diff --git a/src/skins/vector/css/matrix-react-sdk/views/rooms/_EventTile.scss b/src/skins/vector/css/matrix-react-sdk/views/rooms/_EventTile.scss
index 6f029158c7..a980d1f9ce 100644
--- a/src/skins/vector/css/matrix-react-sdk/views/rooms/_EventTile.scss
+++ b/src/skins/vector/css/matrix-react-sdk/views/rooms/_EventTile.scss
@@ -332,6 +332,24 @@ limitations under the License.
 .mx_EventTile_content .markdown-body code {
     background-color: #f8f8f8;
 }
+.mx_EventTile_copyButton {
+    position: absolute;
+    display: inline-block;
+    visibility: hidden;
+    cursor: pointer;
+    top: 6px;
+    right: 6px;
+    width: 19px;
+    height: 19px;
+    background-image: url($copy-button-url);
+}
+.mx_EventTile_body pre {
+    position: relative;
+}
+.mx_EventTile_body pre:hover .mx_EventTile_copyButton
+{
+    visibility: visible;
+}
 
 .mx_EventTile_content .markdown-body h1,
 .mx_EventTile_content .markdown-body h2,
diff --git a/src/skins/vector/css/themes/_base.scss b/src/skins/vector/css/themes/_base.scss
index b601191348..fc24af93e2 100644
--- a/src/skins/vector/css/themes/_base.scss
+++ b/src/skins/vector/css/themes/_base.scss
@@ -102,6 +102,7 @@ $event-redacted-img: url('../../img/redacted.jpg');
 $event-timestamp-color: #acacac;
 
 $edit-button-url: "../../img/icon_context_message.svg";
+$copy-button-url: "../../img/icon_copy_message.svg";
 
 // e2e
 $e2e-verified-color: #76cfa5; // N.B. *NOT* the same as $accent-color
@@ -114,4 +115,4 @@ $lightbox-fg-color: #ffffff;
 $lightbox-border-color: #ffffff;
 
 // unused?
-$progressbar-color: #000;
\ No newline at end of file
+$progressbar-color: #000;
diff --git a/src/skins/vector/css/themes/_dark.scss b/src/skins/vector/css/themes/_dark.scss
index 72c21b7572..fe2e7591cf 100644
--- a/src/skins/vector/css/themes/_dark.scss
+++ b/src/skins/vector/css/themes/_dark.scss
@@ -102,6 +102,7 @@ $event-redacted-img: url('../../img/redacted-dark.jpg');
 $event-timestamp-color: #acacac;
 
 $edit-button-url: "../../img/icon_context_message_dark.svg";
+$copy-button-url: "../../img/icon_copy_message_dark.svg";
 
 // e2e
 $e2e-verified-color: #76cfa5; // N.B. *NOT* the same as $accent-color
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new file mode 100644
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new file mode 100644
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