diff --git a/itests/contracts/mcopy/MCOPYTest.hex b/itests/contracts/mcopy/MCOPYTest.hex
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..f2e667e9343
--- /dev/null
+++ b/itests/contracts/mcopy/MCOPYTest.hex
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
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
diff --git a/itests/contracts/mcopy/MCOPYTest.sol b/itests/contracts/mcopy/MCOPYTest.sol
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..21e0ed39746
--- /dev/null
+++ b/itests/contracts/mcopy/MCOPYTest.sol
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: MIT
+pragma solidity ^0.8.26;
+
+contract MCOPYTest {
+    function optimizedCopy(bytes memory data) public pure returns (bytes memory) {
+        bytes memory result = new bytes(data.length);
+        assembly {
+            let length := mload(data) // Get the length of the input data
+            let source := add(data, 0x20) // Point to the start of the data (skip the length)
+            let destination := add(result, 0x20) // Point to the start of the result memory (skip the length)
+
+            // Use MCOPY opcode directly for memory copying
+            // destination: destination memory pointer
+            // source: source memory pointer
+            // length: number of bytes to copy
+            mcopy(destination, source, length)
+        }
+        return result;
+    }
+
+}
diff --git a/itests/fevm_test.go b/itests/fevm_test.go
index 6b221804152..19f9af0178c 100644
--- a/itests/fevm_test.go
+++ b/itests/fevm_test.go
@@ -15,14 +15,18 @@ import (
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
 
 	"github.com/filecoin-project/go-address"
+	"github.com/filecoin-project/go-state-types/abi"
 	"github.com/filecoin-project/go-state-types/big"
 	builtintypes "github.com/filecoin-project/go-state-types/builtin"
 	"github.com/filecoin-project/go-state-types/exitcode"
 	"github.com/filecoin-project/go-state-types/manifest"
+	"github.com/filecoin-project/go-state-types/network"
 
 	"github.com/filecoin-project/lotus/api"
 	"github.com/filecoin-project/lotus/build"
 	"github.com/filecoin-project/lotus/build/buildconstants"
+	"github.com/filecoin-project/lotus/chain/consensus/filcns"
+	"github.com/filecoin-project/lotus/chain/stmgr"
 	"github.com/filecoin-project/lotus/chain/store"
 	"github.com/filecoin-project/lotus/chain/types"
 	"github.com/filecoin-project/lotus/chain/types/ethtypes"
@@ -1310,6 +1314,54 @@ func TestEthGetTransactionCount(t *testing.T) {
 	require.Zero(t, contractNonceAfterDestroy)
 }
 
+func TestMcopy(t *testing.T) {
+	// MCOPY introduced in nv24, start the test on nv23 to check the error, then upgrade at epoch 100
+	// and check that an MCOPY contract can be deployed and run.
+	nv24epoch := abi.ChainEpoch(100)
+	upgradeSchedule := kit.UpgradeSchedule(
+		stmgr.Upgrade{
+			Network: network.Version23,
+			Height:  -1,
+		},
+		stmgr.Upgrade{
+			Network:   network.Version24,
+			Height:    nv24epoch,
+			Migration: filcns.UpgradeActorsV15,
+		},
+	)
+
+	ctx, cancel, client := kit.SetupFEVMTest(t, upgradeSchedule)
+	defer cancel()
+
+	// try to deploy the contract before the upgrade, expect an error somewhere' in deploy or in call,
+	// if the error is in deploy we may need to implement DeployContractFromFilename here where we can
+	// assert an error
+
+	// 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000020: The offset for the bytes argument (32 bytes).
+	// 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000008: The length of the bytes data (8 bytes for "testdata").
+	// 7465737464617461000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000: The hexadecimal representation of "testdata", padded to 32 bytes.
+	hexString := "000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000002000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000087465737464617461000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000"
+
+	// Decode the hex string into a byte slice
+	inputArgument, err := hex.DecodeString(hexString)
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+
+	filenameActor := "contracts/mcopy/MCOPYTest.hex"
+	fromAddr, contractAddr := client.EVM().DeployContractFromFilename(ctx, filenameActor)
+	_, _, err = client.EVM().InvokeContractByFuncName(ctx, fromAddr, contractAddr, "optimizedCopy(bytes)", inputArgument)
+	// We expect an error here due to MCOPY not being available in this network version
+	require.ErrorContains(t, err, "undefined instruction (35)")
+
+	// wait for the upgrade
+	client.WaitTillChain(ctx, kit.HeightAtLeast(nv24epoch+5))
+
+	// should be able to deploy and call the contract now
+	fromAddr, contractAddr = client.EVM().DeployContractFromFilename(ctx, filenameActor)
+	result, _, err := client.EVM().InvokeContractByFuncName(ctx, fromAddr, contractAddr, "optimizedCopy(bytes)", inputArgument)
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+	require.Equal(t, inputArgument, result)
+}
+
 func TestEthGetBlockByNumber(t *testing.T) {
 	blockTime := 100 * time.Millisecond
 	client, _, ens := kit.EnsembleMinimal(t, kit.MockProofs(), kit.ThroughRPC())
diff --git a/itests/kit/evm.go b/itests/kit/evm.go
index e1848b245d6..14f37ecf3a8 100644
--- a/itests/kit/evm.go
+++ b/itests/kit/evm.go
@@ -410,7 +410,7 @@ func removeLeadingZeros(data []byte) []byte {
 	return data[firstNonZeroIndex:]
 }
 
-func SetupFEVMTest(t *testing.T) (context.Context, context.CancelFunc, *TestFullNode) {
+func SetupFEVMTest(t *testing.T, opts ...interface{}) (context.Context, context.CancelFunc, *TestFullNode) {
 	// make all logs extra quiet for fevm tests
 	lvl, err := logging.LevelFromString("error")
 	if err != nil {
@@ -419,7 +419,9 @@ func SetupFEVMTest(t *testing.T) (context.Context, context.CancelFunc, *TestFull
 	logging.SetAllLoggers(lvl)
 
 	blockTime := 100 * time.Millisecond
-	client, _, ens := EnsembleMinimal(t, MockProofs(), ThroughRPC())
+
+	opts = append([]interface{}{MockProofs(), ThroughRPC()}, opts...)
+	client, _, ens := EnsembleMinimal(t, opts...)
 	ens.InterconnectAll().BeginMining(blockTime)
 	ctx, cancel := context.WithTimeout(context.Background(), time.Minute)