diff --git a/intern/elbeem/extern/LBM_fluidsim.h b/intern/elbeem/extern/LBM_fluidsim.h
index a6ba16a9599..0f7e0e1ef5d 100644
--- a/intern/elbeem/extern/LBM_fluidsim.h
+++ b/intern/elbeem/extern/LBM_fluidsim.h
@@ -48,6 +48,9 @@ struct FluidsimSettings* fluidsimSettingsNew(struct Object *srcob);
 /* frees internal data itself */
 void fluidsimSettingsFree(struct FluidsimSettings* sb);
 
+/* duplicate internal data */
+struct FluidsimSettings* fluidsimSettingsCopy(struct FluidsimSettings* sb);
+
 /* export blender geometry to fluid solver */
 void fluidsimBake(struct Object* ob);
 
diff --git a/source/blender/blenkernel/bad_level_call_stubs/stubs.c b/source/blender/blenkernel/bad_level_call_stubs/stubs.c
index b927cbe98ef..1bad2de5bbc 100644
--- a/source/blender/blenkernel/bad_level_call_stubs/stubs.c
+++ b/source/blender/blenkernel/bad_level_call_stubs/stubs.c
@@ -60,6 +60,7 @@ void insert_vert_ipo(struct IpoCurve *icu, float x, float y);
 struct IpoCurve *verify_ipocurve(struct ID *id, short a, char *b, char *d, int e);
 void elbeemDebugOut(char *msg);
 void fluidsimSettingsFree(struct FluidsimSettings* sb);
+void fluidsimSettingsCopy(struct FluidsimSettings* sb);
 
 
 /* readfile.c */
@@ -224,6 +225,7 @@ struct DispListMesh *NewBooleanMeshDLM(struct Object *ob, struct Object *ob_sele
 // bobj read/write debug messages
 void elbeemDebugOut(char *msg) {}
 void fluidsimSettingsFree(struct FluidsimSettings* sb) {}
+void fluidsimSettingsCopy(struct FluidsimSettings* sb) {}
 
 /*new render funcs */
 void     externtex(struct MTex *mtex, float *vec, float *tin, float *tr, float *tg, float *tb, float *ta) {}
diff --git a/source/blender/blenkernel/intern/object.c b/source/blender/blenkernel/intern/object.c
index f76137c586f..d4aa87ec87a 100644
--- a/source/blender/blenkernel/intern/object.c
+++ b/source/blender/blenkernel/intern/object.c
@@ -902,8 +902,9 @@ Object *copy_object(Object *ob)
 	obn->soft= copy_softbody(ob->soft);
 
 	/* NT copy fluid sim setting memory */
-	if(obn->fluidsimSettings) obn->fluidsimSettings = MEM_dupallocN(ob->fluidsimSettings);
-	else obn->fluidsimSettings = NULL;
+	//if(obn->fluidsimSettings) obn->fluidsimSettings = MEM_dupallocN(ob->fluidsimSettings);
+	//else obn->fluidsimSettings = NULL;
+	obn->fluidsimSettings = fluidsimSettingsCopy(ob->fluidsimSettings);
 	
 	obn->derivedDeform = NULL;
 	obn->derivedFinal = NULL;
diff --git a/source/blender/src/fluidsim.c b/source/blender/src/fluidsim.c
index 858c01834b9..8f028d9670f 100644
--- a/source/blender/src/fluidsim.c
+++ b/source/blender/src/fluidsim.c
@@ -208,6 +208,37 @@ FluidsimSettings *fluidsimSettingsNew(struct Object *srcob)
 	return fss;
 }
 
+/* duplicate struct, analogous to free */
+FluidsimSettings* fluidsimSettingsCopy(FluidsimSettings *fss)
+{
+	FluidsimSettings *dupfss;
+	Mesh *dupFsMesh = NULL;
+
+	if(!fss) return NULL;
+	dupfss = MEM_dupallocN(fss);
+
+	dupFsMesh = fss->meshSurface;
+	if(dupFsMesh) {
+		dupfss->meshSurface = MEM_dupallocN(dupFsMesh);
+		if(dupFsMesh->mvert) dupfss->meshSurface->mvert = MEM_dupallocN(dupFsMesh->mvert);
+		if(dupFsMesh->medge) dupfss->meshSurface->medge = MEM_dupallocN(dupFsMesh->medge);
+		if(dupFsMesh->mface) dupfss->meshSurface->mface = MEM_dupallocN(dupFsMesh->mface);
+	}
+
+	dupFsMesh = fss->meshBB;
+	if(dupFsMesh) {
+		dupfss->meshBB = MEM_dupallocN(dupFsMesh);
+		if(dupFsMesh->mvert) dupfss->meshBB->mvert = MEM_dupallocN(dupFsMesh->mvert);
+		if(dupFsMesh->medge) dupfss->meshBB->medge = MEM_dupallocN(dupFsMesh->medge);
+		if(dupFsMesh->mface) dupfss->meshBB->mface = MEM_dupallocN(dupFsMesh->mface);
+	}
+
+	if(fss->meshSurfNormals) dupfss->meshSurfNormals = MEM_dupallocN(fss->meshSurfNormals);
+
+	return dupfss;
+}
+
+
 /* free struct */
 void fluidsimSettingsFree(FluidsimSettings *fss)
 {