diff --git a/googlemock/include/gmock/gmock-spec-builders.h b/googlemock/include/gmock/gmock-spec-builders.h
index 2baec44604..b08bdf9f2c 100644
--- a/googlemock/include/gmock/gmock-spec-builders.h
+++ b/googlemock/include/gmock/gmock-spec-builders.h
@@ -499,7 +499,8 @@ class GTEST_API_ Expectation {
  public:
   // Constructs a null object that doesn't reference any expectation.
   Expectation();
-
+  Expectation(const Expectation&) = default;
+  Expectation& operator=(const Expectation&) = default;
   ~Expectation();
 
   // This single-argument ctor must not be explicit, in order to support the