diff --git a/scrapy/http/request/__init__.py b/scrapy/http/request/__init__.py
index 13a92ffa0..cd4360483 100644
--- a/scrapy/http/request/__init__.py
+++ b/scrapy/http/request/__init__.py
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ class Request(object_ref):
         """Create a new Request with the same attributes except for those
         given new values.
         """
-        for x in ['url', 'method', 'headers', 'body', 'cookies', 'meta',
+        for x in ['url', 'method', 'headers', 'body', 'cookies', 'meta', 'flags',
                   'encoding', 'priority', 'dont_filter', 'callback', 'errback']:
             kwargs.setdefault(x, getattr(self, x))
         cls = kwargs.pop('cls', self.__class__)
diff --git a/tests/test_http_request.py b/tests/test_http_request.py
index a042f03b6..fc89229c6 100644
--- a/tests/test_http_request.py
+++ b/tests/test_http_request.py
@@ -174,7 +174,8 @@ class RequestTest(unittest.TestCase):
         def somecallback():
             pass
 
-        r1 = self.request_class("http://www.example.com", callback=somecallback, errback=somecallback)
+        r1 = self.request_class("http://www.example.com", flags=['f1', 'f2'],
+                                callback=somecallback, errback=somecallback)
         r1.meta['foo'] = 'bar'
         r2 = r1.copy()
 
@@ -184,6 +185,10 @@ class RequestTest(unittest.TestCase):
         assert r2.callback is r1.callback
         assert r2.errback is r2.errback
 
+        # make sure flags list is shallow copied
+        assert r1.flags is not r2.flags, "flags must be a shallow copy, not identical"
+        self.assertEqual(r1.flags, r2.flags)
+
         # make sure meta dict is shallow copied
         assert r1.meta is not r2.meta, "meta must be a shallow copy, not identical"
         self.assertEqual(r1.meta, r2.meta)