diff --git a/easybuild/main.py b/easybuild/main.py
index 94ed2ea301..f15c648b73 100644
--- a/easybuild/main.py
+++ b/easybuild/main.py
@@ -47,6 +47,7 @@
 
 from easybuild.framework.easyblock import build_and_install_one, inject_checksums
 from easybuild.framework.easyconfig import EASYCONFIGS_PKG_SUBDIR
+from easybuild.framework.easyconfig.easyconfig import clean_up_easyconfigs
 from easybuild.framework.easyconfig.easyconfig import fix_deprecated_easyconfigs, verify_easyconfig_filename
 from easybuild.framework.easyconfig.style import cmdline_easyconfigs_style_check
 from easybuild.framework.easyconfig.tools import categorize_files_by_type, dep_graph
@@ -320,7 +321,7 @@ def main(args=None, logfile=None, do_build=None, testing=False, modtool=None):
     # determine paths to easyconfigs
     determined_paths = det_easyconfig_paths(categorized_paths['easyconfigs'])
 
-    if options.copy_ec or options.fix_deprecated_easyconfigs or options.show_ec:
+    if (options.copy_ec and not tweaked_ecs_paths) or options.fix_deprecated_easyconfigs or options.show_ec:
 
         if options.copy_ec:
             if len(determined_paths) == 1:
@@ -420,6 +421,17 @@ def main(args=None, logfile=None, do_build=None, testing=False, modtool=None):
         print_msg("No easyconfigs left to be built.", log=_log, silent=testing)
         ordered_ecs = []
 
+    if options.copy_ec and tweaked_ecs_paths:
+        all_specs = [spec['spec'] for spec in
+                     resolve_dependencies(easyconfigs, modtool, retain_all_deps=True, raise_error_missing_ecs=False)]
+        tweaked_ecs_in_all_ecs = [path for path in all_specs if
+                                  any(tweaked_ecs_path in path for tweaked_ecs_path in tweaked_ecs_paths)]
+        if tweaked_ecs_in_all_ecs:
+            # Clean them, then copy them
+            clean_up_easyconfigs(tweaked_ecs_in_all_ecs)
+            copy_files(tweaked_ecs_in_all_ecs, target_path)
+            print_msg("%d file(s) copied to %s" % (len(tweaked_ecs_in_all_ecs), target_path), prefix=False)
+
     # creating/updating PRs
     if pr_options:
         if options.new_pr:
diff --git a/test/framework/options.py b/test/framework/options.py
index e4b878d4bb..731dc8c214 100644
--- a/test/framework/options.py
+++ b/test/framework/options.py
@@ -1946,6 +1946,51 @@ def test_try(self):
         allargs = args + ['--software-version=1.2.3', '--toolchain=gompi,2018a']
         self.assertErrorRegex(EasyBuildError, "version .* not available", self.eb_main, allargs, raise_error=True)
 
+    def test_try_with_copy(self):
+        """Test whether --try options are taken into account."""
+        ecs_path = os.path.join(os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__)), 'easyconfigs', 'test_ecs')
+        tweaked_toy_ec = os.path.join(self.test_buildpath, 'toy-0.0-tweaked.eb')
+        copy_file(os.path.join(ecs_path, 't', 'toy', 'toy-0.0.eb'), tweaked_toy_ec)
+        f = open(tweaked_toy_ec, 'a')
+        f.write("easyblock = 'ConfigureMake'")
+        f.close()
+
+        args = [
+            tweaked_toy_ec,
+            '--sourcepath=%s' % self.test_sourcepath,
+            '--buildpath=%s' % self.test_buildpath,
+            '--installpath=%s' % self.test_installpath,
+            '--dry-run',
+            '--robot=%s' % ecs_path,
+            '--copy-ec',
+        ]
+        self.mock_stdout(True)
+        self.mock_stderr(True)
+        copied_ec = os.path.join(self.test_buildpath, 'my_eb.eb')
+        self.eb_main(args + [copied_ec], verbose=True, raise_error=True)
+        outtxt = self.get_stdout()
+        errtxt = self.get_stderr()
+        self.assertTrue(r'toy-0.0-tweaked.eb copied to ' + copied_ec in outtxt)
+        self.assertFalse(errtxt)
+        self.mock_stdout(False)
+        self.mock_stderr(False)
+        self.assertTrue(os.path.exists(copied_ec))
+
+        self.mock_stdout(True)
+        self.mock_stderr(True)
+        tweaked_ecs_dir = os.path.join(self.test_buildpath, 'my_tweaked_ecs')
+        self.eb_main(args + ['--try-software=foo,1.2.3', '--try-toolchain=gompi,2018a', tweaked_ecs_dir],
+                     verbose=True, raise_error=True)
+        outtxt = self.get_stdout()
+        errtxt = self.get_stderr()
+        self.assertTrue(r'1 file(s) copied to ' + tweaked_ecs_dir in outtxt)
+        self.assertFalse(errtxt)
+        self.mock_stdout(False)
+        self.mock_stderr(False)
+        self.assertTrue(
+            os.path.exists(os.path.join(self.test_buildpath, tweaked_ecs_dir, 'foo-1.2.3-GCC-6.4.0-2.28.eb'))
+        )
+
     def test_software_version_ordering(self):
         """Test whether software versions are correctly ordered when using --software."""
         ecs_path = os.path.join(os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__)), 'easyconfigs', 'test_ecs')