diff --git a/google-cloud-clients/google-cloud-contrib/google-cloud-nio/src/main/java/com/google/cloud/storage/contrib/nio/testing/FakeStorageRpc.java b/google-cloud-clients/google-cloud-contrib/google-cloud-nio/src/main/java/com/google/cloud/storage/contrib/nio/testing/FakeStorageRpc.java
index ba3358fc62d5..4445d9a8c178 100644
--- a/google-cloud-clients/google-cloud-contrib/google-cloud-nio/src/main/java/com/google/cloud/storage/contrib/nio/testing/FakeStorageRpc.java
+++ b/google-cloud-clients/google-cloud-contrib/google-cloud-nio/src/main/java/com/google/cloud/storage/contrib/nio/testing/FakeStorageRpc.java
@@ -374,11 +374,21 @@ public RewriteResponse openRewrite(RewriteRequest rewriteRequest) throws Storage
 
     String destKey = fullname(rewriteRequest.target);
 
+    // if this is a new file, set generation to 1, else increment the existing generation
+    long generation = 1;
+    if (metadata.containsKey(destKey)) {
+      generation = metadata.get(destKey).getGeneration() + 1;
+    }
+
     checkGeneration(destKey, generationMatch);
 
+    byte[] data = contents.get(sourceKey);
+
+    rewriteRequest.target.setGeneration(generation);
+    rewriteRequest.target.setSize(BigInteger.valueOf(data.length));
+
     metadata.put(destKey, rewriteRequest.target);
 
-    byte[] data = contents.get(sourceKey);
     contents.put(destKey, Arrays.copyOf(data, data.length));
     return new RewriteResponse(
         rewriteRequest,
diff --git a/google-cloud-clients/google-cloud-contrib/google-cloud-nio/src/test/java/com/google/cloud/storage/contrib/nio/testing/LocalStorageHelperTest.java b/google-cloud-clients/google-cloud-contrib/google-cloud-nio/src/test/java/com/google/cloud/storage/contrib/nio/testing/LocalStorageHelperTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..6f2e5cf19438
--- /dev/null
+++ b/google-cloud-clients/google-cloud-contrib/google-cloud-nio/src/test/java/com/google/cloud/storage/contrib/nio/testing/LocalStorageHelperTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,101 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2016 Google LLC
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *       http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+package com.google.cloud.storage.contrib.nio.testing;
+
+import static com.google.common.truth.Truth.assertThat;
+
+import com.google.cloud.WriteChannel;
+import com.google.cloud.storage.Blob;
+import com.google.cloud.storage.BlobId;
+import com.google.cloud.storage.BlobInfo;
+import com.google.cloud.storage.Storage;
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.nio.ByteBuffer;
+import org.junit.After;
+import org.junit.Before;
+import org.junit.Test;
+import org.junit.runner.RunWith;
+import org.junit.runners.JUnit4;
+
+/** Unit tests for {@link LocalStorageHelper}. */
+@RunWith(JUnit4.class)
+public class LocalStorageHelperTest {
+
+  Storage localStorageService = null;
+  private final String testBucket = "bucket";
+  private final String sourceFile = "testSource";
+  private final String destinationFile = "testDestination";
+  private final String payload = "copy me";
+
+  @Before
+  public void before() throws IOException {
+    localStorageService = LocalStorageHelper.getOptions().getService();
+
+    byte[] payloadBytes = payload.getBytes();
+    BlobId id = BlobId.of(testBucket, sourceFile);
+    BlobInfo info = BlobInfo.newBuilder(id).build();
+
+    WriteChannel writer = localStorageService.writer(info);
+    try {
+      writer.write(ByteBuffer.wrap(payloadBytes));
+    } finally {
+      writer.close();
+    }
+  }
+
+  @After
+  public void after() {
+    localStorageService.delete(testBucket, sourceFile);
+    localStorageService.delete(testBucket, destinationFile);
+  }
+
+  private Storage.CopyRequest copyRequest() {
+    Storage.CopyRequest request =
+        Storage.CopyRequest.newBuilder()
+            .setSource(BlobId.of(testBucket, sourceFile))
+            .setTarget(BlobId.of(testBucket, destinationFile))
+            .build();
+
+    return request;
+  }
+
+  @Test
+  public void testCopyCanBeRead() {
+    Storage.CopyRequest request = copyRequest();
+    localStorageService.copy(request).getResult();
+    Blob obj = localStorageService.get(BlobId.of(testBucket, destinationFile));
+    String copiedContents = new String(obj.getContent(Blob.BlobSourceOption.generationMatch()));
+
+    assertThat(copiedContents).isEqualTo(payload);
+    assertThat(obj.getGeneration()).isEqualTo(1);
+    assertThat(obj.getSize()).isEqualTo(7);
+  }
+
+  @Test
+  public void testCopyIncrementsGenerations() {
+    Storage.CopyRequest request = copyRequest();
+
+    localStorageService.copy(request).getResult();
+    localStorageService.copy(request).getResult();
+    Blob obj = localStorageService.get(BlobId.of(testBucket, destinationFile));
+    String copiedContents = new String(obj.getContent(Blob.BlobSourceOption.generationMatch()));
+
+    assertThat(copiedContents).isEqualTo(payload);
+    assertThat(obj.getGeneration()).isEqualTo(2);
+    assertThat(obj.getSize()).isEqualTo(7);
+  }
+}