diff --git a/src/libvirt_private.syms b/src/libvirt_private.syms
index a3d480d846..aa123978fa 100644
--- a/src/libvirt_private.syms
+++ b/src/libvirt_private.syms
@@ -2510,6 +2510,7 @@ virNetDevVlanFree;
 virNetDevVPortProfileAssociate;
 virNetDevVPortProfileCheckComplete;
 virNetDevVPortProfileCheckNoExtras;
+virNetDevVPortProfileCopy;
 virNetDevVPortProfileDisassociate;
 virNetDevVPortProfileEqual;
 virNetDevVPortProfileMerge3;
diff --git a/src/util/virnetdevvportprofile.c b/src/util/virnetdevvportprofile.c
index 32a366d4da..a5ecd783f2 100644
--- a/src/util/virnetdevvportprofile.c
+++ b/src/util/virnetdevvportprofile.c
@@ -127,6 +127,22 @@ virNetDevVPortProfileEqual(virNetDevVPortProfilePtr a, virNetDevVPortProfilePtr
     return true;
 }
 
+
+int virNetDevVPortProfileCopy(virNetDevVPortProfilePtr *dst, const virNetDevVPortProfile *src)
+{
+    if (!src) {
+        *dst = NULL;
+        return 0;
+    }
+
+    if (VIR_ALLOC(*dst) < 0)
+        return -1;
+
+    memcpy(*dst, src, sizeof(*src));
+    return 0;
+}
+
+
 /* virNetDevVPortProfileCheckComplete() checks that all attributes
  * required for the type of virtport are specified. When
  * generateMissing is true, any missing attribute that can be
diff --git a/src/util/virnetdevvportprofile.h b/src/util/virnetdevvportprofile.h
index 5506194001..afa982f2e3 100644
--- a/src/util/virnetdevvportprofile.h
+++ b/src/util/virnetdevvportprofile.h
@@ -80,6 +80,8 @@ struct _virNetDevVPortProfile {
 
 bool virNetDevVPortProfileEqual(virNetDevVPortProfilePtr a,
                                 virNetDevVPortProfilePtr b);
+int virNetDevVPortProfileCopy(virNetDevVPortProfilePtr *dst,
+                              const virNetDevVPortProfile *src);
 
 int virNetDevVPortProfileCheckComplete(virNetDevVPortProfilePtr virtport,
                                        bool generateMissing);