diff --git a/cms/djangoapps/contentstore/views.py b/cms/djangoapps/contentstore/views.py
index 2a2c38668f..26ed3c53d2 100644
--- a/cms/djangoapps/contentstore/views.py
+++ b/cms/djangoapps/contentstore/views.py
@@ -698,8 +698,9 @@ def upload_asset(request, org, course, coursename):
     # timestamp populated, but we might as well wait for the first real request to come in
     # to re-populate the cache.
     del_cached_content(content.location)
-
-    return HttpResponse('Upload completed')
+    response = HttpResponse('Upload completed')
+    response['asset_url'] = StaticContent.get_url_path_from_location(file_location)
+    return response
 
 '''
 This view will return all CMS users who are editors for the specified course
diff --git a/cms/static/js/base.js b/cms/static/js/base.js
index 36253b8691..c73eaead44 100644
--- a/cms/static/js/base.js
+++ b/cms/static/js/base.js
@@ -23,6 +23,10 @@ $(document).ready(function() {
     $modalCover.bind('click', hideHistoryModal);
     $('.assets .upload-button').bind('click', showUploadModal);
     $('.upload-modal .close-button').bind('click', hideModal);
+
+    $('a.show-xml').toggle(showEmbeddableXML, hideEmbeddableXML);
+
+    $('a.copy-button').toggle(showEmbeddableXML, hideEmbeddableXML);
     $('.unit .item-actions .delete-button').bind('click', deleteUnit);
     $('.new-unit-item').bind('click', createNewUnit);
     $('.save-subsection').bind('click', saveSubsection);
@@ -72,6 +76,17 @@ function removePolicyMetadata(e) {
         _parent_el.remove();
     else
         _parent_el.appendTo("#policy-to-delete");
+
+function showEmbeddableXML(e) {
+    $ceiling = $(this).parents('tr');
+    if ($ceiling.length === 0) $ceiling = $(this).parents('.upload-modal');
+    $ceiling.find('.embeddable-xml').html('<img src="'+$(this).attr('href')+'"/>');
+}
+function hideEmbeddableXML(e) {
+    $ceiling = $(this).parents('tr');
+    console.log($ceiling.length)
+    if ($ceiling.length === 0) $ceiling = $(this).parents('.upload-modal');
+    $ceiling.find('.embeddable-xml').html("");
 }
 
 
@@ -258,6 +273,7 @@ function displayFinishedUpload(xhr) {
     if(xhr.status = 200){
         markAsLoaded();
     }
+    $('.upload-modal .copy-button').attr('href', xhr.getResponseHeader('asset_url'));
     $('.upload-modal .progress-fill').html(xhr.responseText);
     $('.upload-modal .choose-file-button').html('Load Another File').show();
 }
diff --git a/cms/static/sass/_assets.scss b/cms/static/sass/_assets.scss
index 82df497c9b..136b03280d 100644
--- a/cms/static/sass/_assets.scss
+++ b/cms/static/sass/_assets.scss
@@ -86,6 +86,9 @@
       }
     }
   }
+    .show-xml {
+    @include blue-button;
+  }
 }
 
 .upload-modal {
diff --git a/cms/templates/asset_index.html b/cms/templates/asset_index.html
index ae2958ecac..5940767c86 100644
--- a/cms/templates/asset_index.html
+++ b/cms/templates/asset_index.html
@@ -30,12 +30,13 @@
               </td>
               <td class="name-col">
                 <a href="${asset['url']}" class="filename">${asset['displayname']}</a>
+                <div class="embeddable-xml"></div>
               </td>
               <td class="date-col">
                 ${asset['uploadDate']}
               </td>
               <td class="embed-col">
-                <a href="${asset['url']}">copy</a>
+                <a class="show-xml" href="${asset['url']}">XML</a>
               </td>
             </tr>
           % endfor
@@ -64,8 +65,10 @@
 			<div class="progress-bar">
 				<div class="progress-fill"></div>
 			</div>
-  		<a href="#" class="copy-button">Copy Embed Link</a>
-			<form class="file-chooser" action="${upload_asset_callback_url}" method="post" enctype="multipart/form-data">
+      <div class="embeddable-xml"></div>
+      <a href="#" class="copy-button">Show Embeddable XML</a>
+			<form class="file-chooser" action="${upload_asset_callback_url}"
+                                method="post" enctype="multipart/form-data">
 				<a href="#" class="choose-file-button">Choose File</a>
 				<input type="file" class="file-input" name="file">
 			</form>