diff --git a/Sources/Kanna.swift b/Sources/Kanna.swift
index d52f278..f1afb1d 100755
--- a/Sources/Kanna.swift
+++ b/Sources/Kanna.swift
@@ -228,6 +228,7 @@ public protocol XMLElement: SearchableNode {
     func addPrevSibling(_ node: XMLElement)
     func addNextSibling(_ node: XMLElement)
     func removeChild(_ node: XMLElement)
+    func cloneNode() -> XMLElement?
 }
 
 /**
diff --git a/Sources/libxmlHTMLNode.swift b/Sources/libxmlHTMLNode.swift
index 7634354..cbd66cd 100755
--- a/Sources/libxmlHTMLNode.swift
+++ b/Sources/libxmlHTMLNode.swift
@@ -237,6 +237,19 @@ internal final class libxmlHTMLNode: XMLElement {
         xmlUnlinkNode(node.nodePtr)
         xmlAddChild(nodePtr, node.nodePtr)
     }
+
+    func cloneNode() -> XMLElement? {
+        var new_node: xmlNodePtr? = nil
+        if let string = toHTML {
+            xmlParseInNodeContext(nodePtr, string, Int32(string.characters.count), 0, &new_node);
+            if new_node != nil {
+                xmlAddNextSibling(nodePtr, new_node)
+                return libxmlHTMLNode(docPtr: docPtr!, node: new_node!)
+            }
+        }
+        return nil
+    }
+    
     
     func removeChild(_ node: XMLElement) {