diff --git a/include/yaml-cpp/node/impl.h b/include/yaml-cpp/node/impl.h
index 00ae1f6..65c0e1d 100644
--- a/include/yaml-cpp/node/impl.h
+++ b/include/yaml-cpp/node/impl.h
@@ -224,7 +224,7 @@ namespace YAML
 		m_pMemory->merge(*rhs.m_pMemory);
 		m_pNode = rhs.m_pNode;
 	}
-
+    
 	// size/iterator
 	inline std::size_t Node::size() const
 	{
diff --git a/include/yaml-cpp/node/node.h b/include/yaml-cpp/node/node.h
index e230e4a..bdcb36e 100644
--- a/include/yaml-cpp/node/node.h
+++ b/include/yaml-cpp/node/node.h
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ namespace YAML
 		bool is(const Node& rhs) const;
 		template<typename T> Node& operator=(const T& rhs);
 		Node& operator=(const Node& rhs);
-
+        
 		// size/iterator
 		std::size_t size() const;
 
@@ -105,6 +105,8 @@ namespace YAML
 	};
 
 	bool operator==(const Node& lhs, const Node& rhs);
+    
+    Node Clone(const Node& node);
 	
 	template<typename T>
 	struct convert;
diff --git a/src/node.cpp b/src/node.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2d21aa9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/node.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+#include "yaml-cpp/node/node.h"
+#include "nodebuilder.h"
+#include "nodeevents.h"
+
+namespace YAML
+{
+    Node Clone(const Node& node)
+    {
+		NodeEvents events(node);
+        NodeBuilder builder;
+        events.Emit(builder);
+        return builder.Root();
+    }
+}
diff --git a/test/new-api/nodetests.cpp b/test/new-api/nodetests.cpp
index ee40110..54a3e18 100644
--- a/test/new-api/nodetests.cpp
+++ b/test/new-api/nodetests.cpp
@@ -373,7 +373,51 @@ namespace Test
             }
             return true;
         }
-	}
+        
+        TEST CloneScalar()
+        {
+            YAML::Node node = YAML::Load("!foo monkey");
+            YAML::Node clone = Clone(node);
+            YAML_ASSERT(!(node == clone));
+            YAML_ASSERT(node.as<std::string>() == clone.as<std::string>());
+            YAML_ASSERT(node.Tag() == clone.Tag());
+            return true;
+        }
+
+        TEST CloneSeq()
+        {
+            YAML::Node node = YAML::Load("[1, 3, 5, 7]");
+            YAML::Node clone = Clone(node);
+            YAML_ASSERT(!(node == clone));
+            YAML_ASSERT(clone.Type() == YAML::NodeType::Sequence);
+            YAML_ASSERT(node.size() == clone.size());
+            for(std::size_t i=0;i<node.size();i++)
+                YAML_ASSERT(node[i].as<int>() == clone[i].as<int>());
+            return true;
+        }
+
+        TEST CloneMap()
+        {
+            YAML::Node node = YAML::Load("{foo: bar}");
+            YAML::Node clone = Clone(node);
+            YAML_ASSERT(!(node == clone));
+            YAML_ASSERT(clone.Type() == YAML::NodeType::Map);
+            YAML_ASSERT(node.size() == clone.size());
+            YAML_ASSERT(node["foo"].as<std::string>() == clone["foo"].as<std::string>());
+            return true;
+        }
+
+        TEST CloneAlias()
+        {
+            YAML::Node node = YAML::Load("&foo [*foo]");
+            YAML::Node clone = Clone(node);
+            YAML_ASSERT(!(node == clone));
+            YAML_ASSERT(clone.Type() == YAML::NodeType::Sequence);
+            YAML_ASSERT(node.size() == clone.size());
+            YAML_ASSERT(clone == clone[0]);
+            return true;
+        }
+    }
 	
 	void RunNodeTest(TEST (*test)(), const std::string& name, int& passed, int& total) {
 		TEST ret;
@@ -426,6 +470,10 @@ namespace Test
 		RunNodeTest(&Node::IterateMap, "iterate map", passed, total);
 		RunNodeTest(&Node::ForEach, "for each", passed, total);
 		RunNodeTest(&Node::ForEachMap, "for each map", passed, total);
+		RunNodeTest(&Node::CloneScalar, "clone scalar", passed, total);
+		RunNodeTest(&Node::CloneSeq, "clone seq", passed, total);
+		RunNodeTest(&Node::CloneMap, "clone map", passed, total);
+		RunNodeTest(&Node::CloneAlias, "clone alias", passed, total);
 
 		std::cout << "Node tests: " << passed << "/" << total << " passed\n";
 		return passed == total;