diff --git a/core/src/main/java/hudson/util/CopyOnWriteMap.java b/core/src/main/java/hudson/util/CopyOnWriteMap.java
index 9bbb7e0b915ac7a2d70d267ed8de5b1961000c32..cc1b9ae6b77d143c32ea509313fadd0d9eb01f44 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/hudson/util/CopyOnWriteMap.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/hudson/util/CopyOnWriteMap.java
@@ -69,6 +69,16 @@ public abstract class CopyOnWriteMap<K,V> implements Map<K,V> {
         view = Collections.unmodifiableMap(core);
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Atomically replaces the entire map by the copy of the specified map.
+     */
+    public void replaceBy(Map<? extends K, ? extends V> data) {
+        Map<K, V> d = copy();
+        d.clear();
+        d.putAll(data);
+        update(d);
+    }
+
     public int size() {
         return core.size();
     }