diff --git a/Lib/codecs.py b/Lib/codecs.py
index 5a1e7ec804009c..511198157e1702 100644
--- a/Lib/codecs.py
+++ b/Lib/codecs.py
@@ -111,6 +111,9 @@ def __repr__(self):
                 (self.__class__.__module__, self.__class__.__qualname__,
                  self.name, id(self))
 
+    def __getnewargs__(self):
+        return tuple(self)
+
 class Codec:
 
     """ Defines the interface for stateless encoders/decoders.
diff --git a/Lib/test/test_codecs.py b/Lib/test/test_codecs.py
index 57f3648eb7017c..81f8a83d26c6dc 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_codecs.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_codecs.py
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 import codecs
 import contextlib
+import copy
 import io
 import locale
 import sys
@@ -1753,6 +1754,14 @@ def test_file_closes_if_lookup_error_raised(self):
 
             file().close.assert_called()
 
+    def test_copy(self):
+        orig = codecs.lookup('utf-8')
+        dup = copy.copy(orig)
+
+        self.assertEqual(dup.encode, orig.encode)
+        self.assertEqual(dup.name, orig.name)
+        self.assertEqual(dup.incrementalencoder, orig.incrementalencoder)
+
 
 class StreamReaderTest(unittest.TestCase):