diff --git a/pkg/fileutils/fileutils.go b/pkg/fileutils/fileutils.go
index d1e130d0ad..fdafb53c7f 100644
--- a/pkg/fileutils/fileutils.go
+++ b/pkg/fileutils/fileutils.go
@@ -118,18 +118,20 @@ func OptimizedMatches(file string, patterns []string, patDirs [][]string) (bool,
 }
 
 func CopyFile(src, dst string) (int64, error) {
-	if src == dst {
+	cleanSrc := filepath.Clean(src)
+	cleanDst := filepath.Clean(dst)
+	if cleanSrc == cleanDst {
 		return 0, nil
 	}
-	sf, err := os.Open(src)
+	sf, err := os.Open(cleanSrc)
 	if err != nil {
 		return 0, err
 	}
 	defer sf.Close()
-	if err := os.Remove(dst); err != nil && !os.IsNotExist(err) {
+	if err := os.Remove(cleanDst); err != nil && !os.IsNotExist(err) {
 		return 0, err
 	}
-	df, err := os.Create(dst)
+	df, err := os.Create(cleanDst)
 	if err != nil {
 		return 0, err
 	}
diff --git a/pkg/fileutils/fileutils_test.go b/pkg/fileutils/fileutils_test.go
index ce19ffce4a..ef931684c1 100644
--- a/pkg/fileutils/fileutils_test.go
+++ b/pkg/fileutils/fileutils_test.go
@@ -1,10 +1,125 @@
 package fileutils
 
 import (
+	"io/ioutil"
 	"os"
+	"path"
 	"testing"
 )
 
+// CopyFile with invalid src
+func TestCopyFileWithInvalidSrc(t *testing.T) {
+	tempFolder, err := ioutil.TempDir("", "docker-fileutils-test")
+	defer os.RemoveAll(tempFolder)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	bytes, err := CopyFile("/invalid/file/path", path.Join(tempFolder, "dest"))
+	if err == nil {
+		t.Fatal("Should have fail to copy an invalid src file")
+	}
+	if bytes != 0 {
+		t.Fatal("Should have written 0 bytes")
+	}
+
+}
+
+// CopyFile with invalid dest
+func TestCopyFileWithInvalidDest(t *testing.T) {
+	tempFolder, err := ioutil.TempDir("", "docker-fileutils-test")
+	defer os.RemoveAll(tempFolder)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	src := path.Join(tempFolder, "file")
+	err = ioutil.WriteFile(src, []byte("content"), 0740)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	bytes, err := CopyFile(src, path.Join(tempFolder, "/invalid/dest/path"))
+	if err == nil {
+		t.Fatal("Should have fail to copy an invalid src file")
+	}
+	if bytes != 0 {
+		t.Fatal("Should have written 0 bytes")
+	}
+
+}
+
+// CopyFile with same src and dest
+func TestCopyFileWithSameSrcAndDest(t *testing.T) {
+	tempFolder, err := ioutil.TempDir("", "docker-fileutils-test")
+	defer os.RemoveAll(tempFolder)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	file := path.Join(tempFolder, "file")
+	err = ioutil.WriteFile(file, []byte("content"), 0740)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	bytes, err := CopyFile(file, file)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	if bytes != 0 {
+		t.Fatal("Should have written 0 bytes as it is the same file.")
+	}
+}
+
+// CopyFile with same src and dest but path is different and not clean
+func TestCopyFileWithSameSrcAndDestWithPathNameDifferent(t *testing.T) {
+	tempFolder, err := ioutil.TempDir("", "docker-fileutils-test")
+	defer os.RemoveAll(tempFolder)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	testFolder := path.Join(tempFolder, "test")
+	err = os.MkdirAll(testFolder, 0740)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	file := path.Join(testFolder, "file")
+	sameFile := testFolder + "/../test/file"
+	err = ioutil.WriteFile(file, []byte("content"), 0740)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	bytes, err := CopyFile(file, sameFile)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	if bytes != 0 {
+		t.Fatal("Should have written 0 bytes as it is the same file.")
+	}
+}
+
+func TestCopyFile(t *testing.T) {
+	tempFolder, err := ioutil.TempDir("", "docker-fileutils-test")
+	defer os.RemoveAll(tempFolder)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	src := path.Join(tempFolder, "src")
+	dest := path.Join(tempFolder, "dest")
+	ioutil.WriteFile(src, []byte("content"), 0777)
+	ioutil.WriteFile(dest, []byte("destContent"), 0777)
+	bytes, err := CopyFile(src, dest)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	if bytes != 7 {
+		t.Fatalf("Should have written %d bytes but wrote %d", 7, bytes)
+	}
+	actual, err := ioutil.ReadFile(dest)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	if string(actual) != "content" {
+		t.Fatalf("Dest content was '%s', expected '%s'", string(actual), "content")
+	}
+}
+
 // Reading a symlink to a directory must return the directory
 func TestReadSymlinkedDirectoryExistingDirectory(t *testing.T) {
 	var err error
@@ -159,6 +274,28 @@ func TestExclusion(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }
 
+// Matches with no patterns
+func TestMatchesWithNoPatterns(t *testing.T) {
+	matches, err := Matches("/any/path/there", []string{})
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	if matches {
+		t.Fatalf("Should not have match anything")
+	}
+}
+
+// Matches with malformed patterns
+func TestMatchesWithMalformedPatterns(t *testing.T) {
+	matches, err := Matches("/any/path/there", []string{"["})
+	if err == nil {
+		t.Fatal("Should have failed because of a malformed syntax in the pattern")
+	}
+	if matches {
+		t.Fatalf("Should not have match anything")
+	}
+}
+
 // An empty string should return true from Empty.
 func TestEmpty(t *testing.T) {
 	empty := Empty("")