diff --git a/docs/static/openapi/cortex.json b/docs/static/openapi/cortex.json
index 1378ade12..2ede0af0d 100644
--- a/docs/static/openapi/cortex.json
+++ b/docs/static/openapi/cortex.json
@@ -642,7 +642,8 @@
               "example": {
                 "model": "model-id",
                 "modelPath": "/path/to/gguf",
-                "name": "model display name"
+                "name": "model display name",
+                "option": "symlink"
               }
             }
           }
@@ -3187,6 +3188,11 @@
           "name": {
             "type": "string",
             "description": "The display name of the model."
+          },
+          "option": {
+            "type": "string",
+            "description": "Import options such as symlink or copy.",
+            "enum": ["symlink", "copy"]
           }
         },
         "required": ["model", "modelPath"]
diff --git a/engine/controllers/models.cc b/engine/controllers/models.cc
index 939f63f31..544b3588c 100644
--- a/engine/controllers/models.cc
+++ b/engine/controllers/models.cc
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 #include "database/models.h"
 #include <drogon/HttpTypes.h>
+#include <filesystem>
 #include <optional>
 #include "config/gguf_parser.h"
 #include "config/yaml_config.h"
@@ -320,6 +321,7 @@ void Models::ImportModel(
   auto modelHandle = (*(req->getJsonObject())).get("model", "").asString();
   auto modelPath = (*(req->getJsonObject())).get("modelPath", "").asString();
   auto modelName = (*(req->getJsonObject())).get("name", "").asString();
+  auto option = (*(req->getJsonObject())).get("option", "symlink").asString();
   config::GGUFHandler gguf_handler;
   config::YamlHandler yaml_handler;
   cortex::db::Models modellist_utils_obj;
@@ -339,7 +341,19 @@ void Models::ImportModel(
         std::filesystem::path(model_yaml_path).parent_path());
     gguf_handler.Parse(modelPath);
     config::ModelConfig model_config = gguf_handler.GetModelConfig();
-    model_config.files.push_back(modelPath);
+    // There are 2 options: symlink and copy
+    if (option == "copy") {
+      // Copy GGUF file to the destination path
+      std::filesystem::path file_path =
+          std::filesystem::path(model_yaml_path).parent_path() /
+          std::filesystem::path(modelPath).filename();
+      std::filesystem::copy_file(
+          modelPath, file_path,
+          std::filesystem::copy_options::update_existing);
+      model_config.files.push_back(file_path.string());
+    } else {
+      model_config.files.push_back(modelPath);
+    }
     model_config.model = modelHandle;
     model_config.name = modelName.empty() ? model_config.name : modelName;
     yaml_handler.UpdateModelConfig(model_config);
diff --git a/engine/e2e-test/test_api_model_import.py b/engine/e2e-test/test_api_model_import.py
index 3f8a82a0d..74481594c 100644
--- a/engine/e2e-test/test_api_model_import.py
+++ b/engine/e2e-test/test_api_model_import.py
@@ -29,6 +29,21 @@ def test_model_import_with_name_should_be_success(self):
         response = requests.post("http://localhost:3928/models/import", json=body_json)
         assert response.status_code == 200
 
+    @pytest.mark.skipif(True, reason="Expensive test. Only test when you have local gguf file.")
+    def test_model_import_with_name_should_be_success(self):
+        body_json = {'model': 'testing-model',
+                     'modelPath': '/path/to/local/gguf',
+                     'name': 'test_model',
+                     'option': 'copy'}
+        response = requests.post("http://localhost:3928/models/import", json=body_json)
+        assert response.status_code == 200
+        # Test imported path
+        response = requests.get("http://localhost:3928/models/testing-model")
+        assert response.status_code == 200
+        # Since this is a dynamic test - require actual file path
+        # it's not safe to assert with the gguf file name
+        assert response.json()['files'][0] != '/path/to/local/gguf'
+
     def test_model_import_with_invalid_path_should_fail(self):
         body_json = {'model': 'tinyllama:gguf',
                      'modelPath': '/invalid/path/to/gguf'}