diff --git a/src/ipc.rs b/src/ipc.rs
index 06f0f976..8a98ad05 100644
--- a/src/ipc.rs
+++ b/src/ipc.rs
@@ -353,8 +353,7 @@ impl<T> IpcSender<T> where T: Serialize {
         })
     }
 
-    /// Send data across the channel to the receiver.
-    pub fn send(&self, data: T) -> Result<(), bincode::Error> {
+    fn send_internal(&self, data: &T) -> Result<(), bincode::Error> {
         let mut bytes = Vec::with_capacity(4096);
         OS_IPC_CHANNELS_FOR_SERIALIZATION.with(|os_ipc_channels_for_serialization| {
             OS_IPC_SHARED_MEMORY_REGIONS_FOR_SERIALIZATION.with(
@@ -380,6 +379,15 @@ impl<T> IpcSender<T> where T: Serialize {
         })
     }
 
+    /// Send data across the channel to the receiver.
+    pub fn send(&self, data: T) -> Result<(), bincode::Error> {
+        self.send_internal(&data)
+    }
+
+    pub fn send_clone(&self, data: &T) -> Result<(), bincode::Error> where T: Clone {
+        self.send_internal(data)
+    }
+
     pub fn to_opaque(self) -> OpaqueIpcSender {
         OpaqueIpcSender {
             os_sender: self.os_sender,