diff --git a/include/tsutil/Regex.h b/include/tsutil/Regex.h
index 5b913bece06..c9c148ef181 100644
--- a/include/tsutil/Regex.h
+++ b/include/tsutil/Regex.h
@@ -144,7 +144,8 @@ class Regex
    *
    * Creates a new Regex object with a deep copy of the compiled pattern.
    * Uses pcre2_code_copy() to duplicate the compiled pattern without
-   * requiring the original pattern string.
+   * requiring the original pattern string, then compiles the copy for the
+   * just-in-time engine, which pcre2_code_copy() cannot carry over.
    *
    * @param other The Regex object to copy from.
    */
diff --git a/src/tsutil/Regex.cc b/src/tsutil/Regex.cc
index 3281622b1ec..70b7e990d84 100644
--- a/src/tsutil/Regex.cc
+++ b/src/tsutil/Regex.cc
@@ -330,7 +330,17 @@ Regex::Regex(Regex const &other)
   if (other_code != nullptr) {
     // Use PCRE2's built-in function to deep copy the compiled pattern
     auto *copied_code = pcre2_code_copy(other_code);
-    _Code::set(_code, copied_code);
+
+    // Null when pcre2 could not obtain memory. Leave the object empty rather than
+    // holding a null pattern.
+    if (copied_code != nullptr) {
+      // The copy does not carry the machine code the JIT produced, so without this it
+      // matches on the interpreter, under different resource limits than the original.
+      // Unchecked for the same reason compile() does not check it.
+      pcre2_jit_compile(copied_code, PCRE2_JIT_COMPLETE);
+
+      _Code::set(_code, copied_code);
+    }
   }
 }
 
diff --git a/src/tsutil/unit_tests/test_Regex.cc b/src/tsutil/unit_tests/test_Regex.cc
index f1bd0a7c866..5819131994e 100644
--- a/src/tsutil/unit_tests/test_Regex.cc
+++ b/src/tsutil/unit_tests/test_Regex.cc
@@ -1050,3 +1050,67 @@ TEST_CASE("Regex end-anchor with alternation", "[libts][Regex]")
   CHECK(r.exec("cdn.example.com.evil.com", matches) == RE_ERROR_NOMATCH);
   CHECK(r.exec("prefix.cdn.example.com", matches) == RE_ERROR_NOMATCH);
 }
+
+// pcre2_code_copy() copies the compiled pattern but not the machine code the JIT produced
+// for it, because that code is position dependent. A copy that is not passed back through
+// pcre2_jit_compile() therefore matches on the interpreter: the same answers, far more
+// slowly, and under a different set of resource limits, so a subject one of them reports
+// as too expensive the other quietly matches.
+//
+// The subject below is sized past the JIT engine's stack bound for this pattern, which is
+// what makes the two engines disagree. The assertion is that a copy answers the same as
+// its original, whatever that answer is, so the test needs no knowledge of whether this
+// build has a JIT.
+TEST_CASE("Regex copies answer the same as their original", "[libts][Regex][copy]")
+{
+  Regex original;
+  REQUIRE(original.compile(R"(^/alpha/bravo/[?]((?!action=(newsfeed|calendar|contacts|notepad)).)*$)"));
+
+  std::string subject{"/alpha/bravo/?"};
+  subject.append(256 * 1024, 'x');
+
+  RegexMatches original_matches;
+  int const    original_rc = original.exec(subject, original_matches);
+  CAPTURE(original_rc);
+
+  SECTION("copy constructor")
+  {
+    Regex        copy(original);
+    RegexMatches matches;
+    int const    rc = copy.exec(subject, matches);
+    CAPTURE(rc);
+    CHECK(rc == original_rc);
+  }
+
+  SECTION("copy assignment")
+  {
+    Regex copy;
+    REQUIRE(copy.compile("unrelated"));
+    copy = original;
+
+    RegexMatches matches;
+    int const    rc = copy.exec(subject, matches);
+    CAPTURE(rc);
+    CHECK(rc == original_rc);
+  }
+
+  SECTION("a copy of a copy")
+  {
+    Regex        first(original);
+    Regex        second(first);
+    RegexMatches matches;
+    int const    rc = second.exec(subject, matches);
+    CAPTURE(rc);
+    CHECK(rc == original_rc);
+  }
+
+  SECTION("a copy still matches what the original matches")
+  {
+    Regex             copy(original);
+    std::string const ordinary{"/alpha/bravo/?action=weather"};
+
+    RegexMatches original_ordinary;
+    RegexMatches copy_ordinary;
+    CHECK(original.exec(ordinary, original_ordinary) == copy.exec(ordinary, copy_ordinary));
+  }
+}