diff --git a/test/gui/shared/steps/file_context.py b/test/gui/shared/steps/file_context.py
index 0c41dc93d8c..e8c1aabb35b 100644
--- a/test/gui/shared/steps/file_context.py
+++ b/test/gui/shared/steps/file_context.py
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 
 from pageObjects.AccountSetting import AccountSetting
 
-from helpers.SetupClientHelper import getResourcePath
+from helpers.SetupClientHelper import getResourcePath, getTempResourcePath
 from helpers.SyncHelper import waitForClientToBeReady
 from helpers.ConfigHelper import get_config, isWindows
 from helpers.FilesHelper import (
@@ -347,3 +347,11 @@ def step(context, username, zip_file_name):
     destination_dir = getResourcePath('/', username)
     zip_file_path = join(destination_dir, zip_file_name)
     extractZip(zip_file_path, destination_dir)
+
+
+@When('user "|any|" copies file "|any|" to temp folder')
+def step(context, username, source):
+    waitForClientToBeReady()
+    source_dir = getResourcePath(source, username)
+    destination_dir = getTempResourcePath(source)
+    shutil.copy2(source_dir, destination_dir)
diff --git a/test/gui/tst_vfs/test.feature b/test/gui/tst_vfs/test.feature
index 0ccdab4c75f..34d93cab427 100644
--- a/test/gui/tst_vfs/test.feature
+++ b/test/gui/tst_vfs/test.feature
@@ -32,3 +32,18 @@ Feature: Enable/disable virtual file support
         And the placeholder of file "folder1/lorem.txt" should exist on the file system
         And the file "testFile.txt" should be downloaded
         And the file "folder2/lorem.txt" should be downloaded
+
+
+    Scenario: Copy and paste virtual file
+        Given user "Alice" has been created on the server with default attributes and without skeleton files
+        And user "Alice" has uploaded file with content "test file" to "textfile.txt" in the server
+        And user "Alice" has set up a client with default settings
+        When user "Alice" creates a file "localFile.txt" with the following content inside the sync folder
+            """
+            test content
+            """
+        And the user waits for the files to sync
+        Then the file "localFile.txt" should be downloaded
+        And as "Alice" file "localFile.txt" should exist in the server
+        When user "Alice" copies file "textfile.txt" to temp folder
+        Then the file "textfile.txt" should be downloaded