diff --git a/wp-admin/includes/image-edit.php b/wp-admin/includes/image-edit.php
index 4cb0dc23d7..2eaf336673 100644
--- a/wp-admin/includes/image-edit.php
+++ b/wp-admin/includes/image-edit.php
@@ -243,6 +243,10 @@ function wp_image_editor( $post_id, $msg = false ) {
 			<label for="imgedit-target-thumbnail"><?php _e( 'Thumbnail' ); ?></label>
 		</span>
 
+
+		<label class="imgedit-label">
+		<input type="radio" name="imgedit-target-<?php echo $post_id; ?>" value="new" />
+		<?php _e('A newly created image'); ?></label>
 		<span class="imgedit-label">
 			<input type="radio" id="imgedit-target-nothumb" name="imgedit-target-<?php echo $post_id; ?>" value="nothumb" />
 			<label for="imgedit-target-nothumb"><?php _e( 'All sizes except thumbnail' ); ?></label>
@@ -902,6 +906,11 @@ function wp_save_image( $post_id ) {
 		}
 	}
 
+	if ( 'new' == $target ) {
+		$original_post_id = $post_id;
+		$post_id = NULL;
+	}
+
 	// Save the full-size file, also needed to create sub-sizes.
 	if ( ! wp_save_image_file( $new_path, $img, $post->post_mime_type, $post_id ) ) {
 		$return->error = esc_js( __( 'Unable to save the image.' ) );
@@ -947,6 +956,31 @@ function wp_save_image( $post_id ) {
 		$return->fw = $meta['width'];
 		$return->fh = $meta['height'];
 	} elseif ( 'thumbnail' === $target ) {
+	} elseif ( 'new' == $target ) {
+		$size = $img->get_size();
+		$meta['width'] = $size['width']; // cropped and saved as a copy
+		$meta['height'] = $size['height'];
+
+		$new_post = (array)$post;
+		unset( $new_post['ID'], $new_post['post_date'], $new_post['post_date_gmt'], $new_post['post_modified'], $new_post['post_modified_gmt'] );
+		$new_post['post_title'] = preg_match('/\.[a-z]{3}$/', $new_post['post_title']) ? preg_replace('/(\.[a-z]{3})/', '-media-copy\1', $new_post['post_title']) : $new_post['post_title'] . '-mediacopy';
+
+		$wp_upload_dir = wp_upload_dir();
+		$new_post['guid'] = $wp_upload_dir['url'] . '/' . basename( $new_path );
+		$post_id = wp_insert_attachment( $new_post, $new_path, 0, TRUE );
+		if ( is_wp_error( $post_id ) ) {
+			$return->error = esc_js( __('Unable to create a new atachment.') );
+			return $return;
+		}
+		$return->refresh = TRUE;
+		$return->debug = sprintf( __( 'New attachment created: %d.'), $post_id );
+		$success = true;
+
+		update_attached_file( $post_id, $new_path );
+		update_post_meta( $post_id, '_wp_attachment_derive_from', $original_post_id );
+
+		$sizes = get_intermediate_image_sizes();
+		$delete = $nocrop = false;
 		$sizes   = array( 'thumbnail' );
 		$success = true;
 		$delete  = true;
diff --git a/wp-admin/js/image-edit.js b/wp-admin/js/image-edit.js
index 18d3099f62..4fc90544e3 100644
--- a/wp-admin/js/image-edit.js
+++ b/wp-admin/js/image-edit.js
@@ -561,6 +561,7 @@  function( response ) {
 			}
 
 			if ( self._view ) {
+                                if ( ret.refresh ) { /* ToDo: refresh media view when going back. */ }
 				self._view.save();
 			} else {
 				imageEdit.close(postid);