diff --git a/api/client/hijack.go b/api/client/hijack.go
index a14376c79e..4aba842372 100644
--- a/api/client/hijack.go
+++ b/api/client/hijack.go
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/docker/docker/api"
 	"github.com/docker/docker/dockerversion"
 	"github.com/docker/docker/pkg/log"
+	"github.com/docker/docker/pkg/stdcopy"
 	"github.com/docker/docker/pkg/term"
 	"github.com/docker/docker/utils"
 )
@@ -96,7 +97,7 @@ func (cli *DockerCli) hijack(method, path string, setRawTerminal bool, in io.Rea
 			if setRawTerminal && stdout != nil {
 				_, err = io.Copy(stdout, br)
 			} else {
-				_, err = utils.StdCopy(stdout, stderr, br)
+				_, err = stdcopy.StdCopy(stdout, stderr, br)
 			}
 			log.Debugf("[hijack] End of stdout")
 			return err
diff --git a/api/client/utils.go b/api/client/utils.go
index 0937f88d33..b1fec647c4 100644
--- a/api/client/utils.go
+++ b/api/client/utils.go
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/docker/docker/dockerversion"
 	"github.com/docker/docker/engine"
 	"github.com/docker/docker/pkg/log"
+	"github.com/docker/docker/pkg/stdcopy"
 	"github.com/docker/docker/pkg/term"
 	"github.com/docker/docker/registry"
 	"github.com/docker/docker/utils"
@@ -174,7 +175,7 @@ func (cli *DockerCli) streamHelper(method, path string, setRawTerminal bool, in
 		if setRawTerminal {
 			_, err = io.Copy(stdout, resp.Body)
 		} else {
-			_, err = utils.StdCopy(stdout, stderr, resp.Body)
+			_, err = stdcopy.StdCopy(stdout, stderr, resp.Body)
 		}
 		log.Debugf("[stream] End of stdout")
 		return err
diff --git a/api/server/server.go b/api/server/server.go
index 8c5d89310e..74bebfde1d 100644
--- a/api/server/server.go
+++ b/api/server/server.go
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/docker/docker/pkg/listenbuffer"
 	"github.com/docker/docker/pkg/log"
 	"github.com/docker/docker/pkg/parsers"
+	"github.com/docker/docker/pkg/stdcopy"
 	"github.com/docker/docker/pkg/systemd"
 	"github.com/docker/docker/pkg/version"
 	"github.com/docker/docker/registry"
@@ -399,8 +400,8 @@ func getContainersLogs(eng *engine.Engine, version version.Version, w http.Respo
 	outStream = utils.NewWriteFlusher(w)
 
 	if c.GetSubEnv("Config") != nil && !c.GetSubEnv("Config").GetBool("Tty") && version.GreaterThanOrEqualTo("1.6") {
-		errStream = utils.NewStdWriter(outStream, utils.Stderr)
-		outStream = utils.NewStdWriter(outStream, utils.Stdout)
+		errStream = stdcopy.NewStdWriter(outStream, stdcopy.Stderr)
+		outStream = stdcopy.NewStdWriter(outStream, stdcopy.Stdout)
 	} else {
 		errStream = outStream
 	}
@@ -843,8 +844,8 @@ func postContainersAttach(eng *engine.Engine, version version.Version, w http.Re
 	fmt.Fprintf(outStream, "HTTP/1.1 200 OK\r\nContent-Type: application/vnd.docker.raw-stream\r\n\r\n")
 
 	if c.GetSubEnv("Config") != nil && !c.GetSubEnv("Config").GetBool("Tty") && version.GreaterThanOrEqualTo("1.6") {
-		errStream = utils.NewStdWriter(outStream, utils.Stderr)
-		outStream = utils.NewStdWriter(outStream, utils.Stdout)
+		errStream = stdcopy.NewStdWriter(outStream, stdcopy.Stderr)
+		outStream = stdcopy.NewStdWriter(outStream, stdcopy.Stdout)
 	} else {
 		errStream = outStream
 	}
@@ -1091,8 +1092,8 @@ func postContainerExecStart(eng *engine.Engine, version version.Version, w http.
 
 		fmt.Fprintf(outStream, "HTTP/1.1 200 OK\r\nContent-Type: application/vnd.docker.raw-stream\r\n\r\n")
 		if !job.GetenvBool("Tty") && version.GreaterThanOrEqualTo("1.6") {
-			errStream = utils.NewStdWriter(outStream, utils.Stderr)
-			outStream = utils.NewStdWriter(outStream, utils.Stdout)
+			errStream = stdcopy.NewStdWriter(outStream, stdcopy.Stderr)
+			outStream = stdcopy.NewStdWriter(outStream, stdcopy.Stdout)
 		} else {
 			errStream = outStream
 		}
diff --git a/pkg/stdcopy/MAINTAINERS b/pkg/stdcopy/MAINTAINERS
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..6dde4769d7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/stdcopy/MAINTAINERS
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Cristian Staretu <cristian.staretu@gmail.com> (@unclejack)
diff --git a/utils/stdcopy.go b/pkg/stdcopy/stdcopy.go
similarity index 99%
rename from utils/stdcopy.go
rename to pkg/stdcopy/stdcopy.go
index 08263de0ff..b50c31dd49 100644
--- a/utils/stdcopy.go
+++ b/pkg/stdcopy/stdcopy.go
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-package utils
+package stdcopy
 
 import (
 	"encoding/binary"