diff --git a/src/Mod/Part/App/TopoShapePy.xml b/src/Mod/Part/App/TopoShapePy.xml
index e99e2e6bc3..798a99f02d 100644
--- a/src/Mod/Part/App/TopoShapePy.xml
+++ b/src/Mod/Part/App/TopoShapePy.xml
@@ -539,7 +539,13 @@ into B-spline surfaces.</UserDocu>
     </Methode>
     <Methode Name="copy" Const="true">
       <Documentation>
-        <UserDocu>Create a copy of this shape</UserDocu>
+        <UserDocu>Create a copy of this shape
+copy(copyGeom=True, copyMesh=False) -> Shape
+If copyMesh is True, triangulation contained in original shape will be
+copied along with geometry.
+If copyGeom is False, only topological objects will be copied, while
+geometry and triangulation will be shared with original shape.
+</UserDocu>
       </Documentation>
     </Methode>
     <Methode Name="cleaned" Const="true">
diff --git a/src/Mod/Part/App/TopoShapePyImp.cpp b/src/Mod/Part/App/TopoShapePyImp.cpp
index 118b7862ee..07c28a10e1 100644
--- a/src/Mod/Part/App/TopoShapePyImp.cpp
+++ b/src/Mod/Part/App/TopoShapePyImp.cpp
@@ -143,7 +143,6 @@ int TopoShapePy::PyInit(PyObject* args, PyObject*)
             }
         }
         catch (Standard_Failure& e) {
-    
             PyErr_SetString(PartExceptionOCCError, e.GetMessageString());
             return -1;
         }
@@ -156,7 +155,9 @@ int TopoShapePy::PyInit(PyObject* args, PyObject*)
 
 PyObject* TopoShapePy::copy(PyObject *args)
 {
-    if (!PyArg_ParseTuple(args, ""))
+    PyObject* copyGeom = Py_True;
+    PyObject* copyMesh = Py_False;
+    if (!PyArg_ParseTuple(args, "|O!O!", &PyBool_Type, &copyGeom, &PyBool_Type, &copyMesh))
         return NULL;
 
     const TopoDS_Shape& shape = this->getTopoShapePtr()->getShape();
@@ -171,7 +172,9 @@ PyObject* TopoShapePy::copy(PyObject *args)
     }
 
     if (!shape.IsNull()) {
-        BRepBuilderAPI_Copy c(shape);
+        BRepBuilderAPI_Copy c(shape,
+                              PyObject_IsTrue(copyGeom) ? Standard_True : Standard_False,
+                              PyObject_IsTrue(copyMesh) ? Standard_True : Standard_False);
         static_cast<TopoShapePy*>(cpy)->getTopoShapePtr()->setShape(c.Shape());
     }
     return cpy;