diff --git a/designate/context.py b/designate/context.py
index c8a29001c..4fc1fd96c 100644
--- a/designate/context.py
+++ b/designate/context.py
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ LOG = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 class DesignateContext(context.RequestContext):
     def __init__(self, auth_token=None, user=None, tenant=None, is_admin=False,
                  read_only=False, show_deleted=False, request_id=None,
-                 roles=[], service_catalog=None):
+                 original_tenant_id=None, roles=[], service_catalog=None):
         super(DesignateContext, self).__init__(
             auth_token=auth_token,
             user=user,
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ class DesignateContext(context.RequestContext):
             show_deleted=show_deleted,
             request_id=request_id)
 
-        self._original_tenant_id = None
+        self._original_tenant_id = original_tenant_id
         self.roles = roles
         self.service_catalog = service_catalog
 
@@ -58,6 +58,15 @@ class DesignateContext(context.RequestContext):
             LOG.warn('Rejected sudo from user_id %s for tenant_id %s'
                      % (self.user_id, tenant_id))
 
+    def deepcopy(self):
+        d = self.to_dict()
+
+        # Remove the user and tenant id fields, this map to user and tenant
+        d.pop('user_id')
+        d.pop('tenant_id')
+
+        return self.from_dict(d)
+
     def to_dict(self):
         d = super(DesignateContext, self).to_dict()
 
@@ -71,6 +80,23 @@ class DesignateContext(context.RequestContext):
 
         return d
 
+    @classmethod
+    def from_dict(cls, values):
+        return cls(**values)
+
+    def elevated(self, show_deleted=None):
+        """Return a version of this context with admin flag set."""
+        context = self.deepcopy()
+        context.is_admin = True
+
+        # NOTE(kiall): Ugly - required to match http://tinyurl.com/o3y8qmw
+        context.roles.append('admin')
+
+        if show_deleted is not None:
+            context.show_deleted = show_deleted
+
+        return context
+
     @property
     def user_id(self):
         return self.user
@@ -100,6 +126,7 @@ class DesignateContext(context.RequestContext):
 
     @classmethod
     def get_admin_context(cls, **kwargs):
+        # TODO(kiall): Remove Me
         kwargs['is_admin'] = True
         kwargs['roles'] = ['admin']
 
diff --git a/designate/tests/test_context.py b/designate/tests/test_context.py
index 5ed85680d..5f6321f68 100644
--- a/designate/tests/test_context.py
+++ b/designate/tests/test_context.py
@@ -37,3 +37,16 @@ class TestDesignateContext(TestCase):
 
         self.assertEqual('original', ctxt.tenant_id)
         self.assertEqual('original', ctxt.original_tenant_id)
+
+    def test_deepcopy(self):
+        orig = context.DesignateContext(user='12345', tenant='54321')
+        copy = orig.deepcopy()
+
+        self.assertEqual(orig.to_dict(), copy.to_dict())
+
+    def test_elevated(self):
+        ctxt = context.DesignateContext(user='12345', tenant='54321')
+        admin_ctxt = ctxt.elevated()
+
+        self.assertFalse(ctxt.is_admin)
+        self.assertTrue(admin_ctxt.is_admin)