diff --git a/headers/private/storage/CopyEngine.h b/headers/private/storage/CopyEngine.h
index f2529c944c..aed78bf233 100644
--- a/headers/private/storage/CopyEngine.h
+++ b/headers/private/storage/CopyEngine.h
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
 
 #include <stdarg.h>
 
-#include <SupportDefs.h>
+#include <EntryOperationEngineBase.h>
 
 
 class BFile;
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ class BNode;
 namespace BPrivate {
 
 
-class BCopyEngine {
+class BCopyEngine : public BEntryOperationEngineBase {
 public:
 			class BController;
 
@@ -43,8 +43,8 @@ public:
 			BCopyEngine&		AddFlags(uint32 flags);
 			BCopyEngine&		RemoveFlags(uint32 flags);
 
-			status_t			CopyEntry(const char* sourcePath,
-									const char* destPath);
+			status_t			CopyEntry(const Entry& sourceEntry,
+									const Entry& destEntry);
 
 private:
 			status_t			_CopyEntry(const char* sourcePath,
diff --git a/headers/private/storage/EntryOperationEngineBase.h b/headers/private/storage/EntryOperationEngineBase.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..0c64d3217d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/headers/private/storage/EntryOperationEngineBase.h
@@ -0,0 +1,55 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2013, Haiku, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
+ * Distributed under the terms of the MIT License.
+ *
+ * Authors:
+ *		Ingo Weinhold <ingo_weinhold@gmx.de>
+ */
+#ifndef _ENTRY_OPERATION_ENGINE_BASE_H
+#define _ENTRY_OPERATION_ENGINE_BASE_H
+
+
+#include <String.h>
+
+
+class BDirectory;
+class BEntry;
+class BPath;
+
+struct entry_ref;
+
+
+namespace BPrivate {
+
+
+class BEntryOperationEngineBase {
+public:
+			class Entry;
+};
+
+
+class BEntryOperationEngineBase::Entry {
+public:
+								Entry(const char* path);
+								Entry(const BDirectory& directory,
+									const char* path = NULL);
+								Entry(const BEntry& entry);
+								Entry(const entry_ref& entryRef);
+								~Entry();
+
+			status_t			GetPath(BPath& buffer, const char*& _path)
+									const;
+			BString				Path() const;
+
+private:
+			const BDirectory*	fDirectory;
+			const char*			fPath;
+			const BEntry*		fEntry;
+			const entry_ref*	fEntryRef;
+};
+
+
+} // namespace BPrivate
+
+
+#endif	// _ENTRY_OPERATION_ENGINE_BASE_H
diff --git a/src/kits/storage/CopyEngine.cpp b/src/kits/storage/CopyEngine.cpp
index 7848297e5a..dea733fb7e 100644
--- a/src/kits/storage/CopyEngine.cpp
+++ b/src/kits/storage/CopyEngine.cpp
@@ -20,7 +20,6 @@
 #include <File.h>
 #include <fs_attr.h>
 #include <Path.h>
-#include <String.h>
 #include <SymLink.h>
 #include <TypeConstants.h>
 
@@ -97,7 +96,7 @@ BCopyEngine::RemoveFlags(uint32 flags)
 
 
 status_t
-BCopyEngine::CopyEntry(const char* sourcePath, const char* destPath)
+BCopyEngine::CopyEntry(const Entry& sourceEntry, const Entry& destEntry)
 {
 	if (fBuffer == NULL) {
 		fBuffer = new(std::nothrow) char[kDefaultBufferSize];
@@ -112,6 +111,18 @@ BCopyEngine::CopyEntry(const char* sourcePath, const char* destPath)
 			fBufferSize = kDefaultBufferSize;
 	}
 
+	BPath sourcePathBuffer;
+	const char* sourcePath;
+	status_t error = sourceEntry.GetPath(sourcePathBuffer, sourcePath);
+	if (error != B_OK)
+		return error;
+
+	BPath destPathBuffer;
+	const char* destPath;
+	error = destEntry.GetPath(destPathBuffer, destPath);
+	if (error != B_OK)
+		return error;
+
 	return _CopyEntry(sourcePath, destPath);
 }
 
diff --git a/src/kits/storage/EntryOperationEngineBase.cpp b/src/kits/storage/EntryOperationEngineBase.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..25fd8efd03
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/kits/storage/EntryOperationEngineBase.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,99 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2013, Ingo Weinhold, ingo_weinhold@gmx.de.
+ * Distributed under the terms of the MIT License.
+ */
+
+
+#include <EntryOperationEngineBase.h>
+
+#include <Directory.h>
+#include <Entry.h>
+#include <Path.h>
+
+
+namespace BPrivate {
+
+
+BEntryOperationEngineBase::Entry::Entry(const char* path)
+	:
+	fDirectory(NULL),
+	fPath(path),
+	fEntry(NULL),
+	fEntryRef(NULL)
+
+{
+}
+
+
+BEntryOperationEngineBase::Entry::Entry(const BDirectory& directory, const char* path)
+	:
+	fDirectory(&directory),
+	fPath(path),
+	fEntry(NULL),
+	fEntryRef(NULL)
+{
+}
+
+
+BEntryOperationEngineBase::Entry::Entry(const BEntry& entry)
+	:
+	fDirectory(NULL),
+	fPath(NULL),
+	fEntry(&entry),
+	fEntryRef(NULL)
+{
+}
+
+
+BEntryOperationEngineBase::Entry::Entry(const entry_ref& entryRef)
+	:
+	fDirectory(NULL),
+	fPath(NULL),
+	fEntry(NULL),
+	fEntryRef(&entryRef)
+{
+}
+
+
+BEntryOperationEngineBase::Entry::~Entry()
+{
+}
+
+
+status_t
+BEntryOperationEngineBase::Entry::GetPath(BPath& buffer, const char*& _path)
+	const
+{
+	status_t error;
+
+	if (fEntry != NULL) {
+		error = buffer.SetTo(fEntry);
+	} else if (fDirectory != NULL) {
+		error = buffer.SetTo(fDirectory, fPath);
+	} else if (fEntryRef != NULL) {
+		error = buffer.SetTo(fEntryRef);
+	} else if (fPath != NULL) {
+		_path = fPath;
+		return B_OK;
+	}
+
+	if (error != B_OK)
+		return error;
+
+	_path = buffer.Path();
+	return B_OK;
+}
+
+
+BString
+BEntryOperationEngineBase::Entry::Path() const
+{
+	BPath pathBuffer;
+	const char* path;
+	if (GetPath(pathBuffer, path) == B_OK)
+		return BString(path);
+	return BString();
+}
+
+
+} // namespace BPrivate
diff --git a/src/kits/storage/Jamfile b/src/kits/storage/Jamfile
index af98f93aeb..68c54d8aeb 100644
--- a/src/kits/storage/Jamfile
+++ b/src/kits/storage/Jamfile
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ for architectureObject in [ MultiArchSubDirSetup ] {
 			DriverSettings.cpp
 			Entry.cpp
 			EntryList.cpp
+			EntryOperationEngineBase.cpp
 			File.cpp
 			FileDescriptorIO.cpp
 			FileIO.cpp