diff --git a/activerecord/lib/active_record/connection_adapters/sqlite3_adapter.rb b/activerecord/lib/active_record/connection_adapters/sqlite3_adapter.rb
index 44e407a56182159ad03d3303ee2e8a1420d14056..7b4be67131ed69934bde41ed471fb04633767f27 100644
--- a/activerecord/lib/active_record/connection_adapters/sqlite3_adapter.rb
+++ b/activerecord/lib/active_record/connection_adapters/sqlite3_adapter.rb
@@ -522,7 +522,11 @@ def move_table(from, to, options = {}, &block) #:nodoc:
         end
 
         def copy_table(from, to, options = {}) #:nodoc:
-          options = options.merge(:id => (!columns(from).detect{|c| c.name == 'id'}.nil? && 'id' == primary_key(from).to_s))
+          from_primary_key = primary_key(from)
+          options[:primary_key] = from_primary_key if from_primary_key != 'id'
+          unless options[:primary_key]
+            options[:id] = columns(from).detect{|c| c.name == 'id'}.present? && from_primary_key == 'id'
+          end
           create_table(to, options) do |definition|
             @definition = definition
             columns(from).each do |column|
diff --git a/activerecord/test/cases/adapters/sqlite3/copy_table_test.rb b/activerecord/test/cases/adapters/sqlite3/copy_table_test.rb
index 575b4806c1368adf0141b07cec3836eec9827bf5..7eef4ace815f11b39634410a108d96a37d40460c 100644
--- a/activerecord/test/cases/adapters/sqlite3/copy_table_test.rb
+++ b/activerecord/test/cases/adapters/sqlite3/copy_table_test.rb
@@ -57,6 +57,14 @@ def test_copy_table_with_id_col_that_is_not_primary_key
     end
   end
 
+  def test_copy_table_with_unconventional_primary_key
+    test_copy_table('owners', 'owners_unconventional') do |from, to, options|
+      original_pk = @connection.primary_key('owners') 
+      copied_pk = @connection.primary_key('owners_unconventional')
+      assert_equal original_pk, copied_pk
+    end
+  end
+
 protected
   def copy_table(from, to, options = {})
     @connection.copy_table(from, to, {:temporary => true}.merge(options))