diff --git a/src/linker/Linker.Steps/BlacklistStep.cs b/src/linker/Linker.Steps/BlacklistStep.cs
index 3905c0ff4438..89b7429dea65 100644
--- a/src/linker/Linker.Steps/BlacklistStep.cs
+++ b/src/linker/Linker.Steps/BlacklistStep.cs
@@ -93,6 +93,7 @@ bool ShouldProcessAssemblyResource (string name)
 			case AssemblyAction.Link:
 			case AssemblyAction.AddBypassNGen:
 			case AssemblyAction.AddBypassNGenUsed:
+			case AssemblyAction.Copy:
 				return true;
 			default:
 				return false;
diff --git a/test/Mono.Linker.Tests.Cases/LinkXml/Dependencies/EmbeddedLinkXmlFromCopyAssemblyIsProcessed/CopyLibrary.cs b/test/Mono.Linker.Tests.Cases/LinkXml/Dependencies/EmbeddedLinkXmlFromCopyAssemblyIsProcessed/CopyLibrary.cs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..0f7fda126a6c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/Mono.Linker.Tests.Cases/LinkXml/Dependencies/EmbeddedLinkXmlFromCopyAssemblyIsProcessed/CopyLibrary.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+using System;
+
+namespace Mono.Linker.Tests.Cases.LinkXml.Dependencies.EmbeddedLinkXmlFromCopyAssemblyIsProcessed
+{
+	public class CopyLibrary {
+		public void Method ()
+		{
+		}
+	}
+}
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diff --git a/test/Mono.Linker.Tests.Cases/LinkXml/Dependencies/EmbeddedLinkXmlFromCopyAssemblyIsProcessed/CopyLibrary.xml b/test/Mono.Linker.Tests.Cases/LinkXml/Dependencies/EmbeddedLinkXmlFromCopyAssemblyIsProcessed/CopyLibrary.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..fc96b13c6920
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/Mono.Linker.Tests.Cases/LinkXml/Dependencies/EmbeddedLinkXmlFromCopyAssemblyIsProcessed/CopyLibrary.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+<linker>
+    <assembly fullname="Library" />
+</linker>
diff --git a/test/Mono.Linker.Tests.Cases/LinkXml/Dependencies/EmbeddedLinkXmlFromCopyAssemblyIsProcessed/OtherLibrary.cs b/test/Mono.Linker.Tests.Cases/LinkXml/Dependencies/EmbeddedLinkXmlFromCopyAssemblyIsProcessed/OtherLibrary.cs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..24f59a2d39f7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/Mono.Linker.Tests.Cases/LinkXml/Dependencies/EmbeddedLinkXmlFromCopyAssemblyIsProcessed/OtherLibrary.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+using System;
+
+namespace Mono.Linker.Tests.Cases.LinkXml.Dependencies.EmbeddedLinkXmlFromCopyAssemblyIsProcessed
+{
+	public class OtherLibrary {
+		public void Method ()
+		{
+		}
+	}
+}
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diff --git a/test/Mono.Linker.Tests.Cases/LinkXml/EmbeddedLinkXmlFromCopyAssemblyIsProcessed.cs b/test/Mono.Linker.Tests.Cases/LinkXml/EmbeddedLinkXmlFromCopyAssemblyIsProcessed.cs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..9bddcaae3be4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/Mono.Linker.Tests.Cases/LinkXml/EmbeddedLinkXmlFromCopyAssemblyIsProcessed.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+using Mono.Linker.Tests.Cases.Expectations.Assertions;
+using Mono.Linker.Tests.Cases.Expectations.Metadata;
+using Mono.Linker.Tests.Cases.LinkXml.Dependencies.EmbeddedLinkXmlFromCopyAssemblyIsProcessed;
+
+namespace Mono.Linker.Tests.Cases.LinkXml {
+	[SetupCompileBefore ("Library.dll",
+		new [] { "Dependencies/EmbeddedLinkXmlFromCopyAssemblyIsProcessed/OtherLibrary.cs" })]
+	[SetupCompileBefore ("CopyLibrary.dll",
+		new [] { "Dependencies/EmbeddedLinkXmlFromCopyAssemblyIsProcessed/CopyLibrary.cs" },
+		resources: new [] { "Dependencies/EmbeddedLinkXmlFromCopyAssemblyIsProcessed/CopyLibrary.xml"})]
+	[IncludeBlacklistStep (true)]
+	[SetupLinkerAction ("copy", "CopyLibrary")]
+
+	[KeptTypeInAssembly ("CopyLibrary.dll", typeof (CopyLibrary))]
+	[KeptTypeInAssembly ("Library.dll", typeof (OtherLibrary))]
+	public class EmbeddedLinkXmlFromCopyAssemblyIsProcessed {
+		public static void Main ()
+		{
+			var tmp = new CopyLibrary ();
+			tmp.Method ();
+		}
+	}
+}
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diff --git a/test/Mono.Linker.Tests.Cases/Mono.Linker.Tests.Cases.csproj b/test/Mono.Linker.Tests.Cases/Mono.Linker.Tests.Cases.csproj
index feb9fa1f2556..1039e771e119 100644
--- a/test/Mono.Linker.Tests.Cases/Mono.Linker.Tests.Cases.csproj
+++ b/test/Mono.Linker.Tests.Cases/Mono.Linker.Tests.Cases.csproj
@@ -63,6 +63,7 @@
     <Content Include="LinkXml\CanPreserveAnExportedType.xml" />
     <Content Include="LinkXml\CanPreserveExportedTypesUsingRegex.xml" />
     <Content Include="LinkXml\Dependencies\EmbeddedLinkXmlPreservesAdditionalAssemblyWithOverriddenMethod\Library1.xml" />
+    <Content Include="LinkXml\Dependencies\EmbeddedLinkXmlFromCopyAssemblyIsProcessed\CopyLibrary.xml" />
     <Content Include="LinkXml\FeatureExclude\OnAssembly.xml" />
     <Content Include="LinkXml\FeatureExclude\OnEvent.xml" />
     <Content Include="LinkXml\FeatureExclude\OnField.xml" />