diff --git a/cmd/cmd.go b/cmd/cmd.go
index 315a26cca..5aae802a8 100644
--- a/cmd/cmd.go
+++ b/cmd/cmd.go
@@ -228,6 +228,16 @@ func NewFsSrcDst(args []string) (fs.Fs, fs.Fs) {
 	return fsrc, fdst
 }
 
+// NewFsSrcFileDst creates a new src and dst fs from the arguments
+//
+// The source may be a file, in which case the source Fs and file name is returned
+func NewFsSrcFileDst(args []string) (fsrc fs.Fs, srcFileName string, fdst fs.Fs) {
+	fsrc, srcFileName = NewFsFile(args[0])
+	fdst = newFsDir(args[1])
+	fs.CalculateModifyWindow(fdst, fsrc)
+	return fsrc, srcFileName, fdst
+}
+
 // NewFsSrcDstFiles creates a new src and dst fs from the arguments
 // If src is a file then srcFileName and dstFileName will be non-empty
 func NewFsSrcDstFiles(args []string) (fsrc fs.Fs, srcFileName string, fdst fs.Fs, dstFileName string) {
diff --git a/cmd/copy/copy.go b/cmd/copy/copy.go
index 5b928668f..7b5a93787 100644
--- a/cmd/copy/copy.go
+++ b/cmd/copy/copy.go
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ package copy
 
 import (
 	"github.com/ncw/rclone/cmd"
+	"github.com/ncw/rclone/fs/operations"
 	"github.com/ncw/rclone/fs/sync"
 	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
 )
@@ -52,9 +53,12 @@ source or destination.
 `,
 	Run: func(command *cobra.Command, args []string) {
 		cmd.CheckArgs(2, 2, command, args)
-		fsrc, fdst := cmd.NewFsSrcDst(args)
+		fsrc, srcFileName, fdst := cmd.NewFsSrcFileDst(args)
 		cmd.Run(true, true, command, func() error {
-			return sync.CopyDir(fdst, fsrc)
+			if srcFileName == "" {
+				return sync.CopyDir(fdst, fsrc)
+			}
+			return operations.CopyFile(fdst, fsrc, srcFileName, srcFileName)
 		})
 	},
 }
diff --git a/cmd/move/move.go b/cmd/move/move.go
index 5559da866..ca588dc73 100644
--- a/cmd/move/move.go
+++ b/cmd/move/move.go
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ package move
 
 import (
 	"github.com/ncw/rclone/cmd"
+	"github.com/ncw/rclone/fs/operations"
 	"github.com/ncw/rclone/fs/sync"
 	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
 )
@@ -41,10 +42,12 @@ If you want to delete empty source directories after move, use the --delete-empt
 `,
 	Run: func(command *cobra.Command, args []string) {
 		cmd.CheckArgs(2, 2, command, args)
-		fsrc, fdst := cmd.NewFsSrcDst(args)
+		fsrc, srcFileName, fdst := cmd.NewFsSrcFileDst(args)
 		cmd.Run(true, true, command, func() error {
-
-			return sync.MoveDir(fdst, fsrc, deleteEmptySrcDirs)
+			if srcFileName == "" {
+				return sync.MoveDir(fdst, fsrc, deleteEmptySrcDirs)
+			}
+			return operations.MoveFile(fdst, fsrc, srcFileName, srcFileName)
 		})
 	},
 }