diff --git a/addons/product/product.py b/addons/product/product.py
index e771fb58982..8fdf56e5c94 100644
--- a/addons/product/product.py
+++ b/addons/product/product.py
@@ -378,6 +378,25 @@ class product_product(osv.osv):
 			if 'uom' in context:
 				result2[res['id']] = self.pool.get('product.uom')._compute_price(cr, uid, context['uom'], result2[res['id']])
 		return result2
+
+	def copy(self, cr, uid, id, default=None, context=None):
+		if not context:
+			context={}
+
+		if ('variant' in context) and context['variant']:
+			fields = ['product_tmpl_id', 'active', 'variants', 'default_code', 
+					'price_margin', 'price_extra']
+			data = self.read(cr, uid, id, fields=fields, context=context)
+			for f in fields:
+				if f in default:
+					data[f] = default[f]
+			data['product_tmpl_id'] = data.get('product_tmpl_id', False) \
+					and data['product_tmpl_id'][0]
+			del data['id']
+			return self.create(cr, uid, data)
+		else:
+			return super(product_product, self).copy(cr, uid, id, default=default,
+					context=context)
 product_product()
 
 class product_packaging(osv.osv):
diff --git a/addons/product/product_view.xml b/addons/product/product_view.xml
index 4acc2ef1517..9cdfd049e4d 100644
--- a/addons/product/product_view.xml
+++ b/addons/product/product_view.xml
@@ -138,6 +138,7 @@
 			<field name="type">ir.actions.act_window</field>
 			<field name="res_model">product.product</field>
 			<field name="view_type">form</field>
+			<field name="context">{'variant': True}</field>
 		</record>
 		<record model="ir.actions.act_window.view" id="product_variant_action_view1">
 			<field name="sequence" eval="10"/>