diff --git a/include/ghc/filesystem.hpp b/include/ghc/filesystem.hpp
index e25f1d1..df3c1e7 100644
--- a/include/ghc/filesystem.hpp
+++ b/include/ghc/filesystem.hpp
@@ -3169,7 +3169,7 @@ GHC_INLINE void copy(const path& from, const path& to, copy_options options, std
                 copy_file(from, to / from.filename(), options, ec);
             }
             else {
-                copy_file(from, to, ec);
+                copy_file(from, to, options, ec);
             }
         }
     }
diff --git a/test/filesystem_test.cpp b/test/filesystem_test.cpp
index 716e54e..f36f0d3 100644
--- a/test/filesystem_test.cpp
+++ b/test/filesystem_test.cpp
@@ -1553,6 +1553,10 @@ TEST_CASE("30.10.15.3 copy", "[filesystem][operations][fs.op.copy]")
         CHECK(fs::exists("dir4/file1"));
         CHECK(fs::exists("dir4/file2"));
         CHECK(fs::exists("dir4/dir2/file3"));
+        fs::create_directory("dir5");
+        generateFile("dir5/file1");
+        CHECK_THROWS_AS(fs::copy("dir1/file1", "dir5/file1"), fs::filesystem_error);
+        CHECK_NOTHROW(fs::copy("dir1/file1", "dir5/file1", fs::copy_options::skip_existing));
     }
     if (is_symlink_creation_supported()) {
         TemporaryDirectory t(TempOpt::change_path);