diff --git a/test_input/content/img/bar.png b/test_input/content/img/bar.png
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diff --git a/test_input/content/img/foo.png b/test_input/content/img/foo.png
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diff --git a/test_input/content/img/more_img/banana.png b/test_input/content/img/more_img/banana.png
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diff --git a/test_input/testblog.py b/test_input/testblog.py
index 3316839..524cf3c 100644
--- a/test_input/testblog.py
+++ b/test_input/testblog.py
@@ -5,15 +5,19 @@ sys.path.append('../')
 
 from verdandi.verdandi import Verdandi
 from verdandi.modules.page import Page
+from verdandi.modules.commonassets import CommonAssets
 
 class TestPage1(Page):
 	title = "A cool new Page"
 	menu_title = "New Page"
 	menu_label = "new_cool_page"
-	
+
 
 class TestPage2(Page):
 	title = "An other cool Page"
+	assets = [('img/foo.png', 'img/'),
+				('img/foo.png', 'img/bar.png'),
+				('img/foo.png', 'img/bar')]
 	url = "page2.html"
 	menu_title = "Other new Page"
 	menu_label = "cool_page1"
@@ -26,11 +30,15 @@ class TestPage3(Page):
 	menu_parent = "cool_page1"
 	url = "subdir/page3.html"
 
+class Assets(CommonAssets):
+	assets = [('img', 'img/dir'),
+				('img/', 'img/files')]
 
 class TestBlog(Verdandi):
 	modules = [TestPage1(),
 				TestPage2(),
-				TestPage3()]
+				TestPage3(),
+				Assets()]
 
 
 testblog = TestBlog()
diff --git a/verdandi/mixins/assetsmixin.py b/verdandi/mixins/assetsmixin.py
index 4d8c13c..a1064a9 100644
--- a/verdandi/mixins/assetsmixin.py
+++ b/verdandi/mixins/assetsmixin.py
@@ -1,11 +1,14 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env python2
+import os
+import shutil
+
 from verdandi.constants import CONTENT_DIRECTORY
 
 
 class AssetsMixin(object):
-	
+
 	assets = []
-	content_directory = CONTENT_DIRECTORY
+	asset_directory = CONTENT_DIRECTORY
 
 
 	def get_assets(self):
@@ -14,4 +17,51 @@ class AssetsMixin(object):
 	def collect_assets(self, output_directory):
 		assets = self.get_assets()
 
-		
+		for source, destination in assets:
+			source_path = os.path.join(self.asset_directory, source)
+			dest_path = os.path.join(output_directory, destination);
+
+			if os.path.isdir(source_path):
+				self.copy_dir(source_path, dest_path)
+			elif os.path.isfile(source_path):
+				self.copy_file(source_path, dest_path)
+			else:
+				print "Skipping %s is neither directory nor file" % source_path
+
+
+	def copy_file(self, source_path, dest_path):
+		print "Copying %s to %s" % (source_path, dest_path)
+
+		dest_dir = os.path.dirname(dest_path)
+
+		if not os.path.exists(dest_dir):
+			os.makedirs(dest_dir)
+		shutil.copy(source_path, dest_path)
+
+
+	def copy_dir(self, source_path, dest_path):
+		# /foo/bar /rofl -> contents of bar go to rofl/bar
+		# /foo/bar/ /rofl -> contests of bar got to rofl/
+		# Trailing slash on destination should have no effect
+
+		# Will be '' in case of a trailing slash: /foo/bar/ else bar
+		source_base = os.path.basename(source_path)
+		# /rofl will become /rofl/ if base is '' otherwise it will become /rofl/bar
+		dest_path = os.path.join(dest_path, source_base)
+
+		if not os.path.exists(dest_path):
+			os.makedirs(dest_path)
+
+		# Discover the whole tree and copy each file individually
+		for source_dir, _, files in os.walk(source_path):
+			rel_path = os.path.relpath(source_dir, source_path)
+			# Purely cosmetical for debug output
+			if rel_path == '.':
+				dest_dir = dest_path
+			else:
+				dest_dir = os.path.join(dest_path, rel_path)
+
+			for source_file in files:
+				file_source_path = os.path.join(source_dir, source_file)
+				file_dest_path = os.path.join(dest_dir, source_file)
+				self.copy_file(file_source_path, file_dest_path)
diff --git a/verdandi/modules/commonassets.py b/verdandi/modules/commonassets.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..36b9cad
--- /dev/null
+++ b/verdandi/modules/commonassets.py
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python2
+
+from verdandi.mixins.assetsmixin import AssetsMixin
+from verdandi.mixins.messagemixin import MessageMixin
+from verdandi.mixins.rendermixin import RenderMixin
+
+class CommonAssets(AssetsMixin, MessageMixin, RenderMixin):
+	pass
diff --git a/verdandi/modules/page.py b/verdandi/modules/page.py
index df67ea8..a99e0a3 100644
--- a/verdandi/modules/page.py
+++ b/verdandi/modules/page.py
@@ -6,9 +6,10 @@ import markdown
 
 from verdandi.mixins.templatemixin import TemplateMixin
 from verdandi.mixins.menuitemmixin import MenuItemMixin
+from verdandi.mixins.assetsmixin import AssetsMixin
 from verdandi.constants import CONTENT_DIRECTORY
 
-class Page(MenuItemMixin, TemplateMixin):
+class Page(MenuItemMixin, TemplateMixin, AssetsMixin):
 
 	title = "Page Title"
 	content_file = "content.md"