diff --git a/src/main/java/org/bukkit/craftbukkit/inventory/CraftMetaItem.java b/src/main/java/org/bukkit/craftbukkit/inventory/CraftMetaItem.java
index 9bfbb90579..8d0e465c26 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/bukkit/craftbukkit/inventory/CraftMetaItem.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/bukkit/craftbukkit/inventory/CraftMetaItem.java
@@ -279,7 +279,7 @@ class CraftMetaItem implements ItemMeta, Damageable, Repairable, BlockDataMeta {
 
     private NBTTagCompound internalTag;
     private final Map<String, NBTBase> unhandledTags = new HashMap<String, NBTBase>();
-    private final CraftPersistentDataContainer persistentDataContainer = new CraftPersistentDataContainer(DATA_TYPE_REGISTRY);
+    private CraftPersistentDataContainer persistentDataContainer = new CraftPersistentDataContainer(DATA_TYPE_REGISTRY);
 
     private int version = CraftMagicNumbers.INSTANCE.getDataVersion(); // Internal use only
 
@@ -1197,6 +1197,7 @@ class CraftMetaItem implements ItemMeta, Damageable, Repairable, BlockDataMeta {
             if (this.hasAttributeModifiers()) {
                 clone.attributeModifiers = LinkedHashMultimap.create(this.attributeModifiers);
             }
+            clone.persistentDataContainer = new CraftPersistentDataContainer(this.persistentDataContainer.getRaw(), DATA_TYPE_REGISTRY);
             clone.hideFlag = this.hideFlag;
             clone.unbreakable = this.unbreakable;
             clone.damage = this.damage;
diff --git a/src/test/java/org/bukkit/craftbukkit/inventory/PersistentDataContainerTest.java b/src/test/java/org/bukkit/craftbukkit/inventory/PersistentDataContainerTest.java
index 22d8fbd714..6feee747e1 100644
--- a/src/test/java/org/bukkit/craftbukkit/inventory/PersistentDataContainerTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/org/bukkit/craftbukkit/inventory/PersistentDataContainerTest.java
@@ -310,4 +310,20 @@ public class PersistentDataContainerTest extends AbstractTestingBase {
             return primitive;
         }
     }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testItemMetaClone() {
+        ItemMeta itemMeta = createNewItemMeta();
+        PersistentDataContainer container = itemMeta.getPersistentDataContainer();
+        itemMeta.getPersistentDataContainer().set(VALID_KEY, PersistentDataType.STRING, "notch");
+
+        ItemMeta clonedMeta = itemMeta.clone();
+        PersistentDataContainer clonedContainer = clonedMeta.getPersistentDataContainer();
+
+        assertNotSame(container, clonedContainer);
+        assertEquals(container, clonedContainer);
+
+        clonedContainer.set(VALID_KEY, PersistentDataType.STRING, "dinnerbone");
+        assertNotEquals(container, clonedContainer);
+    }
 }