diff --git a/src/dmd/dstruct.d b/src/dmd/dstruct.d
index 688e1486244f..0be791207b8d 100644
--- a/src/dmd/dstruct.d
+++ b/src/dmd/dstruct.d
@@ -591,6 +591,23 @@ extern (C++) class StructDeclaration : AggregateDeclaration
         return (ispod == StructPOD.yes);
     }
 
+    /***************************************
+     * Determine if `struct` has an elaborate copy constructor.
+     *
+     * A `struct` has an elaborate copy constructor if:
+     *      $(OL
+     *      $(LI has a copy constructor)
+     *      $(LI or has postblit)
+     *      )
+     *
+     * Returns:
+     *     `true` if struct has an elaborate copy constructor
+     */
+    final bool hasElaborateCopyCtor()
+    {
+        return postblit || hasCopyCtor;
+    }
+
     override final inout(StructDeclaration) isStructDeclaration() inout
     {
         return this;
diff --git a/src/dmd/expression.d b/src/dmd/expression.d
index edd428b7590c..f25a29ac4bb2 100644
--- a/src/dmd/expression.d
+++ b/src/dmd/expression.d
@@ -431,7 +431,7 @@ private Expression callCpCtor(Scope* sc, Expression e, Type destinationType)
     if (auto ts = e.type.baseElemOf().isTypeStruct())
     {
         StructDeclaration sd = ts.sym;
-        if (sd.postblit || sd.hasCopyCtor)
+        if (sd.hasElaborateCopyCtor())
         {
             /* Create a variable tmp, and replace the argument e with:
              *      (tmp = e),tmp
diff --git a/src/dmd/expressionsem.d b/src/dmd/expressionsem.d
index 682856e05903..064fa25d0b94 100644
--- a/src/dmd/expressionsem.d
+++ b/src/dmd/expressionsem.d
@@ -8409,7 +8409,7 @@ private extern (C++) final class ExpressionSemanticVisitor : Visitor
                         result = e;
                         return;
                     }
-                    if (sd.postblit || sd.hasCopyCtor)
+                    if (sd.hasElaborateCopyCtor())
                     {
                         /* We have a copy constructor for this
                          */
diff --git a/src/dmd/id.d b/src/dmd/id.d
index 8c66c4c15dfb..16395937d90b 100644
--- a/src/dmd/id.d
+++ b/src/dmd/id.d
@@ -431,6 +431,7 @@ immutable Msgtable[] msgtable =
     { "isZeroInit" },
     { "getTargetInfo" },
     { "getLocation" },
+    { "hasElaborateCopyConstructor" },
 
     // For C++ mangling
     { "allocator" },
diff --git a/src/dmd/traits.d b/src/dmd/traits.d
index 1890422f4ba2..aa145a33dbd0 100644
--- a/src/dmd/traits.d
+++ b/src/dmd/traits.d
@@ -144,6 +144,7 @@ shared static this()
         "isZeroInit",
         "getTargetInfo",
         "getLocation",
+        "hasElaborateCopyConstructor"
     ];
 
     traitsStringTable._init(names.length);
@@ -617,6 +618,27 @@ Expression semanticTraits(TraitsExp e, Scope* sc)
         }
         return True();
     }
+    if (e.ident == Id.hasElaborateCopyConstructor)
+    {
+        if (dim != 1)
+            return dimError(1);
+
+        auto o = (*e.args)[0];
+        auto t = isType(o);
+        if (!t)
+        {
+            e.error("type expected as second argument of __traits `%s` instead of `%s`",
+                e.ident.toChars(), o.toChars());
+            return new ErrorExp();
+        }
+
+        Type tb = t.baseElemOf();
+        if (auto sd = tb.ty == Tstruct ? (cast(TypeStruct)tb).sym : null)
+        {
+            return sd.hasElaborateCopyCtor() ? True() : False();
+        }
+        return False();
+    }
     if (e.ident == Id.isNested)
     {
         if (dim != 1)
diff --git a/test/compilable/traits.d b/test/compilable/traits.d
index 27c9595ccd17..0240cf44a0df 100644
--- a/test/compilable/traits.d
+++ b/test/compilable/traits.d
@@ -86,3 +86,60 @@ struct Outer
 static assert(__traits(getLocation, Outer.Nested)[1] == 82);
 static assert(__traits(getLocation, Outer.method)[1] == 84);
 
+/******************************************/
+// https://issues.dlang.org/show_bug.cgi?id=19902
+// Define hasElaborateCopyConstructor trait
+
+struct S
+{
+    this (ref S rhs) {}
+}
+
+struct OuterS
+{
+    struct S
+    {
+        this (ref S rhs) {}
+    }
+
+    S s;
+}
+
+void foo(T)()
+{
+    struct S(U)
+    {
+        this (ref S rhs) {}
+    }
+    static assert (__traits(hasElaborateCopyConstructor, S!int));
+}
+
+struct U(T)
+{
+    this (ref U rhs) {}
+}
+
+struct SPostblit
+{
+    this(this) {}
+}
+
+struct NoCpCtor { }
+class C19902 { }
+
+static assert(__traits(hasElaborateCopyConstructor, S));
+static assert(__traits(hasElaborateCopyConstructor, OuterS.S));
+static assert(__traits(hasElaborateCopyConstructor, OuterS));
+static assert(__traits(compiles, foo!int));
+static assert(__traits(compiles, foo!S));
+static assert(__traits(hasElaborateCopyConstructor, U!int));
+static assert(__traits(hasElaborateCopyConstructor, U!S));
+static assert(__traits(hasElaborateCopyConstructor, SPostblit));
+
+static assert(!__traits(hasElaborateCopyConstructor, NoCpCtor));
+static assert(!__traits(hasElaborateCopyConstructor, C19902));
+static assert(!__traits(hasElaborateCopyConstructor, int));
+
+// Check that invalid use cases don't compile
+static assert(!__traits(compiles, __traits(hasElaborateCopyConstructor)));
+static assert(!__traits(compiles, __traits(hasElaborateCopyConstructor, S())));