diff --git a/src/Angular.js b/src/Angular.js
index 77ab32aa1e9d..e57387336e41 100644
--- a/src/Angular.js
+++ b/src/Angular.js
@@ -881,22 +881,10 @@ function copy(source, destination) {
     }
 
     var needsRecurse = false;
-    var destination;
+    var destination = copyType(source);
 
-    if (isArray(source)) {
-      destination = [];
-      needsRecurse = true;
-    } else if (isTypedArray(source)) {
-      destination = new source.constructor(source);
-    } else if (isDate(source)) {
-      destination = new Date(source.getTime());
-    } else if (isRegExp(source)) {
-      destination = new RegExp(source.source, source.toString().match(/[^\/]*$/)[0]);
-      destination.lastIndex = source.lastIndex;
-    } else if (isFunction(source.cloneNode)) {
-        destination = source.cloneNode(true);
-    } else {
-      destination = Object.create(getPrototypeOf(source));
+    if (destination === undefined) {
+      destination = isArray(source) ? [] : Object.create(getPrototypeOf(source));
       needsRecurse = true;
     }
 
@@ -907,6 +895,36 @@ function copy(source, destination) {
       ? copyRecurse(source, destination)
       : destination;
   }
+
+  function copyType(source) {
+    switch (toString.call(source)) {
+      case '[object Int8Array]':
+      case '[object Int16Array]':
+      case '[object Int32Array]':
+      case '[object Float32Array]':
+      case '[object Float64Array]':
+      case '[object Uint8Array]':
+      case '[object Uint8ClampedArray]':
+      case '[object Uint16Array]':
+      case '[object Uint32Array]':
+        return new source.constructor(source);
+
+      case '[object Boolean]':
+      case '[object Number]':
+      case '[object String]':
+      case '[object Date]':
+        return new source.constructor(source.valueOf());
+
+      case '[object RegExp]':
+        var re = new RegExp(source.source, source.toString().match(/[^\/]*$/)[0]);
+        re.lastIndex = source.lastIndex;
+        return re;
+    }
+
+    if (isFunction(source.cloneNode)) {
+      return source.cloneNode(true);
+    }
+  }
 }
 
 /**
diff --git a/test/AngularSpec.js b/test/AngularSpec.js
index 22773cf9c7fd..41b6493a73ed 100644
--- a/test/AngularSpec.js
+++ b/test/AngularSpec.js
@@ -471,6 +471,45 @@ describe('angular', function() {
       expect(dest.c).toBe(3);
       expect(Object.keys(dest)).toEqual(['a', 'b', 'c']);
     });
+
+    it('should copy String() objects', function() {
+      /*jshint -W053 */
+      var obj = new String('foo');
+      /*jshint +W053 */
+      var dest = copy(obj);
+      expect(dest).not.toBe(obj);
+      expect(isObject(dest)).toBe(true);
+      expect(dest.valueOf()).toBe(obj.valueOf());
+    });
+
+    it('should copy Boolean() objects', function() {
+      /*jshint -W053 */
+      var obj = new Boolean(true);
+      /*jshint +W053 */
+      var dest = copy(obj);
+      expect(dest).not.toBe(obj);
+      expect(isObject(dest)).toBe(true);
+      expect(dest.valueOf()).toBe(obj.valueOf());
+    });
+
+    it('should copy Number() objects', function() {
+      /*jshint -W053 */
+      var obj = new Number(42);
+      /*jshint +W053 */
+      var dest = copy(obj);
+      expect(dest).not.toBe(obj);
+      expect(isObject(dest)).toBe(true);
+      expect(dest.valueOf()).toBe(obj.valueOf());
+    });
+
+    it('should copy falsy String/Boolean/Number objects', function() {
+      /*jshint -W053 */
+      expect(copy(new String('')).valueOf()).toBe('');
+      expect(copy(new Boolean(false)).valueOf()).toBe(false);
+      expect(copy(new Number(0)).valueOf()).toBe(0);
+      expect(copy(new Number(NaN)).valueOf()).toBeNaN();
+      /*jshint +W053 */
+    });
   });
 
   describe("extend", function() {