diff --git a/docs/BUILD.bazel b/docs/BUILD.bazel
index 7931422..0e934a8 100644
--- a/docs/BUILD.bazel
+++ b/docs/BUILD.bazel
@@ -7,6 +7,11 @@ stardoc_with_diff_test(
     bzl_library_target = "//lib:copy_file",
 )
 
+stardoc_with_diff_test(
+    name = "copy_directory",
+    bzl_library_target = "//lib:copy_directory",
+)
+
 stardoc_with_diff_test(
     name = "copy_to_directory",
     bzl_library_target = "//lib:copy_to_directory",
diff --git a/docs/copy_directory.md b/docs/copy_directory.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9056b37
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docs/copy_directory.md
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+<!-- Generated with Stardoc: http://skydoc.bazel.build -->
+
+A rule that copies a directory to another place.
+
+The rule uses a Bash command on Linux/macOS/non-Windows, and a cmd.exe command
+on Windows (no Bash is required).
+
+
+<a id="#copy_directory"></a>
+
+## copy_directory
+
+<pre>
+copy_directory(<a href="#copy_directory-name">name</a>, <a href="#copy_directory-src">src</a>, <a href="#copy_directory-out">out</a>, <a href="#copy_directory-kwargs">kwargs</a>)
+</pre>
+
+Copies a directory to another location.
+
+This rule uses a Bash command on Linux/macOS/non-Windows, and a cmd.exe command on Windows (no Bash is required).
+
+If using this rule with source directories, it is recommended that you use the
+`--host_jvm_args=-DBAZEL_TRACK_SOURCE_DIRECTORIES=1` startup option so that changes
+to files within source directories are detected. See
+https://github.com/bazelbuild/bazel/commit/c64421bc35214f0414e4f4226cc953e8c55fa0d2
+for more context.
+
+
+**PARAMETERS**
+
+
+| Name  | Description | Default Value |
+| :------------- | :------------- | :------------- |
+| <a id="copy_directory-name"></a>name |  Name of the rule.   |  none |
+| <a id="copy_directory-src"></a>src |  A Label. The directory to make a copy of. (Can also be the label of a rule that generates a directory.)   |  none |
+| <a id="copy_directory-out"></a>out |  Path of the output directory, relative to this package.   |  none |
+| <a id="copy_directory-kwargs"></a>kwargs |  further keyword arguments, e.g. <code>visibility</code>   |  none |
+
+
diff --git a/lib/BUILD.bazel b/lib/BUILD.bazel
index 915069f..e0fef89 100644
--- a/lib/BUILD.bazel
+++ b/lib/BUILD.bazel
@@ -76,6 +76,13 @@ bzl_library(
     deps = ["//lib/private:copy_file"],
 )
 
+bzl_library(
+    name = "copy_directory",
+    srcs = ["copy_directory.bzl"],
+    visibility = ["//visibility:public"],
+    deps = ["//lib/private:copy_directory"],
+)
+
 bzl_library(
     name = "copy_to_directory",
     srcs = ["copy_to_directory.bzl"],
diff --git a/lib/copy_directory.bzl b/lib/copy_directory.bzl
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c7460d5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/copy_directory.bzl
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+"""A rule that copies a directory to another place.
+
+The rule uses a Bash command on Linux/macOS/non-Windows, and a cmd.exe command
+on Windows (no Bash is required).
+"""
+
+load(
+    "//lib/private:copy_directory.bzl",
+    _copy_directory = "copy_directory",
+)
+
+copy_directory = _copy_directory
diff --git a/lib/private/BUILD.bazel b/lib/private/BUILD.bazel
index bb195ce..cb836fb 100644
--- a/lib/private/BUILD.bazel
+++ b/lib/private/BUILD.bazel
@@ -12,6 +12,12 @@ bzl_library(
     deps = [":directory_path"],
 )
 
+bzl_library(
+    name = "copy_directory",
+    srcs = ["copy_directory.bzl"],
+    visibility = ["//lib:__subpackages__"],
+)
+
 bzl_library(
     name = "copy_to_directory",
     srcs = ["copy_to_directory.bzl"],
diff --git a/lib/private/copy_directory.bzl b/lib/private/copy_directory.bzl
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4f60e05
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/private/copy_directory.bzl
@@ -0,0 +1,126 @@
+"""Implementation of copy_directory macro and underlying rules.
+
+This rule copies a directory to another location using Bash (on Linux/macOS) or
+cmd.exe (on Windows).
+"""
+
+# Hints for Bazel spawn strategy
+_execution_requirements = {
+    # Copying files is entirely IO-bound and there is no point doing this work remotely.
+    # Also, remote-execution does not allow source directory inputs, see
+    # https://github.com/bazelbuild/bazel/commit/c64421bc35214f0414e4f4226cc953e8c55fa0d2
+    # So we must not attempt to execute remotely in that case.
+    "no-remote-exec": "1",
+}
+
+# buildifier: disable=function-docstring
+def copy_cmd(ctx, src_dir, src_path, dst):
+    # Most Windows binaries built with MSVC use a certain argument quoting
+    # scheme. Bazel uses that scheme too to quote arguments. However,
+    # cmd.exe uses different semantics, so Bazel's quoting is wrong here.
+    # To fix that we write the command to a .bat file so no command line
+    # quoting or escaping is required.
+    # Put a hash of the file name into the name of the generated batch file to
+    # make it unique within the package, so that users can define multiple copy_file's.
+    bat = ctx.actions.declare_file("%s-%s-cmd.bat" % (ctx.label.name, hash(src_path)))
+
+    # Flags are documented at
+    # https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-server/administration/windows-commands/robocopy
+    # NB: robocopy return non-zero exit codes on success so we must exit 0 after calling it
+    cmd_tmpl = "@robocopy \"{src}\" \"{dst}\" /E >NUL & @exit 0"
+    mnemonic = "CopyDirectory"
+    progress_message = "Copying directory %s" % src_path
+
+    ctx.actions.write(
+        output = bat,
+        # Do not use lib/shell.bzl's shell.quote() method, because that uses
+        # Bash quoting syntax, which is different from cmd.exe's syntax.
+        content = cmd_tmpl.format(
+            src = src_path.replace("/", "\\"),
+            dst = dst.path.replace("/", "\\"),
+        ),
+        is_executable = True,
+    )
+    ctx.actions.run(
+        inputs = [src_dir],
+        tools = [bat],
+        outputs = [dst],
+        executable = "cmd.exe",
+        arguments = ["/C", bat.path.replace("/", "\\")],
+        mnemonic = mnemonic,
+        progress_message = progress_message,
+        use_default_shell_env = True,
+        execution_requirements = _execution_requirements,
+    )
+
+# buildifier: disable=function-docstring
+def copy_bash(ctx, src_dir, src_path, dst):
+    cmd_tmpl = "rm -rf \"$2\" && cp -fR \"$1/\" \"$2\""
+    mnemonic = "CopyDirectory"
+    progress_message = "Copying directory %s" % src_path
+
+    ctx.actions.run_shell(
+        tools = [src_dir],
+        outputs = [dst],
+        command = cmd_tmpl,
+        arguments = [src_path, dst.path],
+        mnemonic = mnemonic,
+        progress_message = progress_message,
+        use_default_shell_env = True,
+        execution_requirements = _execution_requirements,
+    )
+
+def _copy_directory_impl(ctx):
+    output = ctx.actions.declare_directory(ctx.attr.out)
+    src_dir = ctx.file.src
+    src_path = src_dir.path
+    if ctx.attr.is_windows:
+        copy_cmd(ctx, src_dir, src_path, output)
+    else:
+        copy_bash(ctx, src_dir, src_path, output)
+
+    files = depset(direct = [output])
+    runfiles = ctx.runfiles(files = [output])
+
+    return [DefaultInfo(files = files, runfiles = runfiles)]
+
+_copy_directory = rule(
+    implementation = _copy_directory_impl,
+    provides = [DefaultInfo],
+    attrs = {
+        "src": attr.label(mandatory = True, allow_single_file = True),
+        "is_windows": attr.bool(mandatory = True),
+        # Cannot declare out as an output here, because there's no API for declaring
+        # TreeArtifact outputs.
+        "out": attr.string(mandatory = True),
+    },
+)
+
+def copy_directory(name, src, out, **kwargs):
+    """Copies a directory to another location.
+
+    This rule uses a Bash command on Linux/macOS/non-Windows, and a cmd.exe command on Windows (no Bash is required).
+
+    If using this rule with source directories, it is recommended that you use the
+    `--host_jvm_args=-DBAZEL_TRACK_SOURCE_DIRECTORIES=1` startup option so that changes
+    to files within source directories are detected. See
+    https://github.com/bazelbuild/bazel/commit/c64421bc35214f0414e4f4226cc953e8c55fa0d2
+    for more context.
+
+    Args:
+      name: Name of the rule.
+      src: A Label. The directory to make a copy of.
+          (Can also be the label of a rule that generates a directory.)
+      out: Path of the output directory, relative to this package.
+      **kwargs: further keyword arguments, e.g. `visibility`
+    """
+    _copy_directory(
+        name = name,
+        src = src,
+        is_windows = select({
+            "@bazel_tools//src/conditions:host_windows": True,
+            "//conditions:default": False,
+        }),
+        out = out,
+        **kwargs
+    )
diff --git a/lib/tests/copy_directory/BUILD.bazel b/lib/tests/copy_directory/BUILD.bazel
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..612943d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/tests/copy_directory/BUILD.bazel
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+"Tests for copy_directory"
+
+load("//lib:diff_test.bzl", "diff_test")
+load("//lib:copy_directory.bzl", "copy_directory")
+load("//lib:copy_to_directory.bzl", "copy_to_directory")
+
+genrule(
+    name = "a_file",
+    outs = ["a"],
+    cmd = "echo 'foo' > $@",
+)
+
+genrule(
+    name = "b_file",
+    outs = ["a2"],
+    cmd = "echo 'bar' > $@",
+)
+
+copy_to_directory(
+    name = "dir",
+    srcs = [
+        ":a_file",
+        ":b_file",
+    ],
+)
+
+copy_directory(
+    name = "dir_copy",
+    src = "dir",
+    out = "copy_of_dir",
+)
+
+diff_test(
+    name = "copy_directory_test",
+    file1 = ":dir",
+    file2 = ":dir_copy",
+)