diff --git a/bin/foamCopySettings b/bin/foamCopySettings
index 8f461a008b..d066b275df 100755
--- a/bin/foamCopySettings
+++ b/bin/foamCopySettings
@@ -32,18 +32,27 @@
 #     Copy OpenFOAM settings from one case to another, without copying
 #     the mesh or results
 #     - requires rsync
+#
+# Note
+#     The foamCopySettings.rc (found with the ~OpenFOAM expansion) can be used
+#     to add any custom rsync options.
 #------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+Script=${0##*/}
 if [ "$1" = "-h" -o "$1" = "-help" -o "$#" -ne 2 ]
 then
     cat <<USAGE 1>&2
-Usage: ${0##*/} srcDir dstDir
+Usage: $Script srcDir dstDir
 
     Copy OpenFOAM settings from one case to another, without copying
     the mesh or results.
     - requires rsync
 
+Note
+    The $Script.rc (found with the ~OpenFOAM expansion) can be used
+    to add any custom rsync options.
+
 USAGE
-   exit 1
+    exit 1
 fi
 
 srcDir=${1%/}
@@ -66,13 +75,40 @@ do
 done
 
 # files and directories to copy
-# avoid processor directories
+# avoid processor directories here too to make for cleaner output
 fileList=$(find -H $srcDir -mindepth 1 -maxdepth 1 -not -name "processor*")
 
+
+# avoid polyMesh and processor* directories
+rsync="rsync --exclude polyMesh --exclude processor*"
+
+
+#
+# get any extra options
+# only extract lines starting with --option xxx
+#
+if rcFile=$(foamEtcFile $Script.rc)
+then
+    userOpts=$(
+        cat $rcFile | while read userOpts
+        do
+            [ "${userOpts##--}" != "${userOpts}" ] && echo $userOpts
+        done
+    )
+    rsync="$rsync $userOpts"
+fi
+
+
 # TODO:
 #  - verify that it works with multiple mesh regions
 #  - special treatment for starting with negative crank angles
 
+
+echo
+echo "synchronizing with"
+echo "    $rsync"
+echo
+
 for i in $fileList
 do
     name="${i##*/}"
@@ -85,7 +121,7 @@ do
         ;;
     *)
         echo "$i -> $dstDir/$name"
-        rsync --exclude polyMesh --exclude "processor*" -a $i $dstDir
+        $rsync -a $i $dstDir
         ;;
     esac
 done