diff --git a/modules/codelite/codelite_project.lua b/modules/codelite/codelite_project.lua
index c5b2e4fe27..a6efbb30ea 100755
--- a/modules/codelite/codelite_project.lua
+++ b/modules/codelite/codelite_project.lua
@@ -405,7 +405,21 @@
 		local dependencies = {}
 		local makefilerules = {}
 		local function addrule(dependencies, makefilerules, config, filename)
-			if config.buildaction == "Copy" and filename ~= "" then
+			if #config.buildcommands > 0 and #config.buildoutputs > 0 then
+				local inputs = table.implode(project.getrelative(cfg.project, config.buildinputs), "", "", " ")
+				if filename ~= "" and inputs ~= "" then
+					filename = filename .. " "
+				end
+				local outputs = project.getrelative(cfg.project, config.buildoutputs[1])
+				local buildmessage = ""
+				if config.buildmessage then
+					buildmessage = "\t@{ECHO} " .. p.quote(config.buildmessage) .. "\n"
+				end
+				local commands = table.implode(config.buildcommands,"\t","\n","")
+				table.insert(makefilerules, os.translateCommandsAndPaths(outputs .. ": " .. filename .. inputs .. "\n" .. buildmessage .. "\t@$(MakeDirCommand) $(@D)\n" .. commands, cfg.project.basedir, cfg.project.location))
+				table.insertflat(dependencies, outputs)
+				return true
+			elseif config.buildaction == "Copy" and filename ~= "" then
 				local output = project.getrelative(cfg.workspace, path.join(cfg.targetdir, config.name))
 				local create_directory_command = '\t@$(MakeDirCommand) $(@D)\n'
 				local command = '\t' .. os.translateCommands('{COPYFILE} "' .. filename .. '" "' .. output ..'"') .. '\n'
@@ -413,23 +427,9 @@
 				table.insert(makefilerules, output .. ": " .. filename .. '\n' .. create_directory_command .. command)
 				table.insert(dependencies, output)
 				return true
-			end
-			if #config.buildcommands == 0 or #config.buildoutputs == 0 then
+			else
 				return false
 			end
-			local inputs = table.implode(project.getrelative(cfg.project, config.buildinputs), "", "", " ")
-			if filename ~= "" and inputs ~= "" then
-				filename = filename .. " "
-			end
-			local outputs = project.getrelative(cfg.project, config.buildoutputs[1])
-			local buildmessage = ""
-			if config.buildmessage then
-				buildmessage = "\t@{ECHO} " .. p.quote(config.buildmessage) .. "\n"
-			end
-			local commands = table.implode(config.buildcommands,"\t","\n","")
-			table.insert(makefilerules, os.translateCommandsAndPaths(outputs .. ": " .. filename .. inputs .. "\n" .. buildmessage .. "\t@$(MakeDirCommand) $(@D)\n" .. commands, cfg.project.basedir, cfg.project.location))
-			table.insertflat(dependencies, outputs)
-			return true
 		end
 		local tr = project.getsourcetree(cfg.project)
 		p.tree.traverse(tr, {
diff --git a/modules/gmake2/gmake2.lua b/modules/gmake2/gmake2.lua
index e735497836..ca141f67a5 100644
--- a/modules/gmake2/gmake2.lua
+++ b/modules/gmake2/gmake2.lua
@@ -129,6 +129,15 @@
 		_p('endif')
 	end
 
+	function gmake2.copyfile_cmds(source, dest)
+		local cmd = '$(SILENT) {COPYFILE} ' .. source .. ' ' .. dest
+		return { 'ifeq (posix,$(SHELLTYPE))',
+			'\t' .. os.translateCommands(cmd, 'posix'),
+			'else',
+			'\t' .. os.translateCommands(cmd, 'windows'),
+			'endif' }
+	end
+
 	function gmake2.mkdirRules(dirname)
 		_p('%s:', dirname)
 		_p('\t@echo Creating %s', dirname)
diff --git a/modules/gmake2/gmake2_cpp.lua b/modules/gmake2/gmake2_cpp.lua
index a02893dfd2..63b3d331b5 100644
--- a/modules/gmake2/gmake2_cpp.lua
+++ b/modules/gmake2/gmake2_cpp.lua
@@ -192,6 +192,17 @@
 					cpp.addGeneratedFile(cfg, node, output)
 				end
 			end
+		elseif filecfg.buildaction == "Copy" then
+			local output = '$(TARGETDIR)/' .. node.name
+			local file = {
+				buildoutputs  = { output },
+				source        = node.relpath,
+				buildmessage  = '$(notdir $<)',
+				verbatimbuildcommands = gmake2.copyfile_cmds('"$<"', '"$@"'),
+				buildinputs = {'$(TARGETDIR)'}
+			}
+			table.insert(cfg._gmake.fileRules, file)
+			cpp.addGeneratedFile(cfg, node, output)
 		else
 			cpp.addRuleFile(cfg, node)
 		end
@@ -761,7 +772,11 @@
 				end
 			end
 		end
-
+		if file.verbatimbuildcommands then
+			for _, cmd in ipairs(file.verbatimbuildcommands) do
+				_p('%s', cmd);
+			end
+		end
 		-- TODO: this is a hack with some imperfect side-effects.
 		--       better solution would be to emit a dummy file for the rule, and then outputs depend on it (must clean up dummy in 'clean')
 		--       better yet, is to use pattern rules, but we need to detect that all outputs have the same stem
diff --git a/modules/gmake2/tests/test_gmake2_file_rules.lua b/modules/gmake2/tests/test_gmake2_file_rules.lua
index c420779edb..4e61ce975a 100644
--- a/modules/gmake2/tests/test_gmake2_file_rules.lua
+++ b/modules/gmake2/tests/test_gmake2_file_rules.lua
@@ -409,3 +409,27 @@ test2.obj: test2.rule
 	$(SILENT) dorule       S1 "test2.rule"
 		]]
 	end
+
+	function suite.fileRulesOnBuildactionCopy()
+		files { "hello.dll" }
+		filter { "Debug", "files:hello.dll" }
+			buildaction "Copy"
+		filter {}
+		prepare()
+		test.capture [[
+# File Rules
+# #############################################
+
+ifeq ($(config),debug)
+$(TARGETDIR)/hello.dll: hello.dll $(TARGETDIR)
+	@echo "$(notdir $<)"
+ifeq (posix,$(SHELLTYPE))
+	$(SILENT) cp -f "$<" "$@"
+else
+	$(SILENT) copy /B /Y "$<" "$@"
+endif
+
+endif
+]]
+	end
+
diff --git a/modules/gmake2/tests/test_gmake2_objects.lua b/modules/gmake2/tests/test_gmake2_objects.lua
index 2c7881d461..2314fe47a5 100644
--- a/modules/gmake2/tests/test_gmake2_objects.lua
+++ b/modules/gmake2/tests/test_gmake2_objects.lua
@@ -494,3 +494,26 @@ endif
 
 		]]
 	end
+
+	function suite.objectsOnBuildactionCopy()
+		files { "hello.dll" }
+		filter { "Debug", "files:hello.dll" }
+			buildaction "Copy"
+		filter {}
+		prepare()
+		test.capture [[
+# File sets
+# #############################################
+
+CUSTOM :=
+GENERATED :=
+
+ifeq ($(config),debug)
+CUSTOM += $(TARGETDIR)/hello.dll
+GENERATED += $(TARGETDIR)/hello.dll
+
+endif
+
+		]]
+	end
+