diff --git a/crates/bevy_ecs/src/entity/clone_entities.rs b/crates/bevy_ecs/src/entity/clone_entities.rs
index 3337894066..dd6cb360e9 100644
--- a/crates/bevy_ecs/src/entity/clone_entities.rs
+++ b/crates/bevy_ecs/src/entity/clone_entities.rs
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ use bumpalo::Bump;
 use core::any::TypeId;
 
 use crate::{
+    archetype::Archetype,
     bundle::Bundle,
     component::{Component, ComponentCloneBehavior, ComponentCloneFn, ComponentId, ComponentInfo},
     entity::{hash_map::EntityHashMap, Entities, Entity, EntityMapper},
@@ -346,6 +347,7 @@ impl<'a, 'b> ComponentCloneCtx<'a, 'b> {
 pub struct EntityCloner {
     filter_allows_components: bool,
     filter: HashSet<ComponentId>,
+    filter_required: HashSet<ComponentId>,
     clone_behavior_overrides: HashMap<ComponentId, ComponentCloneBehavior>,
     move_components: bool,
     linked_cloning: bool,
@@ -362,6 +364,7 @@ impl Default for EntityCloner {
             linked_cloning: false,
             default_clone_fn: ComponentCloneBehavior::global_default_fn(),
             filter: Default::default(),
+            filter_required: Default::default(),
             clone_behavior_overrides: Default::default(),
             clone_queue: Default::default(),
             deferred_commands: Default::default(),
@@ -465,6 +468,12 @@ impl EntityCloner {
         {
             let world = world.as_unsafe_world_cell();
             let source_entity = world.get_entity(source).expect("Source entity must exist");
+            let target_archetype = (!self.filter_required.is_empty()).then(|| {
+                world
+                    .get_entity(target)
+                    .expect("Target entity must exist")
+                    .archetype()
+            });
 
             #[cfg(feature = "bevy_reflect")]
             // SAFETY: we have unique access to `world`, nothing else accesses the registry at this moment, and we clone
@@ -481,7 +490,7 @@ impl EntityCloner {
             bundle_scratch = BundleScratch::with_capacity(archetype.component_count());
 
             for component in archetype.components() {
-                if !self.is_cloning_allowed(&component) {
+                if !self.is_cloning_allowed(&component, target_archetype) {
                     continue;
                 }
 
@@ -605,9 +614,19 @@ impl EntityCloner {
         target
     }
 
-    fn is_cloning_allowed(&self, component: &ComponentId) -> bool {
-        (self.filter_allows_components && self.filter.contains(component))
-            || (!self.filter_allows_components && !self.filter.contains(component))
+    fn is_cloning_allowed(
+        &self,
+        component: &ComponentId,
+        target_archetype: Option<&Archetype>,
+    ) -> bool {
+        if self.filter_allows_components {
+            self.filter.contains(component)
+                || target_archetype.is_some_and(|archetype| {
+                    !archetype.contains(*component) && self.filter_required.contains(component)
+                })
+        } else {
+            !self.filter.contains(component) && !self.filter_required.contains(component)
+        }
     }
 }
 
@@ -809,9 +828,9 @@ impl<'w> EntityClonerBuilder<'w> {
             if let Some(info) = self.world.components().get_info(id) {
                 for required_id in info.required_components().iter_ids() {
                     if self.entity_cloner.filter_allows_components {
-                        self.entity_cloner.filter.insert(required_id);
+                        self.entity_cloner.filter_required.insert(required_id);
                     } else {
-                        self.entity_cloner.filter.remove(&required_id);
+                        self.entity_cloner.filter_required.remove(&required_id);
                     }
                 }
             }
@@ -829,9 +848,9 @@ impl<'w> EntityClonerBuilder<'w> {
             if let Some(info) = self.world.components().get_info(id) {
                 for required_id in info.required_components().iter_ids() {
                     if self.entity_cloner.filter_allows_components {
-                        self.entity_cloner.filter.remove(&required_id);
+                        self.entity_cloner.filter_required.remove(&required_id);
                     } else {
-                        self.entity_cloner.filter.insert(required_id);
+                        self.entity_cloner.filter_required.insert(required_id);
                     }
                 }
             }
@@ -1406,4 +1425,36 @@ mod tests {
         );
         assert!(world.resource::<FromWorldCalled>().0);
     }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn cloning_with_required_components_preserves_existing() {
+        #[derive(Component, Clone, PartialEq, Debug, Default)]
+        #[require(B(5))]
+        struct A;
+
+        #[derive(Component, Clone, PartialEq, Debug)]
+        struct B(u32);
+
+        let mut world = World::default();
+
+        let e = world.spawn((A, B(0))).id();
+        let e_clone = world.spawn(B(1)).id();
+
+        EntityCloner::build(&mut world)
+            .deny_all()
+            .allow::<A>()
+            .clone_entity(e, e_clone);
+
+        assert_eq!(world.entity(e_clone).get::<A>(), Some(&A));
+        assert_eq!(world.entity(e_clone).get::<B>(), Some(&B(1)));
+
+        let e_clone2 = world.spawn(B(2)).id();
+
+        EntityCloner::build(&mut world)
+            .allow_all()
+            .deny::<A>()
+            .clone_entity(e, e_clone2);
+
+        assert_eq!(world.entity(e_clone2).get::<B>(), Some(&B(2)));
+    }
 }