diff --git a/include/gmock/gmock-matchers.h b/include/gmock/gmock-matchers.h
index 44055c93..979b0e85 100644
--- a/include/gmock/gmock-matchers.h
+++ b/include/gmock/gmock-matchers.h
@@ -489,7 +489,7 @@ namespace internal {
 template <typename T, typename M>
 class MatcherCastImpl {
  public:
-  static Matcher<T> Cast(M polymorphic_matcher_or_value) {
+  static Matcher<T> Cast(const M& polymorphic_matcher_or_value) {
     // M can be a polymorhic matcher, in which case we want to use
     // its conversion operator to create Matcher<T>.  Or it can be a value
     // that should be passed to the Matcher<T>'s constructor.
@@ -510,14 +510,14 @@ class MatcherCastImpl {
   }
 
  private:
-  static Matcher<T> CastImpl(M value, BooleanConstant<false>) {
+  static Matcher<T> CastImpl(const M& value, BooleanConstant<false>) {
     // M can't be implicitly converted to Matcher<T>, so M isn't a polymorphic
     // matcher.  It must be a value then.  Use direct initialization to create
     // a matcher.
     return Matcher<T>(ImplicitCast_<T>(value));
   }
 
-  static Matcher<T> CastImpl(M polymorphic_matcher_or_value,
+  static Matcher<T> CastImpl(const M& polymorphic_matcher_or_value,
                              BooleanConstant<true>) {
     // M is implicitly convertible to Matcher<T>, which means that either
     // M is a polymorhpic matcher or Matcher<T> has an implicit constructor
@@ -582,7 +582,7 @@ class MatcherCastImpl<T, Matcher<T> > {
 // matcher m and returns a Matcher<T>.  It compiles only when T can be
 // statically converted to the argument type of m.
 template <typename T, typename M>
-inline Matcher<T> MatcherCast(M matcher) {
+inline Matcher<T> MatcherCast(const M& matcher) {
   return internal::MatcherCastImpl<T, M>::Cast(matcher);
 }
 
@@ -599,7 +599,7 @@ class SafeMatcherCastImpl {
   // This overload handles polymorphic matchers and values only since
   // monomorphic matchers are handled by the next one.
   template <typename M>
-  static inline Matcher<T> Cast(M polymorphic_matcher_or_value) {
+  static inline Matcher<T> Cast(const M& polymorphic_matcher_or_value) {
     return internal::MatcherCastImpl<T, M>::Cast(polymorphic_matcher_or_value);
   }
 
diff --git a/test/gmock-matchers_test.cc b/test/gmock-matchers_test.cc
index 4ce1e4a5..5de45c78 100644
--- a/test/gmock-matchers_test.cc
+++ b/test/gmock-matchers_test.cc
@@ -636,6 +636,22 @@ TEST(MatcherCastTest, FromConvertibleFromAny) {
   EXPECT_FALSE(m.Matches(ConvertibleFromAny(2)));
 }
 
+struct IntReferenceWrapper {
+  IntReferenceWrapper(const int& a_value) : value(&a_value) {}
+  const int* value;
+};
+
+bool operator==(const IntReferenceWrapper& a, const IntReferenceWrapper& b) {
+  return a.value == b.value;
+}
+
+TEST(MatcherCastTest, ValueIsNotCopied) {
+  int n = 42;
+  Matcher<IntReferenceWrapper> m = MatcherCast<IntReferenceWrapper>(n);
+  // Verify that the matcher holds a reference to n, not to its temporary copy.
+  EXPECT_TRUE(m.Matches(n));
+}
+
 class Base {};
 class Derived : public Base {};
 
@@ -724,6 +740,13 @@ TEST(SafeMatcherCastTest, FromConvertibleFromAny) {
   EXPECT_FALSE(m.Matches(ConvertibleFromAny(2)));
 }
 
+TEST(SafeMatcherCastTest, ValueIsNotCopied) {
+  int n = 42;
+  Matcher<IntReferenceWrapper> m = SafeMatcherCast<IntReferenceWrapper>(n);
+  // Verify that the matcher holds a reference to n, not to its temporary copy.
+  EXPECT_TRUE(m.Matches(n));
+}
+
 // Tests that A<T>() matches any value of type T.
 TEST(ATest, MatchesAnyValue) {
   // Tests a matcher for a value type.