util/copy.go      | 3 +++
 util/copy_test.go | 9 +++++++++

diff --git a/util/copy.go b/util/copy.go
index fda4cffc39906c68bf0881a076d33ae8f73a3faf..94d98255b22e15fd0439474c66064b5699f4711f 100644
--- a/util/copy.go
+++ b/util/copy.go
@@ -14,6 +14,9 @@ 	}
 	if dV.Kind() == reflect.Array && !dV.CanAddr() {
 		panic(fmt.Sprintf("dest not addressable: %T", dest))
 	}
+	if sV.Kind() == reflect.Ptr {
+		sV = sV.Elem()
+	}
 	if sV.Kind() == reflect.String {
 		sV = sV.Convert(reflect.SliceOf(dV.Type().Elem()))
 	}
diff --git a/util/copy_test.go b/util/copy_test.go
index 18c9e2d6b80da87d3c7ea8b326ad649c443fea4b..452987101ff16a5bf40aac3af076a6a55fc71a3a 100644
--- a/util/copy_test.go
+++ b/util/copy_test.go
@@ -78,3 +78,12 @@ 		}
 	}()
 	CopyExact(&arr, nil)
 }
+
+func TestCopySrcPtr(t *testing.T) {
+	var bigDst [1024]byte
+	var bigSrc [1024]byte = [1024]byte{'h', 'i'}
+	CopyExact(&bigDst, &bigSrc)
+	if !bytes.Equal(bigDst[:], bigSrc[:]) {
+		t.FailNow()
+	}
+}