diff --git a/src/nlp/meta.jl b/src/nlp/meta.jl
index 88d5cba2..224740d0 100644
--- a/src/nlp/meta.jl
+++ b/src/nlp/meta.jl
@@ -26,9 +26,11 @@ Some of their components may be infinite to indicate that the corresponding boun
 
 ---
 
-    NLPModelMeta(nvar; kwargs...)
+    NLPModelMeta(nvar::Integer; kwargs...)
+    NLPModelMeta(meta::AbstractNLPModelMeta; kwargs...)
 
 Create an `NLPModelMeta` with `nvar` variables.
+Alternatively, create an `NLPModelMeta` copy from another `AbstractNLPModelMeta`.
 The following keyword arguments are accepted:
 - `x0`: initial guess
 - `lvar`: vector of lower bounds
@@ -214,9 +216,56 @@ function NLPModelMeta{T, S}(
   )
 end
 
-NLPModelMeta(nvar; x0::S = zeros(nvar), kwargs...) where {S} =
+NLPModelMeta(nvar::Int; x0::S = zeros(nvar), kwargs...) where {S} =
   NLPModelMeta{eltype(S), S}(nvar, x0 = x0; kwargs...)
 
+function NLPModelMeta(
+  meta::AbstractNLPModelMeta{T, S};
+  nvar::Int = meta.nvar,
+  x0::S = meta.x0,
+  lvar::S = meta.lvar,
+  uvar::S = meta.uvar,
+  nlvb = meta.nlvb,
+  nlvo = meta.nlvo,
+  nlvc = meta.nlvc,
+  ncon = meta.ncon,
+  y0::S = meta.y0,
+  lcon::S = meta.lcon,
+  ucon::S = meta.ucon,
+  nnzo = meta.nnzo,
+  nnzj = meta.nnzj,
+  lin_nnzj = meta.lin_nnzj,
+  nln_nnzj = meta.nln_nnzj,
+  nnzh = meta.nnzh,
+  lin = meta.lin,
+  minimize = meta.minimize,
+  islp = meta.islp,
+  name = meta.name,
+) where {T, S}
+  NLPModelMeta{T, S}(
+    nvar,
+    x0 = x0,
+    lvar = lvar,
+    uvar = uvar,
+    nlvb = nlvb,
+    nlvo = nlvo,
+    nlvc = nlvc,
+    ncon = ncon,
+    y0 = y0,
+    lcon = lcon,
+    ucon = ucon,
+    nnzo = nnzo,
+    nnzj = nnzj,
+    lin_nnzj = lin_nnzj,
+    nln_nnzj = nln_nnzj,
+    nnzh = nnzh,
+    lin = lin,
+    minimize = minimize,
+    islp = islp,
+    name = name,
+  )
+end
+
 """
     reset_data!(nlp)
 
diff --git a/test/nlp/meta.jl b/test/nlp/meta.jl
index 3f2d8110..4a378d10 100644
--- a/test/nlp/meta.jl
+++ b/test/nlp/meta.jl
@@ -1,3 +1,24 @@
 @testset "A problem with zero variables doesn't make sense." begin
   @test_throws ErrorException NLPModelMeta(0)
 end
+
+@testset "Meta copier." begin
+  nlp = SimpleNLPModel()
+  
+  # Check simple copy
+  meta = NLPModelMeta(nlp.meta)
+  for field in fieldnames(typeof(nlp.meta))
+    @test getfield(nlp.meta, field) == getfield(meta, field)
+  end
+
+  modif = Dict(:nnzh => 1, :x0 => [2.0; 2.0; 0.0], :nvar => 3, :lvar => zeros(3), :uvar => [1.0; 1.0; 0.0])
+  meta = NLPModelMeta(nlp.meta; modif...)
+  
+  for field in setdiff(fieldnames(typeof(nlp.meta)), union(keys(modif),[:ifix]))
+    @test getfield(nlp.meta, field) == getfield(meta, field)
+  end
+  for field in keys(modif)
+    @test getfield(meta, field) == modif[field]
+  end
+  @test meta.ifix == [3]
+end