diff --git a/wagtail/wagtailadmin/tests/test_pages_views.py b/wagtail/wagtailadmin/tests/test_pages_views.py
index 28a558bbb..e9a3a32a1 100644
--- a/wagtail/wagtailadmin/tests/test_pages_views.py
+++ b/wagtail/wagtailadmin/tests/test_pages_views.py
@@ -837,6 +837,9 @@ class TestPageCopy(TestCase, WagtailTestUtils):
         # Check that the copy exists
         self.assertTrue(self.root_page.get_children().filter(slug='hello-world-2').exists())
 
+        # Check that the owner of the page is set correctly
+        self.assertEqual(self.root_page.get_children().filter(slug='hello-world-2').first().owner, self.user)
+
     def test_page_copy_post_existing_slug(self):
         # This tests the existing slug checking on page copy
 
diff --git a/wagtail/wagtailadmin/views/pages.py b/wagtail/wagtailadmin/views/pages.py
index c9cae9e16..d0dd21e2b 100644
--- a/wagtail/wagtailadmin/views/pages.py
+++ b/wagtail/wagtailadmin/views/pages.py
@@ -660,7 +660,7 @@ def copy(request, page_id):
     # Check if user is submitting
     if request.method == 'POST' and form.is_valid():
         # Copy the page
-        page.copy(
+        new_page = page.copy(
             recursive=form.cleaned_data['copy_subpages'],
             update_attrs={
                 'title': form.cleaned_data['new_title'],
@@ -668,6 +668,9 @@ def copy(request, page_id):
             }
         )
 
+        # Assign usef of this request as the owner of all the new pages
+        new_page.get_descendants(inclusive=True).update(owner=request.user)
+
         # Give a success message back to the user
         if form.cleaned_data['copy_subpages']:
             messages.success(request, _("Page '{0}' and {1} subpages copied.").format(page.title, subpage_count))