diff --git a/addons/account/models/account.py b/addons/account/models/account.py
index 9c8bdc6bfeb..868853bf2f4 100644
--- a/addons/account/models/account.py
+++ b/addons/account/models/account.py
@@ -224,7 +224,18 @@ class AccountAccount(models.Model):
     @api.returns('self', lambda value: value.id)
     def copy(self, default=None):
         default = dict(default or {})
-        default.setdefault('code', _("%s (copy)") % (self.code or ''))
+        if default.get('code', False):
+            return super(AccountAccount, self).copy(default)
+        try:
+            default['code'] = (str(int(self.code) + 10) or '')
+            default.setdefault('name', _("%s (copy)") % (self.name or ''))
+            if self.env['account.account'].search([('code', '=', default['code']),
+                                                   ('company_id', '=', default.get('company_id', False) or self.company_id.id)], limit=1):
+                default['code'] = _("%s (copy)") % (self.code or '')
+                default['name'] = _("%s (copy)") % (self.name or '')
+        except ValueError:
+            default['code'] = _("%s (copy)") % (self.code or '')
+            default['name'] = self.name
         return super(AccountAccount, self).copy(default)
 
     @api.model