diff --git a/manipulation.go b/manipulation.go
index d88114c..8bf86aa 100644
--- a/manipulation.go
+++ b/manipulation.go
@@ -598,10 +598,11 @@ func cloneNodes(ns []*html.Node) []*html.Node {
 // children but none of its parents or siblings.
 func cloneNode(n *html.Node) *html.Node {
 	nn := &html.Node{
-		Type:     n.Type,
-		DataAtom: n.DataAtom,
-		Data:     n.Data,
-		Attr:     make([]html.Attribute, len(n.Attr)),
+		Type:      n.Type,
+		DataAtom:  n.DataAtom,
+		Data:      n.Data,
+		Namespace: n.Namespace,
+		Attr:      make([]html.Attribute, len(n.Attr)),
 	}
 
 	copy(nn.Attr, n.Attr)
diff --git a/manipulation_test.go b/manipulation_test.go
index 1119689..fd5e020 100644
--- a/manipulation_test.go
+++ b/manipulation_test.go
@@ -9,6 +9,28 @@ const (
 	wrapHtml = "<div id=\"ins\">test string<div><p><em><b></b></em></p></div></div>"
 )
 
+func TestClonePreservesNamespaces(t *testing.T) {
+	doc := loadString(t, `<div><svg><circle></circle></svg><math><mi>x</mi></math></div>`)
+	for name, cloned := range map[string]*Selection{
+		"selection": doc.Find("div").Clone(),
+		"document":  CloneDocument(doc).Selection,
+	} {
+		t.Run(name, func(t *testing.T) {
+			for selector, namespace := range map[string]string{
+				"svg": "svg", "circle": "svg", "math": "math", "mi": "math",
+			} {
+				node := cloned.Find(selector).Get(0)
+				if node == nil {
+					t.Fatalf("missing cloned %s", selector)
+				}
+				if node.Namespace != namespace {
+					t.Errorf("%s namespace = %q, want %q", selector, node.Namespace, namespace)
+				}
+			}
+		})
+	}
+}
+
 func TestAfter(t *testing.T) {
 	doc := Doc2Clone()
 	doc.Find("#main").After("#nf6")