diff --git a/metadata/metadata.go b/metadata/metadata.go
index 4718f420..bf7a8d3a 100644
--- a/metadata/metadata.go
+++ b/metadata/metadata.go
@@ -98,11 +98,12 @@ func (md Metadata) Del(keys ...string) {
 }
 
 // Copy makes a copy of the metadata
-func Copy(md Metadata) Metadata {
+func Copy(md Metadata, exclude ...string) Metadata {
 	nmd := New(len(md))
 	for key, val := range md {
 		nmd.Set(key, val)
 	}
+	nmd.Del(exclude...)
 	return nmd
 }
 
diff --git a/metadata/metadata_test.go b/metadata/metadata_test.go
index eccea7a7..a5381ede 100644
--- a/metadata/metadata_test.go
+++ b/metadata/metadata_test.go
@@ -190,3 +190,14 @@ func TestMetadataContext(t *testing.T) {
 		t.Errorf("Expected metadata length 1 got %d", i)
 	}
 }
+
+func TestCopy(t *testing.T) {
+	md := New(2)
+	md.Set("key1", "val1", "key2", "val2")
+	nmd := Copy(md, "key2")
+	if len(nmd) != 1 {
+		t.Fatal("Copy exclude not works")
+	} else if nmd["Key1"] != "val1" {
+		t.Fatal("Copy exclude not works")
+	}
+}