]
+        create_and_save_journal_note work_package, options[:journal_note]
+      else
         # Manually update project_id on related time entries
         TimeEntry.update_all("project_id = #{new_project.id}", {:work_package_id => id})
 
@@ -1009,4 +1011,11 @@ class WorkPackage < ActiveRecord::Base
       errors.messages[:attachments].first << " - #{invalid_attachment.errors.full_messages.first}"
     end
   end
+
+  def create_and_save_journal_note(work_package, journal_note)
+    if work_package && journal_note
+      work_package.add_journal User.current, journal_note
+      work_package.save!
+    end
+  end
 end