diff --git a/src/ol/geom/geometry.js b/src/ol/geom/geometry.js
index 452d30c26b..963950c8f0 100644
--- a/src/ol/geom/geometry.js
+++ b/src/ol/geom/geometry.js
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ goog.provide('ol.geom.GeometryType');
 
 goog.require('goog.events.Event');
 goog.require('goog.events.EventTarget');
+goog.require('goog.object');
 goog.require('ol.Extent');
 goog.require('ol.TransformFunction');
 
@@ -25,7 +26,7 @@ goog.inherits(ol.geom.Geometry, goog.events.EventTarget);
  * @return {ol.geom.Geometry} The cloned geometry.
  */
 ol.geom.Geometry.prototype.clone = function() {
-  return new this.constructor(this.getCoordinates());
+  return new this.constructor(goog.object.unsafeClone(this.getCoordinates()));
 };
 
 
diff --git a/test/spec/ol/geom/geometry.test.js b/test/spec/ol/geom/geometry.test.js
index 71da801eee..a2898d1fe8 100644
--- a/test/spec/ol/geom/geometry.test.js
+++ b/test/spec/ol/geom/geometry.test.js
@@ -10,6 +10,20 @@ describe('ol.geom.Geometry', function() {
     });
   });
 
+  describe('#clone()', function() {
+    it('clones a geometry', function() {
+      var line = new ol.geom.LineString([[0, 0], [1, 1]]);
+      var clone = line.clone();
+      expect(clone.getCoordinates().length).to.be(2);
+      expect(clone.getCoordinates()[0]).to.eql(line.getCoordinates()[0]);
+      expect(clone.getCoordinates()[0]).to.not.be(line.getCoordinates()[0]);
+      var coordinates = clone.getCoordinates();
+      coordinates[0] = [2, 2];
+      clone.setCoordinates(coordinates);
+      expect(clone.getCoordinates()[0]).to.not.eql(line.getCoordinates()[0]);
+    });
+  });
+
 });
 
 describe('ol.geom.GeometryEvent', function() {
@@ -35,3 +49,4 @@ goog.require('goog.events.EventTarget');
 goog.require('ol.geom.Geometry');
 goog.require('ol.geom.GeometryEvent');
 goog.require('ol.geom.Point');
+goog.require('ol.geom.LineString');