diff --git a/question/question.php b/question/question.php
index 87e30673a3d..63f8fad38e9 100644
--- a/question/question.php
+++ b/question/question.php
@@ -274,6 +274,11 @@
         } else {
             // use the old code which simply overwrites old versions
             // it is also used for creating new questions
+
+            if (isset($form->makecopy)) {
+                $question->hidden = 0; // explicitly requested copies should be unhidden
+                $question->id = 0;  // This will prompt save_question to create a new question
+            }
             $question = $QTYPES[$qtype]->save_question($question, $form, $course);
             $replaceinquiz = 'all';
         }
diff --git a/question/questiontypes/questiontype.php b/question/questiontypes/questiontype.php
index d246d0d1d76..a84b45f4252 100644
--- a/question/questiontypes/questiontype.php
+++ b/question/questiontypes/questiontype.php
@@ -966,8 +966,7 @@ class default_questiontype {
               <td colspan="2" align="center">
               <input type="submit" '.$submitscript.' value="'.get_string('savechanges').'" /> ';
         if ($question->id) {
-// Switched off until bug 3445 is fixed
-//            echo '<input type="submit" name="makecopy" '.$submitscript.' value="'.get_string("makecopy", "quiz").'" /> ';
+            echo '<input type="submit" name="makecopy" '.$submitscript.' value="'.get_string("makecopy", "quiz").'" /> ';
         }
         echo '<input type="submit" name="cancel" value="'.get_string("cancel").'" />
               <input type="hidden" name="sesskey" value="'.$USER->sesskey.'" />