diff --git a/src/libcore/lib.rs b/src/libcore/lib.rs
index 4a70329b64bc9..64d70b5de21dd 100644
--- a/src/libcore/lib.rs
+++ b/src/libcore/lib.rs
@@ -70,6 +70,7 @@
 #![feature(arbitrary_self_types)]
 #![feature(asm)]
 #![feature(associated_type_defaults)]
+#![feature(bound_cloned)]
 #![feature(cfg_target_has_atomic)]
 #![feature(concat_idents)]
 #![feature(const_fn)]
diff --git a/src/libcore/ops/range.rs b/src/libcore/ops/range.rs
index a707f0cc0627a..1b4c4218cc15b 100644
--- a/src/libcore/ops/range.rs
+++ b/src/libcore/ops/range.rs
@@ -696,6 +696,29 @@ pub enum Bound<T> {
     Unbounded,
 }
 
+impl<T: Clone> Bound<&T> {
+    /// Map a `Bound<&T>` to a `Bound<T>` by cloning the contents of the bound.
+    ///
+    /// # Examples
+    ///
+    /// ```
+    /// #![feature(bound_cloned)]
+    /// use std::ops::Bound::*;
+    /// use std::ops::RangeBounds;
+    ///
+    /// assert_eq!((1..12).start_bound(), Included(&1));
+    /// assert_eq!((1..12).start_bound().cloned(), Included(1));
+    /// ```
+    #[unstable(feature = "bound_cloned", issue = "61356")]
+    pub fn cloned(self) -> Bound<T> {
+        match self {
+            Bound::Unbounded => Bound::Unbounded,
+            Bound::Included(x) => Bound::Included(x.clone()),
+            Bound::Excluded(x) => Bound::Excluded(x.clone()),
+        }
+    }
+}
+
 #[stable(feature = "collections_range", since = "1.28.0")]
 /// `RangeBounds` is implemented by Rust's built-in range types, produced
 /// by range syntax like `..`, `a..`, `..b`, `..=c`, `d..e`, or `f..=g`.
diff --git a/src/libcore/tests/lib.rs b/src/libcore/tests/lib.rs
index c617596aba801..7465ef4a44e24 100644
--- a/src/libcore/tests/lib.rs
+++ b/src/libcore/tests/lib.rs
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+#![feature(bound_cloned)]
 #![feature(box_syntax)]
 #![feature(cell_update)]
 #![feature(core_private_bignum)]
diff --git a/src/libcore/tests/ops.rs b/src/libcore/tests/ops.rs
index 78cf07119e729..48755ae4c1641 100644
--- a/src/libcore/tests/ops.rs
+++ b/src/libcore/tests/ops.rs
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-use core::ops::{Range, RangeFull, RangeFrom, RangeTo, RangeInclusive};
+use core::ops::{Bound, Range, RangeFull, RangeFrom, RangeTo, RangeInclusive};
 
 // Test the Range structs without the syntactic sugar.
 
@@ -82,3 +82,18 @@ fn test_range_is_empty() {
     assert!( (NAN ..= EPSILON).is_empty());
     assert!( (NAN ..= NAN).is_empty());
 }
+
+#[test]
+fn test_bound_cloned_unbounded() {
+    assert_eq!(Bound::<&u32>::Unbounded.cloned(), Bound::Unbounded);
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn test_bound_cloned_included() {
+    assert_eq!(Bound::Included(&3).cloned(), Bound::Included(3));
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn test_bound_cloned_excluded() {
+    assert_eq!(Bound::Excluded(&3).cloned(), Bound::Excluded(3));
+}