diff --git a/ext/cvmat.cpp b/ext/cvmat.cpp
index 879d417..750acba 100644
--- a/ext/cvmat.cpp
+++ b/ext/cvmat.cpp
@@ -675,7 +675,7 @@ rb_clone(VALUE self)
 VALUE
 rb_copy(int argc, VALUE *argv, VALUE self)
 {
-  VALUE value, copied;
+  VALUE value, copied, tmp;
   CvMat *src = CVMAT(self);
   rb_scan_args(argc, argv, "01", &value);
   if (argc == 0) {
@@ -692,7 +692,9 @@ rb_copy(int argc, VALUE *argv, VALUE self)
       if (n > 0) {
         copied = rb_ary_new2(n);
         for (int i = 0; i < n; i++) {
-          rb_ary_store(copied, i, new_object(src->rows, src->cols, cvGetElemType(src)));
+	  tmp = new_object(src->rows, src->cols, cvGetElemType(src));
+	  cvCopy(src, CVMAT(tmp));
+          rb_ary_store(copied, i, tmp);
         }
         return copied;
       }else{
diff --git a/test/test_cvmat.rb b/test/test_cvmat.rb
index 39684df..3836d75 100755
--- a/test/test_cvmat.rb
+++ b/test/test_cvmat.rb
@@ -145,7 +145,10 @@ class TestCvMat < OpenCVTestCase
     
     a = m1.copy(2)
     assert_equal(2, a.size)
+
     a.each { |m|
+      assert_equal(m1.height, m.height)
+      assert_equal(m1.width, m.width)
       m1.height.times { |j|
         m1.width.times { |i|
           assert_cvscalar_equal(m1[i, j], m[i, j])