diff --git a/internal/blueprint/blueprint.go b/internal/blueprint/blueprint.go
index 6c70731fb..dbe392371 100644
--- a/internal/blueprint/blueprint.go
+++ b/internal/blueprint/blueprint.go
@@ -1,6 +1,10 @@
 // Package blueprint contains primitives for representing weldr blueprints
 package blueprint
 
+import (
+	"encoding/json"
+)
+
 // A Blueprint is a high-level description of an image.
 type Blueprint struct {
 	Name           string          `json:"name" toml:"name"`
@@ -31,6 +35,22 @@ type Group struct {
 	Name string `json:"name" toml:"name"`
 }
 
+// DeepCopy returns a deep copy of the blueprint
+// This uses json.Marshal and Unmarshal which are not very efficient
+func (b *Blueprint) DeepCopy() (Blueprint, error) {
+	bpJSON, err := json.Marshal(b)
+	if err != nil {
+		return Blueprint{}, err
+	}
+
+	var bp Blueprint
+	err = json.Unmarshal(bpJSON, &bp)
+	if err != nil {
+		return Blueprint{}, err
+	}
+	return bp, nil
+}
+
 // packages, modules, and groups all resolve to rpm packages right now. This
 // function returns a combined list of "name-version" strings.
 func (b *Blueprint) GetPackages() []string {
diff --git a/internal/blueprint/blueprint_test.go b/internal/blueprint/blueprint_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..76b663448
--- /dev/null
+++ b/internal/blueprint/blueprint_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+package blueprint
+
+import (
+	"github.com/google/go-cmp/cmp"
+	"testing"
+)
+
+func TestDeepCopy(t *testing.T) {
+	bpOrig := Blueprint{
+		Name:        "deepcopy-test",
+		Description: "Testing DeepCopy function",
+		Version:     "0.0.1",
+		Packages: []Package{
+			{Name: "dep-package1", Version: "*"}},
+		Modules: []Package{
+			{Name: "dep-package2", Version: "*"}},
+	}
+
+	bpCopy, err := bpOrig.DeepCopy()
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("Blueprint.DeepCopy failure: %s", err.Error())
+	}
+	if diff := cmp.Diff(bpOrig, bpCopy); diff != "" {
+		t.Fatalf("Blueprint.DeepCopy is different from original\ndiff: %s", diff)
+	}
+
+	// Modify the copy
+	bpCopy.Packages[0].Version = "1.2.3"
+	if bpOrig.Packages[0].Version != "*" {
+		t.Fatalf("Blueprint.DeepCopy failed, original modified")
+	}
+
+	// Modify the original
+	bpOrig.Packages[0].Version = "42.0"
+	if bpCopy.Packages[0].Version != "1.2.3" {
+		t.Fatalf("Blueprint.DeepCopy failed, copy modified")
+	}
+}