diff --git a/google/cloud/dataflow/io/fileio.py b/google/cloud/dataflow/io/fileio.py
index ea0f652..f5e3825 100644
--- a/google/cloud/dataflow/io/fileio.py
+++ b/google/cloud/dataflow/io/fileio.py
@@ -256,6 +256,23 @@ def rename(src, dst):
       except OSError as err:
         raise IOError(err)
 
+  @staticmethod
+  def copytree(src, dst):
+    if src.startswith('gs://'):
+      assert dst.startswith('gs://'), dst
+      assert src.endswith('/'), src
+      assert dst.endswith('/'), dst
+      # pylint: disable=g-import-not-at-top
+      from google.cloud.dataflow.io import gcsio
+      gcsio.GcsIO().copytree(src, dst)
+    else:
+      try:
+        if os.path.exists(dst):
+          shutil.rmtree(dst)
+        shutil.copytree(src, dst)
+      except OSError as err:
+        raise IOError(err)
+
   @staticmethod
   def exists(path):
     if path.startswith('gs://'):
diff --git a/google/cloud/dataflow/io/gcsio.py b/google/cloud/dataflow/io/gcsio.py
index 5b62400..59ec9bc 100644
--- a/google/cloud/dataflow/io/gcsio.py
+++ b/google/cloud/dataflow/io/gcsio.py
@@ -171,6 +171,22 @@ def copy(self, src, dest):
                                                 destinationObject=dest_path)
     self.client.objects.Copy(request)
 
+  # We intentionally do not decorate this method with a retry, since the
+  # underlying copy and delete operations are already idempotent operations
+  # protected by retry decorators.
+  def copytree(self, src, dest):
+    """Renames the given GCS "directory" recursively from src to dest.
+
+    Args:
+      src: GCS file path pattern in the form gs://<bucket>/<name>/.
+      dest: GCS file path pattern in the form gs://<bucket>/<name>/.
+    """
+    assert src.endswith('/')
+    assert dest.endswith('/')
+    for entry in self.glob(src + '*'):
+      rel_path = entry[len(src):]
+      self.copy(entry, dest + rel_path)
+
   # We intentionally do not decorate this method with a retry, since the
   # underlying copy and delete operations are already idempotent operations
   # protected by retry decorators.
diff --git a/google/cloud/dataflow/io/gcsio_test.py b/google/cloud/dataflow/io/gcsio_test.py
index deb179d..12fcf5d 100644
--- a/google/cloud/dataflow/io/gcsio_test.py
+++ b/google/cloud/dataflow/io/gcsio_test.py
@@ -219,6 +219,31 @@ def test_copy(self):
     self.assertTrue(gcsio.parse_gcs_path(dest_file_name) in
                     self.client.objects.files)
 
+  def test_copytree(self):
+    src_dir_name = 'gs://gcsio-test/source/'
+    dest_dir_name = 'gs://gcsio-test/dest/'
+    file_size = 1024
+    paths = ['a', 'b/c', 'b/d']
+    for path in paths:
+      src_file_name = src_dir_name + path
+      dest_file_name = dest_dir_name + path
+      self._insert_random_file(self.client, src_file_name,
+                               file_size)
+      self.assertTrue(gcsio.parse_gcs_path(src_file_name) in
+                      self.client.objects.files)
+      self.assertFalse(gcsio.parse_gcs_path(dest_file_name) in
+                       self.client.objects.files)
+
+    self.gcs.copytree(src_dir_name, dest_dir_name)
+
+    for path in paths:
+      src_file_name = src_dir_name + path
+      dest_file_name = dest_dir_name + path
+      self.assertTrue(gcsio.parse_gcs_path(src_file_name) in
+                      self.client.objects.files)
+      self.assertTrue(gcsio.parse_gcs_path(dest_file_name) in
+                      self.client.objects.files)
+
   def test_rename(self):
     src_file_name = 'gs://gcsio-test/source'
     dest_file_name = 'gs://gcsio-test/dest'