diff --git a/src/lib.rs b/src/lib.rs
index eba7ff0..4086fa8 100644
--- a/src/lib.rs
+++ b/src/lib.rs
@@ -574,7 +574,7 @@ impl Endianness for LittleEndian {
 
 /// A queue for efficiently pushing bits onto a value
 /// and popping them off a value.
-#[derive(Default)]
+#[derive(Clone, Default)]
 pub struct BitQueue<E: Endianness, N: Numeric> {
     phantom: PhantomData<E>,
     value: N,
diff --git a/src/read.rs b/src/read.rs
index 289dda0..e1cf2df 100644
--- a/src/read.rs
+++ b/src/read.rs
@@ -201,6 +201,7 @@ pub trait HuffmanRead<E: Endianness> {
 /// This will read exactly as many whole bytes needed to return
 /// the requested number of bits.  It may cache up to a single partial byte
 /// but no more.
+#[derive(Clone)]
 pub struct BitReader<R: io::Read, E: Endianness> {
     reader: R,
     bitqueue: BitQueue<E, u8>,
diff --git a/tests/read.rs b/tests/read.rs
index 24af71d..626b63e 100644
--- a/tests/read.rs
+++ b/tests/read.rs
@@ -617,3 +617,31 @@ fn test_reader_bits_errors() {
         ErrorKind::InvalidInput
     );
 }
+
+#[test]
+fn test_clone() {
+    use bitstream_io::{BigEndian, BitRead, BitReader};
+
+    // Reading unsigned examples, cloning while unaligned.
+    let actual_data: [u8; 4] = [0xB1, 0xED, 0x3B, 0xC1];
+    let mut r = BitReader::endian(Cursor::new(&actual_data), BigEndian);
+    assert!(r.byte_aligned());
+    assert_eq!(r.read::<u32>(4).unwrap(), 0xB);
+    let mut r2 = r.clone();
+    assert!(!r.byte_aligned());
+    assert_eq!(r.read::<u32>(4).unwrap(), 0x1);
+    assert_eq!(r.read::<u32>(8).unwrap(), 0xED);
+    assert!(!r2.byte_aligned());
+    assert_eq!(r2.read::<u32>(4).unwrap(), 0x1);
+    assert_eq!(r2.read::<u32>(8).unwrap(), 0xED);
+
+    // Can still instantiate a BitReader when the backing std::io::Read is
+    // !Clone.
+    struct NotCloneRead<'a>(&'a [u8]);
+    impl<'a> std::io::Read for NotCloneRead<'a> {
+        fn read(&mut self, buf: &mut [u8]) -> std::io::Result<usize> {
+            self.0.read(buf)
+        }
+    }
+    let _r = BitReader::endian(NotCloneRead(&actual_data[..]), BigEndian);
+}