diff --git a/__tests__/extend.test.js b/__tests__/extend.test.js
index 7434108ef..c9ca204dd 100644
--- a/__tests__/extend.test.js
+++ b/__tests__/extend.test.js
@@ -171,4 +171,22 @@ describe('extend', () => {
     var StyleDictionaryExtended = StyleDictionary.extend(__dirname + '/__configs/test.json5');
     expect(StyleDictionaryExtended).toHaveProperty('platforms.web');
   });
+  
+  it('should allow for chained extends and not mutate the original', function() {
+    var StyleDictionary1 = StyleDictionary.extend({
+      foo: 'bar'
+    });
+    var StyleDictionary2 = StyleDictionary1.extend({
+      foo: 'baz'
+    });
+    var StyleDictionary3 = StyleDictionary.extend({
+      foo: 'bar'
+    }).extend({
+      foo: 'boo'
+    });
+    expect(StyleDictionary1.foo).toBe('bar');
+    expect(StyleDictionary2.foo).toBe('baz');
+    expect(StyleDictionary3.foo).toBe('boo');
+    expect(StyleDictionary).not.toHaveProperty('foo');
+  });
 });
diff --git a/lib/extend.js b/lib/extend.js
index 7b94bb91d..ece6f97ee 100644
--- a/lib/extend.js
+++ b/lib/extend.js
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ function extend(opts) {
 
   // Creating a new object and copying over the options
   // Also keeping an options object just in case
-  to_ret = deepExtend([{options: options}, this, options]);
+  to_ret = deepExtend([{}, this, {options: options}, options]);
 
   // Update properties with includes from dependencies
   if (options.include) {