diff --git a/rclcpp/src/rclcpp/node_options.cpp b/rclcpp/src/rclcpp/node_options.cpp
index 96afaa9481..179c5bffe7 100644
--- a/rclcpp/src/rclcpp/node_options.cpp
+++ b/rclcpp/src/rclcpp/node_options.cpp
@@ -79,6 +79,7 @@ NodeOptions::operator=(const NodeOptions & other)
     this->allow_undeclared_parameters_ = other.allow_undeclared_parameters_;
     this->automatically_declare_parameters_from_overrides_ =
       other.automatically_declare_parameters_from_overrides_;
+    this->node_options_.reset();
   }
   return *this;
 }
diff --git a/rclcpp/test/rclcpp/test_node_options.cpp b/rclcpp/test/rclcpp/test_node_options.cpp
index 17d108f92e..8543d9b975 100644
--- a/rclcpp/test/rclcpp/test_node_options.cpp
+++ b/rclcpp/test/rclcpp/test_node_options.cpp
@@ -168,3 +168,33 @@ TEST(TestNodeOptions, enable_rosout) {
     EXPECT_TRUE(options.get_rcl_node_options()->enable_rosout);
   }
 }
+
+TEST(TestNodeOptions, copy) {
+  std::vector<std::string> expected_args{"--unknown-flag", "arg"};
+  auto options = rclcpp::NodeOptions().arguments(expected_args).use_global_arguments(false);
+  const rcl_node_options_t * rcl_options = options.get_rcl_node_options();
+
+  {
+    rclcpp::NodeOptions copied_options = options;
+    EXPECT_FALSE(copied_options.use_global_arguments());
+    EXPECT_EQ(expected_args, copied_options.arguments());
+    const rcl_node_options_t * copied_rcl_options = copied_options.get_rcl_node_options();
+    EXPECT_EQ(copied_rcl_options->use_global_arguments, rcl_options->use_global_arguments);
+    EXPECT_EQ(
+      rcl_arguments_get_count_unparsed(&copied_rcl_options->arguments),
+      rcl_arguments_get_count_unparsed(&rcl_options->arguments));
+  }
+
+  {
+    auto other_options = rclcpp::NodeOptions().use_global_arguments(true);
+    (void)other_options.get_rcl_node_options();  // force C structure initialization
+    other_options = options;
+    EXPECT_FALSE(other_options.use_global_arguments());
+    EXPECT_EQ(expected_args, other_options.arguments());
+    const rcl_node_options_t * other_rcl_options = other_options.get_rcl_node_options();
+    EXPECT_EQ(other_rcl_options->use_global_arguments, rcl_options->use_global_arguments);
+    EXPECT_EQ(
+      rcl_arguments_get_count_unparsed(&other_rcl_options->arguments),
+      rcl_arguments_get_count_unparsed(&rcl_options->arguments));
+  }
+}