diff --git a/examples/F90/CMakeLists.txt b/examples/F90/CMakeLists.txt
index 0908c7395..5f852f42d 100644
--- a/examples/F90/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/examples/F90/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -45,6 +45,7 @@ list( APPEND tests
       bufr_read_temp
       bufr_read_tropical_cyclone
       bufr_set_keys
+      bufr_copy_keys
       bufr_subset
       get_product_kind
 )
diff --git a/examples/F90/bufr_copy_keys.f90 b/examples/F90/bufr_copy_keys.f90
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..b556bed93
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/F90/bufr_copy_keys.f90
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+! Copyright 2005-2016 ECMWF.
+!
+! This software is licensed under the terms of the Apache Licence Version 2.0
+! which can be obtained at http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0.
+! 
+! In applying this licence, ECMWF does not waive the privileges and immunities granted to it by
+! virtue of its status as an intergovernmental organisation nor does it submit to any jurisdiction.
+!
+!  Description: how to copy a BUFR key from a message to another.
+!               
+program bufr_copy_keys
+  use eccodes
+  implicit none  
+  integer  :: file1, file2, file3
+  integer  :: ibufr1,ibufr2,ibufr3
+
+  call codes_open_file(file1, '../../data/bufr/PraticaTemp.bufr', 'r')
+  call codes_open_file(file2, '../../data/bufr/aaen_55.bufr', 'r')
+  call codes_open_file(file3, 'out.bufr_copy_keys_test_f.bufr', 'w')
+
+  call codes_bufr_new_from_file(file1, ibufr1)
+  call codes_bufr_new_from_file(file2, ibufr2)
+
+  call codes_clone(ibufr2, ibufr3)
+
+  call codes_copy_key(ibufr1, 'bufrHeaderCentre', ibufr3)
+
+  call codes_write(ibufr3, file3)
+
+  call codes_close_file(file1)
+  call codes_close_file(file2)
+  call codes_close_file(file3)
+
+end program bufr_copy_keys
diff --git a/examples/F90/bufr_copy_keys.sh b/examples/F90/bufr_copy_keys.sh
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..a2cd7d9e3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/F90/bufr_copy_keys.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+# Copyright 2005-2016 ECMWF.
+#
+# This software is licensed under the terms of the Apache Licence Version 2.0
+# which can be obtained at http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0.
+#
+# In applying this licence, ECMWF does not waive the privileges and immunities granted to it by
+# virtue of its status as an intergovernmental organisation nor does it submit to any jurisdiction.
+
+. ./include.sh
+
+#Define a common label for all the tmp files
+label="bufr_copy_keys_test_f"
+
+TEMP=$label.out.bufr
+
+cd ${data_dir}/bufr
+
+#The input and output BUFR files are hardcoded in the f90 example!!!
+OUTPUT=out.$label.bufr
+${examples_dir}eccodes_f_bufr_copy_keys
+res=`${tools_dir}bufr_get -p bufrHeaderCentre $OUTPUT`
+[ "$res" = "80" ]
+
+rm -f $OUTPUT