diff --git a/src/Angular.js b/src/Angular.js
index 0a38b2301d45..8fd770962edd 100644
--- a/src/Angular.js
+++ b/src/Angular.js
@@ -587,6 +587,8 @@ function copy(source, destination){
         destination = copy(source, []);
       } else if (isDate(source)) {
         destination = new Date(source.getTime());
+      } else if (isRegExp(source)) {
+        destination = new RegExp(source.source);
       } else if (isObject(source)) {
         destination = copy(source, {});
       }
diff --git a/test/AngularSpec.js b/test/AngularSpec.js
index a67eb8a615c3..5da221740efa 100644
--- a/test/AngularSpec.js
+++ b/test/AngularSpec.js
@@ -31,6 +31,29 @@ describe('angular', function() {
       expect(copy(date) === date).toBeFalsy();
     });
 
+    it("should copy RegExp", function() {
+      var re = new RegExp(".*");
+      expect(copy(re) instanceof RegExp).toBeTruthy();
+      expect(copy(re).source).toBe(".*");
+      expect(copy(re) === re).toBe(false);
+    });
+
+    it("should copy literal RegExp", function() {
+      var re = /.*/;
+      expect(copy(re) instanceof RegExp).toBeTruthy();
+      expect(copy(re).source).toEqual(".*");
+      expect(copy(re) === re).toBeFalsy();
+    });
+
+    it("should deeply copy literal RegExp", function() {
+      var objWithRegExp = {
+        re: /.*/
+      };
+      expect(copy(objWithRegExp).re instanceof RegExp).toBeTruthy();
+      expect(copy(objWithRegExp).re.source).toEqual(".*");
+      expect(copy(objWithRegExp.re) === objWithRegExp.re).toBeFalsy();
+    });
+
     it("should deeply copy an array into an existing array", function() {
       var src = [1, {name:"value"}];
       var dst = [{key:"v"}];