diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 53bde68083..053636ef51 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -7,3 +7,4 @@ site/
 .direnv/
 src/mkdocs-codeinclude-plugin
 src/pip-delete-this-directory.txt
+.idea/
diff --git a/container.go b/container.go
index 044dbfa3ee..7c945ed94f 100644
--- a/container.go
+++ b/container.go
@@ -49,6 +49,7 @@ type Container interface {
 	NetworkAliases(context.Context) (map[string][]string, error) // get container network aliases for a network
 	Exec(ctx context.Context, cmd []string) (int, error)
 	ContainerIP(context.Context) (string, error) // get container ip
+	CopyFileToContainer(ctx context.Context, hostFilePath string, containerFilePath string, fileMode int64) error
 }
 
 // ImageBuildInfo defines what is needed to build an image
diff --git a/docker.go b/docker.go
index ba8fd741cd..f537b50cd8 100644
--- a/docker.go
+++ b/docker.go
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 package testcontainers
 
 import (
+	"archive/tar"
 	"bytes"
 	"context"
 	"encoding/binary"
@@ -11,6 +12,7 @@ import (
 	"net/url"
 	"os"
 	"os/exec"
+	"path/filepath"
 	"strings"
 	"time"
 
@@ -306,6 +308,32 @@ func (c *DockerContainer) Exec(ctx context.Context, cmd []string) (int, error) {
 	return exitCode, nil
 }
 
+func (c *DockerContainer) CopyFileToContainer(ctx context.Context, hostFilePath string, containerFilePath string, fileMode int64) error {
+	fileContent, err := ioutil.ReadFile(hostFilePath)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	buffer := &bytes.Buffer{}
+
+	tw := tar.NewWriter(buffer)
+	defer tw.Close()
+
+	hdr := &tar.Header{
+		Name: filepath.Base(containerFilePath),
+		Mode: fileMode,
+		Size: int64(len(fileContent)),
+	}
+	if err := tw.WriteHeader(hdr); err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	if _, err := tw.Write(fileContent); err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	return c.provider.client.CopyToContainer(ctx, c.ID, filepath.Dir(containerFilePath), buffer, types.CopyToContainerOptions{})
+}
+
 // StartLogProducer will start a concurrent process that will continuously read logs
 // from the container and will send them to each added LogConsumer
 func (c *DockerContainer) StartLogProducer(ctx context.Context) error {
diff --git a/docker_test.go b/docker_test.go
index 5a6c27db8d..ccfc7c471a 100644
--- a/docker_test.go
+++ b/docker_test.go
@@ -1267,3 +1267,27 @@ func TestContainerNonExistentImage(t *testing.T) {
 	})
 
 }
+
+func TestDockerContainerCopyFileToContainer(t *testing.T) {
+	ctx := context.Background()
+
+	nginxC, err := GenericContainer(ctx, GenericContainerRequest{
+		ContainerRequest: ContainerRequest{
+			Image:        "nginx:1.17.6",
+			ExposedPorts: []string{"80/tcp"},
+			WaitingFor:   wait.ForListeningPort("80/tcp"),
+		},
+		Started: true,
+	})
+	defer nginxC.Terminate(ctx)
+
+	copiedFileName := "hello_copy.sh"
+	nginxC.CopyFileToContainer(ctx, "./testresources/hello.sh", "/"+copiedFileName, 700)
+	c, err := nginxC.Exec(ctx, []string{"bash", copiedFileName})
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	if c != 0 {
+		t.Fatalf("File %s should exist, expected return code 0, got %v", copiedFileName, c)
+	}
+}
diff --git a/docs/features/copy_file.md b/docs/features/copy_file.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..b275a84d26
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docs/features/copy_file.md
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+# Copy Files To Container
+
+If you would like to copy a file to a container, you can do it using the `CopyFileToContainer` method...
+
+```go
+ctx := context.Background()
+
+nginxC, err := GenericContainer(ctx, GenericContainerRequest{
+		ContainerRequest: ContainerRequest{
+			Image:        "nginx:1.17.6",
+			ExposedPorts: []string{"80/tcp"},
+			WaitingFor:   wait.ForListeningPort("80/tcp"),
+		},
+		Started: true,
+	})
+
+nginxC.CopyFileToContainer(ctx, "./testresources/hello.sh", "/hello_copy.sh", fileContent, 700)
+```
+