diff --git a/qiskit/providers/options.py b/qiskit/providers/options.py
index 476d0a0d78da..d985fde4a195 100644
--- a/qiskit/providers/options.py
+++ b/qiskit/providers/options.py
@@ -80,6 +80,15 @@ def __setstate__(self, state):
         super().__setattr__("_fields", _fields)
         super().__setattr__("validator", validator)
 
+    def __copy__(self):
+        """Return a copy of the Options.
+
+        The returned option and validator values are shallow copies of the originals.
+        """
+        out = self.__new__(type(self))
+        out.__setstate__((self._fields.copy(), self.validator.copy()))
+        return out
+
     def __init__(self, **kwargs):
         super().__setattr__("_fields", kwargs)
         super().__setattr__("validator", {})
diff --git a/test/python/providers/test_options.py b/test/python/providers/test_options.py
index e50e90458be7..3162ae766206 100644
--- a/test/python/providers/test_options.py
+++ b/test/python/providers/test_options.py
@@ -109,6 +109,17 @@ def test_hasattr(self):
         self.assertTrue(hasattr(options, "shots"))
         self.assertFalse(hasattr(options, "method"))
 
+    def test_copy(self):
+        options = Options(opt1=1, opt2=2)
+        cpy = copy.copy(options)
+        cpy.update_options(opt1=10, opt3=20)
+        self.assertEqual(options.opt1, 1)
+        self.assertEqual(options.opt2, 2)
+        self.assertNotIn("opt3", options)
+        self.assertEqual(cpy.opt1, 10)
+        self.assertEqual(cpy.opt2, 2)
+        self.assertEqual(cpy.opt3, 20)
+
 
 class TestOptionsSimpleNamespaceBackwardCompatibility(QiskitTestCase):
     """Tests that SimpleNamespace-like functionality that qiskit-experiments relies on for Options