diff --git a/swift/common/middleware/account_quotas.py b/swift/common/middleware/account_quotas.py
index 917fd4f45b..87399af772 100644
--- a/swift/common/middleware/account_quotas.py
+++ b/swift/common/middleware/account_quotas.py
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ class AccountQuotaMiddleware(object):
     @wsgify
     def __call__(self, request):
 
-        if request.method not in ("POST", "PUT"):
+        if request.method not in ("POST", "PUT", "COPY"):
             return self.app
 
         try:
@@ -98,7 +98,11 @@ class AccountQuotaMiddleware(object):
         if obj and request.method == "POST" or not obj:
             return self.app
 
-        copy_from = request.headers.get('X-Copy-From')
+        if request.method == 'COPY':
+            copy_from = container + '/' + obj
+        else:
+            copy_from = request.headers.get('X-Copy-From')
+
         content_length = (request.content_length or 0)
 
         if obj and copy_from:
diff --git a/test/unit/common/middleware/test_account_quotas.py b/test/unit/common/middleware/test_account_quotas.py
index 9854fb605a..d24af41bfb 100644
--- a/test/unit/common/middleware/test_account_quotas.py
+++ b/test/unit/common/middleware/test_account_quotas.py
@@ -186,9 +186,23 @@ class TestAccountQuota(unittest.TestCase):
         res = req.get_response(app)
         self.assertEquals(res.status_int, 413)
 
+    def test_exceed_bytes_quota_copy_verb(self):
+        headers = [('x-account-bytes-used', '500'),
+                   ('x-account-meta-quota-bytes', '1000'),
+                   ('content-length', '1000')]
+        app = account_quotas.AccountQuotaMiddleware(FakeApp(headers))
+        cache = FakeCache(None)
+        req = Request.blank('/v1/a/c2/o2',
+                            environ={'REQUEST_METHOD': 'COPY',
+                            'swift.cache': cache},
+                            headers={'Destination': '/c/o'})
+        res = req.get_response(app)
+        self.assertEquals(res.status_int, 413)
+
     def test_not_exceed_bytes_quota_copy_from(self):
         headers = [('x-account-bytes-used', '0'),
-                   ('x-account-meta-quota-bytes', '1000')]
+                   ('x-account-meta-quota-bytes', '1000'),
+                   ('content-length', '1000')]
         app = account_quotas.AccountQuotaMiddleware(FakeApp(headers))
         cache = FakeCache(None)
         req = Request.blank('/v1/a/c/o',
@@ -198,6 +212,19 @@ class TestAccountQuota(unittest.TestCase):
         res = req.get_response(app)
         self.assertEquals(res.status_int, 200)
 
+    def test_not_exceed_bytes_quota_copy_verb(self):
+        headers = [('x-account-bytes-used', '0'),
+                   ('x-account-meta-quota-bytes', '1000'),
+                   ('content-length', '1000')]
+        app = account_quotas.AccountQuotaMiddleware(FakeApp(headers))
+        cache = FakeCache(None)
+        req = Request.blank('/v1/a/c2/o2',
+                            environ={'REQUEST_METHOD': 'COPY',
+                            'swift.cache': cache},
+                            headers={'Destination': '/c/o'})
+        res = req.get_response(app)
+        self.assertEquals(res.status_int, 200)
+
     def test_quota_copy_from_no_src(self):
         headers = [('x-account-bytes-used', '0'),
                    ('x-account-meta-quota-bytes', '1000')]
@@ -223,8 +250,9 @@ class TestAccountQuota(unittest.TestCase):
         self.assertEquals(res.status_int, 200)
 
     def test_exceed_bytes_quota_reseller_copy_from(self):
-        headers = [('x-account-bytes-used', '1000'),
-                   ('x-account-meta-quota-bytes', '0')]
+        headers = [('x-account-bytes-used', '500'),
+                   ('x-account-meta-quota-bytes', '1000'),
+                   ('content-length', '1000')]
         app = account_quotas.AccountQuotaMiddleware(FakeApp(headers))
         cache = FakeCache(None)
         req = Request.blank('/v1/a/c/o',
@@ -235,6 +263,20 @@ class TestAccountQuota(unittest.TestCase):
         res = req.get_response(app)
         self.assertEquals(res.status_int, 200)
 
+    def test_exceed_bytes_quota_reseller_copy_verb(self):
+        headers = [('x-account-bytes-used', '500'),
+                   ('x-account-meta-quota-bytes', '1000'),
+                   ('content-length', '1000')]
+        app = account_quotas.AccountQuotaMiddleware(FakeApp(headers))
+        cache = FakeCache(None)
+        req = Request.blank('/v1/a/c2/o2',
+                            environ={'REQUEST_METHOD': 'COPY',
+                                     'swift.cache': cache,
+                                     'reseller_request': True},
+                            headers={'Destination': 'c/o'})
+        res = req.get_response(app)
+        self.assertEquals(res.status_int, 200)
+
     def test_bad_application_quota(self):
         headers = []
         app = account_quotas.AccountQuotaMiddleware(FakeBadApp(headers))