diff --git a/asset/css/markbind.css b/asset/css/markbind.css
index d38eb2b900..01a4dc15dd 100644
--- a/asset/css/markbind.css
+++ b/asset/css/markbind.css
@@ -369,3 +369,45 @@ li.footnote-item:target {
     transform: scale(1);
     opacity: 1;
 }
+
+/* "Copy" code block button */
+pre {
+    position: relative;
+}
+
+.copy-btn {
+    background-color: #b4b4b9;
+    border-radius: 0.25rem;
+    color: #f8f8ff;
+    display: inline-block;
+    font-size: 75%;
+    line-height: 1;
+    padding: 0.25em 0.4em;
+    position: absolute;
+    right: 0.5em;
+    text-align: center;
+    top: 0.4em;
+    white-space: nowrap;
+}
+
+.copy-btn:hover {
+    color: #555;
+}
+
+.copy-btn-body {
+    align-items: center;
+    display: flex;
+}
+
+.copy-btn svg {
+    fill: currentColor;
+    margin-right: 0.4em;
+}
+
+.copy-btn-label {
+    font-size: 11px;
+}
+
+.copy-btn:focus {
+    outline: none;
+}
diff --git a/docs/images/copyCode.png b/docs/images/copyCode.png
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..0bd900728a
Binary files /dev/null and b/docs/images/copyCode.png differ
diff --git a/docs/userGuide/plugins/codeBlockCopyButtons.mbdf b/docs/userGuide/plugins/codeBlockCopyButtons.mbdf
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..4681894ab1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docs/userGuide/plugins/codeBlockCopyButtons.mbdf
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+#### `codeBlockCopyButtons`: Enabling code-blocks to be copied
+
+This plugin allows you to copy code in code-blocks on a button-click.
+
+To enable it, simply add `codeBlockCopyButtons` to your site's plugins.
+
+```js
+site.json
+{
+  ...
+  "plugins": [
+    "codeBlockCopyButtons"
+  ],
+}
+```
+
+This is what it'll look like once added - 
+
+<pic src="{{baseUrl}}/images/copyCode.png" width="750" alt="copyCode"/>
+
diff --git a/docs/userGuide/usingPlugins.md b/docs/userGuide/usingPlugins.md
index 4ae21f7376..86687a1ad6 100644
--- a/docs/userGuide/usingPlugins.md
+++ b/docs/userGuide/usingPlugins.md
@@ -207,6 +207,7 @@ Disabling the `anchors` plugin:
 MarkBind has a set of built-in plugins that can be used immediately without installation.
 
 <include src="plugins/algolia.mbdf" />
+<include src="plugins/codeBlockCopyButtons.mbdf" />
 <include src="plugins/filterTags.mbdf" />
 <include src="plugins/googleAnalytics.mbdf" />
 
diff --git a/src/plugins/codeBlockCopyButtons.js b/src/plugins/codeBlockCopyButtons.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..6f74c53fc6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/plugins/codeBlockCopyButtons.js
@@ -0,0 +1,56 @@
+const cheerio = module.parent.require('cheerio');
+
+const COPIED_TO_CLIPBOARD = 'Copied!';
+const COPY_ICON = '<svg class="cpy" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="15" height="15"'
++ 'viewBox="0 0 24 24"><path d="M13.508 11.504l.93-2.494 2.998 6.268-6.31 2.779.'
++ '894-2.478s-8.271-4.205-7.924-11.58c2.716 5.939 9.412 7.505 9.412 7.505zm7.492-9.'
++ '504v-2h-21v21h2v-19h19zm-14.633 2c.441.757.958 1.422 1.521 2h14.112v16h-16v-8.'
++ '548c-.713-.752-1.4-1.615-2-2.576v13.124h20v-20h-17.633z" class="cpy"/></svg>';
+const COPY_TO_CLIPBOARD = 'Copy';
+
+function getButtonHTML() {
+  const html = `<button onclick="copyCodeBlock(this)" class="copy-btn" type="button">
+    <div class="copy-btn-body">
+    ${COPY_ICON}
+    <strong class="copy-btn-label">${COPY_TO_CLIPBOARD}</strong>
+    </div>
+    </button>`;
+  return html;
+}
+
+
+const copyCodeBlockScript = `<script>
+    function copyCodeBlock(element) {
+        const pre = element.parentElement;
+        const codeElement = pre.querySelector('code');
+        const copyButtonLabel = element.querySelector('.copy-btn-label');
+
+        // create dummy text element to select() the text field
+        const textElement = document.createElement('textarea');
+        textElement.value = codeElement.textContent;
+        document.body.appendChild(textElement);
+        textElement.select();
+
+        document.execCommand('copy');
+        document.body.removeChild(textElement);
+
+        copyButtonLabel.textContent = '${COPIED_TO_CLIPBOARD}';
+        setTimeout(function() {
+            copyButtonLabel.textContent = '${COPY_TO_CLIPBOARD}';
+        }, 2000);
+    }
+    </script>`;
+
+
+module.exports = {
+  getScripts: () => copyCodeBlockScript,
+  postRender: (content) => {
+    const $ = cheerio.load(content, { xmlMode: false });
+    const codeBlockSelector = 'pre';
+    const buttonHTML = getButtonHTML();
+    $(codeBlockSelector).each((i, codeBlock) => {
+      $(codeBlock).append(buttonHTML);
+    });
+    return $.html();
+  },
+};
diff --git a/test/functional/test_site/expected/markbind/css/markbind.css b/test/functional/test_site/expected/markbind/css/markbind.css
index d38eb2b900..01a4dc15dd 100644
--- a/test/functional/test_site/expected/markbind/css/markbind.css
+++ b/test/functional/test_site/expected/markbind/css/markbind.css
@@ -369,3 +369,45 @@ li.footnote-item:target {
     transform: scale(1);
     opacity: 1;
 }
+
+/* "Copy" code block button */
+pre {
+    position: relative;
+}
+
+.copy-btn {
+    background-color: #b4b4b9;
+    border-radius: 0.25rem;
+    color: #f8f8ff;
+    display: inline-block;
+    font-size: 75%;
+    line-height: 1;
+    padding: 0.25em 0.4em;
+    position: absolute;
+    right: 0.5em;
+    text-align: center;
+    top: 0.4em;
+    white-space: nowrap;
+}
+
+.copy-btn:hover {
+    color: #555;
+}
+
+.copy-btn-body {
+    align-items: center;
+    display: flex;
+}
+
+.copy-btn svg {
+    fill: currentColor;
+    margin-right: 0.4em;
+}
+
+.copy-btn-label {
+    font-size: 11px;
+}
+
+.copy-btn:focus {
+    outline: none;
+}
diff --git a/test/functional/test_site_algolia_plugin/expected/markbind/css/markbind.css b/test/functional/test_site_algolia_plugin/expected/markbind/css/markbind.css
index d38eb2b900..01a4dc15dd 100644
--- a/test/functional/test_site_algolia_plugin/expected/markbind/css/markbind.css
+++ b/test/functional/test_site_algolia_plugin/expected/markbind/css/markbind.css
@@ -369,3 +369,45 @@ li.footnote-item:target {
     transform: scale(1);
     opacity: 1;
 }
+
+/* "Copy" code block button */
+pre {
+    position: relative;
+}
+
+.copy-btn {
+    background-color: #b4b4b9;
+    border-radius: 0.25rem;
+    color: #f8f8ff;
+    display: inline-block;
+    font-size: 75%;
+    line-height: 1;
+    padding: 0.25em 0.4em;
+    position: absolute;
+    right: 0.5em;
+    text-align: center;
+    top: 0.4em;
+    white-space: nowrap;
+}
+
+.copy-btn:hover {
+    color: #555;
+}
+
+.copy-btn-body {
+    align-items: center;
+    display: flex;
+}
+
+.copy-btn svg {
+    fill: currentColor;
+    margin-right: 0.4em;
+}
+
+.copy-btn-label {
+    font-size: 11px;
+}
+
+.copy-btn:focus {
+    outline: none;
+}
diff --git a/test/functional/test_site_convert/expected/markbind/css/markbind.css b/test/functional/test_site_convert/expected/markbind/css/markbind.css
index d38eb2b900..01a4dc15dd 100644
--- a/test/functional/test_site_convert/expected/markbind/css/markbind.css
+++ b/test/functional/test_site_convert/expected/markbind/css/markbind.css
@@ -369,3 +369,45 @@ li.footnote-item:target {
     transform: scale(1);
     opacity: 1;
 }
+
+/* "Copy" code block button */
+pre {
+    position: relative;
+}
+
+.copy-btn {
+    background-color: #b4b4b9;
+    border-radius: 0.25rem;
+    color: #f8f8ff;
+    display: inline-block;
+    font-size: 75%;
+    line-height: 1;
+    padding: 0.25em 0.4em;
+    position: absolute;
+    right: 0.5em;
+    text-align: center;
+    top: 0.4em;
+    white-space: nowrap;
+}
+
+.copy-btn:hover {
+    color: #555;
+}
+
+.copy-btn-body {
+    align-items: center;
+    display: flex;
+}
+
+.copy-btn svg {
+    fill: currentColor;
+    margin-right: 0.4em;
+}
+
+.copy-btn-label {
+    font-size: 11px;
+}
+
+.copy-btn:focus {
+    outline: none;
+}
diff --git a/test/functional/test_site_expressive_layout/expected/markbind/css/markbind.css b/test/functional/test_site_expressive_layout/expected/markbind/css/markbind.css
index d38eb2b900..01a4dc15dd 100644
--- a/test/functional/test_site_expressive_layout/expected/markbind/css/markbind.css
+++ b/test/functional/test_site_expressive_layout/expected/markbind/css/markbind.css
@@ -369,3 +369,45 @@ li.footnote-item:target {
     transform: scale(1);
     opacity: 1;
 }
+
+/* "Copy" code block button */
+pre {
+    position: relative;
+}
+
+.copy-btn {
+    background-color: #b4b4b9;
+    border-radius: 0.25rem;
+    color: #f8f8ff;
+    display: inline-block;
+    font-size: 75%;
+    line-height: 1;
+    padding: 0.25em 0.4em;
+    position: absolute;
+    right: 0.5em;
+    text-align: center;
+    top: 0.4em;
+    white-space: nowrap;
+}
+
+.copy-btn:hover {
+    color: #555;
+}
+
+.copy-btn-body {
+    align-items: center;
+    display: flex;
+}
+
+.copy-btn svg {
+    fill: currentColor;
+    margin-right: 0.4em;
+}
+
+.copy-btn-label {
+    font-size: 11px;
+}
+
+.copy-btn:focus {
+    outline: none;
+}
diff --git a/test/functional/test_site_templates/test_default/expected/markbind/css/markbind.css b/test/functional/test_site_templates/test_default/expected/markbind/css/markbind.css
index d38eb2b900..01a4dc15dd 100644
--- a/test/functional/test_site_templates/test_default/expected/markbind/css/markbind.css
+++ b/test/functional/test_site_templates/test_default/expected/markbind/css/markbind.css
@@ -369,3 +369,45 @@ li.footnote-item:target {
     transform: scale(1);
     opacity: 1;
 }
+
+/* "Copy" code block button */
+pre {
+    position: relative;
+}
+
+.copy-btn {
+    background-color: #b4b4b9;
+    border-radius: 0.25rem;
+    color: #f8f8ff;
+    display: inline-block;
+    font-size: 75%;
+    line-height: 1;
+    padding: 0.25em 0.4em;
+    position: absolute;
+    right: 0.5em;
+    text-align: center;
+    top: 0.4em;
+    white-space: nowrap;
+}
+
+.copy-btn:hover {
+    color: #555;
+}
+
+.copy-btn-body {
+    align-items: center;
+    display: flex;
+}
+
+.copy-btn svg {
+    fill: currentColor;
+    margin-right: 0.4em;
+}
+
+.copy-btn-label {
+    font-size: 11px;
+}
+
+.copy-btn:focus {
+    outline: none;
+}
diff --git a/test/functional/test_site_templates/test_minimal/expected/markbind/css/markbind.css b/test/functional/test_site_templates/test_minimal/expected/markbind/css/markbind.css
index d38eb2b900..01a4dc15dd 100644
--- a/test/functional/test_site_templates/test_minimal/expected/markbind/css/markbind.css
+++ b/test/functional/test_site_templates/test_minimal/expected/markbind/css/markbind.css
@@ -369,3 +369,45 @@ li.footnote-item:target {
     transform: scale(1);
     opacity: 1;
 }
+
+/* "Copy" code block button */
+pre {
+    position: relative;
+}
+
+.copy-btn {
+    background-color: #b4b4b9;
+    border-radius: 0.25rem;
+    color: #f8f8ff;
+    display: inline-block;
+    font-size: 75%;
+    line-height: 1;
+    padding: 0.25em 0.4em;
+    position: absolute;
+    right: 0.5em;
+    text-align: center;
+    top: 0.4em;
+    white-space: nowrap;
+}
+
+.copy-btn:hover {
+    color: #555;
+}
+
+.copy-btn-body {
+    align-items: center;
+    display: flex;
+}
+
+.copy-btn svg {
+    fill: currentColor;
+    margin-right: 0.4em;
+}
+
+.copy-btn-label {
+    font-size: 11px;
+}
+
+.copy-btn:focus {
+    outline: none;
+}