diff --git a/src/main/java/com/fasterxml/jackson/dataformat/xml/XmlMapper.java b/src/main/java/com/fasterxml/jackson/dataformat/xml/XmlMapper.java
index a06f16348..380714ab7 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/fasterxml/jackson/dataformat/xml/XmlMapper.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/fasterxml/jackson/dataformat/xml/XmlMapper.java
@@ -86,11 +86,16 @@ public XmlMapper(XmlFactory xmlFactory, JacksonXmlModule module)
         _serializationConfig = _serializationConfig.withDefaultPrettyPrinter(DEFAULT_XML_PRETTY_PRINTER);
     }
 
+    protected XmlMapper(XmlMapper mapper) {
+        super(mapper);
+        this._xmlModule = mapper._xmlModule;
+    }
+
     @Override
     public XmlMapper copy()
     {
         _checkInvalidCopy(XmlMapper.class);
-        return new XmlMapper((XmlFactory) _jsonFactory.copy(), _xmlModule);
+        return new XmlMapper(this);
     }
 
     @Override
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/fasterxml/jackson/dataformat/xml/ser/XmlSerializerProvider.java b/src/main/java/com/fasterxml/jackson/dataformat/xml/ser/XmlSerializerProvider.java
index 56ab51574..179a331b4 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/fasterxml/jackson/dataformat/xml/ser/XmlSerializerProvider.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/fasterxml/jackson/dataformat/xml/ser/XmlSerializerProvider.java
@@ -49,12 +49,22 @@ public XmlSerializerProvider(XmlSerializerProvider src,
         _rootNameLookup  = src._rootNameLookup;
     }
 
+    protected XmlSerializerProvider(XmlSerializerProvider toCopy) {
+        super(toCopy);
+        this._rootNameLookup = toCopy._rootNameLookup;
+    }
+
     /*
     /**********************************************************************
     /* Overridden methods
     /**********************************************************************
      */
 
+    @Override
+    public DefaultSerializerProvider copy() {
+        return new XmlSerializerProvider(this);
+    }
+
     @Override
     public DefaultSerializerProvider createInstance(SerializationConfig config,
             SerializerFactory jsf) {
diff --git a/src/test/java/com/fasterxml/jackson/dataformat/xml/VersionInfoTest.java b/src/test/java/com/fasterxml/jackson/dataformat/xml/VersionInfoTest.java
index 83f2a0622..34a8bca9f 100644
--- a/src/test/java/com/fasterxml/jackson/dataformat/xml/VersionInfoTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/com/fasterxml/jackson/dataformat/xml/VersionInfoTest.java
@@ -4,10 +4,12 @@
 
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.core.Version;
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.core.Versioned;
-import com.fasterxml.jackson.dataformat.xml.PackageVersion;
-import com.fasterxml.jackson.dataformat.xml.XmlFactory;
-import com.fasterxml.jackson.dataformat.xml.XmlMapper;
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.SerializationConfig;
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.SerializationFeature;
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.ser.DefaultSerializerProvider;
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.dataformat.xml.ser.ToXmlGenerator;
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.dataformat.xml.ser.XmlSerializerProvider;
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.dataformat.xml.util.XmlRootNameLookup;
 
 public class VersionInfoTest extends XmlTestBase
 {
@@ -24,7 +26,8 @@ public void testMapperCopy()
         XmlMapper mapper1 = new XmlMapper();
         mapper1.setXMLTextElementName("foo");
         mapper1.configure(ToXmlGenerator.Feature.WRITE_XML_DECLARATION, true);
-        
+        mapper1.disable(SerializationFeature.FAIL_ON_EMPTY_BEANS);
+
         XmlMapper mapper2 = mapper1.copy();
         assertNotSame(mapper1, mapper2);
         XmlFactory xf1 = mapper1.getFactory();
@@ -36,6 +39,22 @@ public void testMapperCopy()
         assertEquals(xf1.getXMLTextElementName(), xf2.getXMLTextElementName());
         assertEquals(xf1._xmlGeneratorFeatures, xf2._xmlGeneratorFeatures);
         assertEquals(xf1._xmlParserFeatures, xf2._xmlParserFeatures);
+
+        // and [Issue#233]
+        SerializationConfig sc1 = mapper1.getSerializationConfig();
+        SerializationConfig sc2 = mapper2.getSerializationConfig();
+        assertNotSame(sc1, sc2);
+        assertEquals(
+            "serialization features did not get copied",
+            sc1.getSerializationFeatures(),
+            sc2.getSerializationFeatures()
+        );
+    }
+
+    public void testSerializerProviderCopy() {
+        DefaultSerializerProvider provider = new XmlSerializerProvider(new XmlRootNameLookup());
+        DefaultSerializerProvider copy = provider.copy();
+        assertNotSame(provider, copy);
     }
 
     // Another test for [Issue#48]