diff --git a/apidoc/ostree-sections.txt b/apidoc/ostree-sections.txt
index 252a563a..f99c4df5 100644
--- a/apidoc/ostree-sections.txt
+++ b/apidoc/ostree-sections.txt
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 OstreeAsyncProgress
 ostree_async_progress_new
 ostree_async_progress_new_and_connect
+ostree_async_progress_copy_state
 ostree_async_progress_get_status
 ostree_async_progress_get
 ostree_async_progress_get_variant
diff --git a/src/libostree/libostree-devel.sym b/src/libostree/libostree-devel.sym
index d9d02056..646a4a21 100644
--- a/src/libostree/libostree-devel.sym
+++ b/src/libostree/libostree-devel.sym
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@
 
 /* Add new symbols here.  Release commits should copy this section into -released.sym. */
 LIBOSTREE_2019.6 {
+  ostree_async_progress_copy_state;
 } LIBOSTREE_2019.4;
 
 /* Stub section for the stable release *after* this development one; don't
diff --git a/src/libostree/ostree-async-progress.c b/src/libostree/ostree-async-progress.c
index 64372c27..8d6fdfe5 100644
--- a/src/libostree/ostree-async-progress.c
+++ b/src/libostree/ostree-async-progress.c
@@ -424,6 +424,40 @@ ostree_async_progress_set_uint64 (OstreeAsyncProgress       *self,
   ostree_async_progress_set_variant (self, key, g_variant_new_uint64 (value));
 }
 
+/**
+ * ostree_async_progress_copy_state:
+ * @self: An #OstreeAsyncProgress to copy from
+ * @dest: An #OstreeAsyncProgress to copy to
+ *
+ * Atomically copies all the state from @self to @dest, without invoking the
+ * callback.
+ * This is used for proxying progress objects across different #GMainContexts.
+ *
+ * Since: 2019.6
+ */
+void
+ostree_async_progress_copy_state (OstreeAsyncProgress *self,
+                                  OstreeAsyncProgress *dest)
+{
+  g_return_if_fail (OSTREE_IS_ASYNC_PROGRESS (self));
+  g_return_if_fail (OSTREE_IS_ASYNC_PROGRESS (dest));
+
+  g_mutex_lock (&self->lock);
+
+  if (self->dead)
+    goto out;
+
+  GLNX_HASH_TABLE_FOREACH_KV (self->values, void *, key, GVariant *, value)
+    {
+      if (value)
+        g_variant_ref (value);
+      g_hash_table_replace (dest->values, key, value);
+    }
+
+ out:
+  g_mutex_unlock (&self->lock);
+}
+
 /**
  * ostree_async_progress_new:
  *
diff --git a/src/libostree/ostree-async-progress.h b/src/libostree/ostree-async-progress.h
index 45a80cfb..475d7f62 100644
--- a/src/libostree/ostree-async-progress.h
+++ b/src/libostree/ostree-async-progress.h
@@ -92,4 +92,8 @@ void ostree_async_progress_set_variant (OstreeAsyncProgress *self,
 _OSTREE_PUBLIC
 void ostree_async_progress_finish (OstreeAsyncProgress *self);
 
+_OSTREE_PUBLIC
+void ostree_async_progress_copy_state (OstreeAsyncProgress *self,
+                                       OstreeAsyncProgress *dest);
+
 G_END_DECLS