diff --git a/src/node.spec.ts b/src/node.spec.ts
index f350655e..a9d86a45 100644
--- a/src/node.spec.ts
+++ b/src/node.spec.ts
@@ -51,6 +51,14 @@ describe("Nodes", () => {
         expect(result.cloneNode(true)).toStrictEqual(result);
     });
 
+    it("should preserve XML element types when cloning", () => {
+        const result = parse("<script>text</script>", { xmlMode: true });
+        const element = result.children[0];
+        expect(element.type).toBe(ElementType.Tag);
+        expect(element.cloneNode().type).toBe(ElementType.Tag);
+        expect(result.cloneNode(true)).toStrictEqual(result);
+    });
+
     it("should not clone recursively if not asked to", () => {
         const result = parse("<div foo=bar><div><div>");
         expect(result.cloneNode(true)).toEqual(result);
diff --git a/src/node.ts b/src/node.ts
index 57669d37..5490fdfe 100644
--- a/src/node.ts
+++ b/src/node.ts
@@ -429,7 +429,12 @@ export function cloneNode<T extends Node>(node: T, shouldRecurse = false): T {
         result = new Comment(node.data);
     } else if (isTag(node)) {
         const children = shouldRecurse ? cloneChildren(node.children) : [];
-        const clone = new Element(node.name, { ...node.attribs }, children);
+        const clone = new Element(
+            node.name,
+            { ...node.attribs },
+            children,
+            node.type,
+        );
         for (const child of children) {
             child.parent = clone;
         }