diff --git a/src/gui/text/qtextdocument.cpp b/src/gui/text/qtextdocument.cpp
index e94f635651e..4b35509ace6 100644
--- a/src/gui/text/qtextdocument.cpp
+++ b/src/gui/text/qtextdocument.cpp
@@ -347,7 +347,19 @@ QTextDocument *QTextDocument::clone(QObject *parent) const
 {
     Q_D(const QTextDocument);
     QTextDocument *doc = new QTextDocument(parent);
-    QTextCursor(doc).insertFragment(QTextDocumentFragment(this));
+    if (isEmpty()) {
+        const QTextCursor thisCursor(const_cast<QTextDocument *>(this));
+
+        const auto blockFormat = thisCursor.blockFormat();
+        if (blockFormat.isValid() && !blockFormat.isEmpty())
+            QTextCursor(doc).setBlockFormat(blockFormat);
+
+        const auto blockCharFormat = thisCursor.blockCharFormat();
+        if (blockCharFormat.isValid() && !blockCharFormat.isEmpty())
+            QTextCursor(doc).setBlockCharFormat(blockCharFormat);
+    } else {
+        QTextCursor(doc).insertFragment(QTextDocumentFragment(this));
+    }
     doc->rootFrame()->setFrameFormat(rootFrame()->frameFormat());
     QTextDocumentPrivate *priv = doc->d_func();
     priv->title = d->title;
diff --git a/tests/auto/gui/text/qtextdocument/tst_qtextdocument.cpp b/tests/auto/gui/text/qtextdocument/tst_qtextdocument.cpp
index 52e56feb5a6..33d4976b2a8 100644
--- a/tests/auto/gui/text/qtextdocument/tst_qtextdocument.cpp
+++ b/tests/auto/gui/text/qtextdocument/tst_qtextdocument.cpp
@@ -125,6 +125,7 @@ private slots:
     void clonePreservesResources();
     void clonePreservesUserStates();
     void clonePreservesIndentWidth();
+    void clonePreservesFormatsWhenEmpty();
     void blockCount();
     void defaultStyleSheet();
 
@@ -2342,6 +2343,32 @@ void tst_QTextDocument::clonePreservesIndentWidth()
     delete clone;
 }
 
+void tst_QTextDocument::clonePreservesFormatsWhenEmpty()
+{
+    QTextDocument document;
+    QTextCursor cursor(&document);
+
+    // Change a few char format attributes
+    QTextCharFormat charFormat;
+    charFormat.setFontPointSize(charFormat.fontPointSize() + 1);
+    charFormat.setFontWeight(charFormat.fontWeight() + 1);
+    cursor.setBlockCharFormat(charFormat);
+
+    // Change a few block format attributes
+    QTextBlockFormat blockFormat;
+    blockFormat.setAlignment(Qt::AlignRight); // The default is Qt::AlignLeft
+    blockFormat.setIndent(blockFormat.indent() + 1);
+    cursor.setBlockFormat(blockFormat);
+
+    auto clone = document.clone();
+    QTextCursor cloneCursor(clone);
+
+    QCOMPARE(cloneCursor.blockCharFormat().fontPointSize(), charFormat.fontPointSize());
+    QCOMPARE(cloneCursor.blockCharFormat().fontWeight(), charFormat.fontWeight());
+    QCOMPARE(cloneCursor.blockFormat().alignment(), blockFormat.alignment());
+    QCOMPARE(cloneCursor.blockFormat().indent(), blockFormat.indent());
+}
+
 void tst_QTextDocument::blockCount()
 {
     QCOMPARE(doc->blockCount(), 1);