diff --git a/Doc/library/collections.rst b/Doc/library/collections.rst
index 2b6f9b1..cbad297 100644
--- a/Doc/library/collections.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/collections.rst
@@ -539,6 +539,9 @@
                if kwds:
                    raise ValueError('Got unexpected field names: %r' % kwds.keys())
                return result
+   <BLANKLINE>            
+        def __getnewargs__(self): 
+            return tuple(self)
    <BLANKLINE>
            x = property(itemgetter(0))
            y = property(itemgetter(1))
diff --git a/Lib/collections.py b/Lib/collections.py
index f6233a7..2408818 100644
--- a/Lib/collections.py
+++ b/Lib/collections.py
@@ -82,7 +82,9 @@
             result = self._make(map(kwds.pop, %(field_names)r, self))
             if kwds:
                 raise ValueError('Got unexpected field names: %%r' %% kwds.keys())
-            return result \n\n''' % locals()
+            return result \n
+        def __getnewargs__(self):
+            return tuple(self) \n\n''' % locals()
     for i, name in enumerate(field_names):
         template += '        %s = property(itemgetter(%d))\n' % (name, i)
     if verbose:
diff --git a/Lib/test/test_collections.py b/Lib/test/test_collections.py
index a770155..4f823e3 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_collections.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_collections.py
@@ -1,12 +1,14 @@
 import unittest, doctest
 from test import test_support
 from collections import namedtuple
+import pickle, cPickle, copy
 from collections import Hashable, Iterable, Iterator
 from collections import Sized, Container, Callable
 from collections import Set, MutableSet
 from collections import Mapping, MutableMapping
 from collections import Sequence, MutableSequence
 
+TestNT = namedtuple('TestNT', 'x y z')    # type used for pickle tests
 
 class TestNamedTuple(unittest.TestCase):
 
@@ -108,7 +110,7 @@
         self.assertEqual(Dot(1)._replace(d=999), (999,))
         self.assertEqual(Dot(1)._fields, ('d',))
 
-        n = 10000
+        n = 5000
         import string, random
         names = list(set(''.join([random.choice(string.ascii_letters)
                                   for j in range(10)]) for i in range(n)))
@@ -130,6 +132,23 @@
         self.assertEqual(b2, tuple(b2_expected))
         self.assertEqual(b._fields, tuple(names))
 
+    def test_pickle(self):
+        p = TestNT(x=10, y=20, z=30)
+        for module in pickle, cPickle:
+            loads = getattr(module, 'loads')
+            dumps = getattr(module, 'dumps')
+            for protocol in -1, 0, 1, 2:
+                q = loads(dumps(p, protocol))
+                self.assertEqual(p, q)
+                self.assertEqual(p._fields, q._fields)
+
+    def test_copy(self):
+        p = TestNT(x=10, y=20, z=30)
+        for copier in copy.copy, copy.deepcopy:
+            q = copier(p)
+            self.assertEqual(p, q)
+            self.assertEqual(p._fields, q._fields)
+
 class TestOneTrickPonyABCs(unittest.TestCase):
 
     def test_Hashable(self):