diff --git a/jenkins_jobs/local_yaml.py b/jenkins_jobs/local_yaml.py
index cece2eadb..e1b26bd1c 100644
--- a/jenkins_jobs/local_yaml.py
+++ b/jenkins_jobs/local_yaml.py
@@ -609,6 +609,9 @@ class LateYamlLoader(CustomLoader):
         self._yaml_str = yaml_str
         self._loader = loader
 
+    def __deepcopy__(self, memo):
+        return LateYamlLoader(self._yaml_str, copy.deepcopy(self._loader, memo))
+
     def get_object_to_format(self):
         return load(self._yaml_str, search_path=self._loader._search_path)
 
@@ -618,6 +621,9 @@ class Jinja2YamlLoader(Jinja2Loader):
         yaml_str = super(Jinja2YamlLoader, self).format(**kwargs)
         return LateYamlLoader(yaml_str, self)
 
+    def __deepcopy__(self, memo):
+        return Jinja2YamlLoader(self._contents, self._search_path)
+
 
 class CustomLoaderCollection(object):
     """Helper class to format a collection of CustomLoader objects"""
diff --git a/tests/yamlparser/fixtures/jinja-yaml04-deepcopy.xml b/tests/yamlparser/fixtures/jinja-yaml04-deepcopy.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..2cbd4fafd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/yamlparser/fixtures/jinja-yaml04-deepcopy.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
+<project>
+  <actions/>
+  <description>&lt;!-- Managed by Jenkins Job Builder --&gt;</description>
+  <keepDependencies>false</keepDependencies>
+  <blockBuildWhenDownstreamBuilding>false</blockBuildWhenDownstreamBuilding>
+  <blockBuildWhenUpstreamBuilding>false</blockBuildWhenUpstreamBuilding>
+  <concurrentBuild>false</concurrentBuild>
+  <canRoam>true</canRoam>
+  <properties/>
+  <scm class="hudson.scm.NullSCM"/>
+  <builders>
+    <hudson.tasks.Shell>
+      <command>echo &quot;['repo-1', 'repo-2', 'repo-a1', 'repo-a2']&quot;</command>
+    </hudson.tasks.Shell>
+  </builders>
+  <publishers/>
+  <buildWrappers/>
+</project>
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
+<project>
+  <actions/>
+  <description>&lt;!-- Managed by Jenkins Job Builder --&gt;</description>
+  <keepDependencies>false</keepDependencies>
+  <blockBuildWhenDownstreamBuilding>false</blockBuildWhenDownstreamBuilding>
+  <blockBuildWhenUpstreamBuilding>false</blockBuildWhenUpstreamBuilding>
+  <concurrentBuild>false</concurrentBuild>
+  <canRoam>true</canRoam>
+  <properties/>
+  <scm class="hudson.scm.NullSCM"/>
+  <builders>
+    <hudson.tasks.Shell>
+      <command>echo &quot;['repo-1', 'repo-2', 'repo-b1', 'repo-b2']&quot;</command>
+    </hudson.tasks.Shell>
+  </builders>
+  <publishers/>
+  <buildWrappers/>
+</project>
diff --git a/tests/yamlparser/fixtures/jinja-yaml04-deepcopy.yaml b/tests/yamlparser/fixtures/jinja-yaml04-deepcopy.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..17a91a31e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/yamlparser/fixtures/jinja-yaml04-deepcopy.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+- job-template:
+    name: 'test-job-template-{variant}'
+    builders:
+    - shell:
+        echo "{repos}"
+
+- project:
+    name: test-project
+    repos_common:
+    - repo-1
+    - repo-2
+    jobs:
+    - 'test-job-template-{variant}':
+        variant: 'a'
+        repos: !j2-yaml: |
+            {% for repo in repos_common %}
+            - {{ repo }}
+            {% endfor %}
+            - repo-a1
+            - repo-a2
+    - 'test-job-template-{variant}':
+        variant: 'b'
+        repos: !j2-yaml: |
+            {% for repo in repos_common %}
+            - {{ repo }}
+            {% endfor %}
+            - repo-b1
+            - repo-b2