diff --git a/upath/core.py b/upath/core.py
index df567e07..d315364a 100644
--- a/upath/core.py
+++ b/upath/core.py
@@ -125,8 +125,26 @@ class UPath(pathlib.Path, PureUPath, metaclass=UPathMeta):
     def __new__(cls, *args, **kwargs):
         if issubclass(cls, UPath):
             args_list = list(args)
-            url = args_list.pop(0)
-            url = stringify_path(url)
+            first = args_list.pop(0)
+            if isinstance(first, pathlib.PurePath):
+                # Create a (modified) copy, if first arg is a Path object
+                other = first
+                parts = args_list
+                drv, root, parts = other._parse_args(parts)
+                drv, root, parts = other._flavour.join_parsed_parts(
+                    other._drv, other._root, other._parts, drv, root, parts
+                )
+
+                new_kwargs = getattr(other, "_kwargs", {}).copy()
+                new_kwargs.pop("_url", None)
+                new_kwargs.update(kwargs)
+
+                return other.__class__(
+                    other._format_parsed_parts(drv, root, parts),
+                    **new_kwargs,
+                )
+
+            url = stringify_path(first)
             parsed_url = urllib.parse.urlparse(url)
             for key in ["scheme", "netloc"]:
                 val = kwargs.get(key)
diff --git a/upath/tests/cases.py b/upath/tests/cases.py
index 6968d88b..9ee6a5ff 100644
--- a/upath/tests/cases.py
+++ b/upath/tests/cases.py
@@ -259,3 +259,14 @@ def test_child_path(self):
         assert path_a._drv == path_b._drv
         assert path_a._parts == path_b._parts
         assert path_a._url == path_b._url
+
+    def test_copy_path(self):
+        path = self.path
+        copy_path = UPath(path)
+
+        assert type(path) == type(copy_path)
+        assert str(path) == str(copy_path)
+        assert path._drv == copy_path._drv
+        assert path._root == copy_path._root
+        assert path._parts == copy_path._parts
+        assert path.fs.storage_options == copy_path.fs.storage_options
diff --git a/upath/tests/test_core.py b/upath/tests/test_core.py
index 7a9b7e05..8de66dd8 100644
--- a/upath/tests/test_core.py
+++ b/upath/tests/test_core.py
@@ -176,3 +176,51 @@ def test_pickling_child_path():
     assert path._root == recovered_path._root
     assert path._parts == recovered_path._parts
     assert path.fs.storage_options == recovered_path.fs.storage_options
+
+
+def test_copy_path():
+    path = UPath("gcs://bucket/folder", anon=True)
+    copy_path = UPath(path)
+
+    print(type(path), type(copy_path))
+
+    assert type(path) == type(copy_path)
+    assert str(path) == str(copy_path)
+    assert path._drv == copy_path._drv
+    assert path._root == copy_path._root
+    assert path._parts == copy_path._parts
+    assert path.fs.storage_options == copy_path.fs.storage_options
+
+
+def test_copy_path_posix():
+    path = UPath("/tmp/folder")
+    copy_path = UPath(path)
+
+    assert type(path) == type(copy_path) == type(pathlib.Path(""))
+    assert str(path) == str(copy_path)
+    assert path._drv == copy_path._drv
+    assert path._root == copy_path._root
+    assert path._parts == copy_path._parts
+
+
+def test_copy_path_append():
+    path = UPath("/tmp/folder")
+    copy_path = UPath(path, "folder2")
+
+    assert type(path) == type(copy_path) == type(pathlib.Path(""))
+    assert str(path / "folder2") == str(copy_path)
+
+    path = UPath("/tmp/folder")
+    copy_path = UPath(path, "folder2/folder3")
+
+    assert str(path / "folder2" / "folder3") == str(copy_path)
+
+
+def test_copy_path_append_kwargs():
+    path = UPath("gcs://bucket/folder", anon=True)
+    copy_path = UPath(path, anon=False)
+
+    assert type(path) == type(copy_path)
+    assert str(path) == str(copy_path)
+    assert not copy_path._kwargs["anon"]
+    assert path._kwargs["anon"]