diff --git a/temporal-sdk/src/main/java/io/temporal/worker/WorkerOptions.java b/temporal-sdk/src/main/java/io/temporal/worker/WorkerOptions.java
index d9fce2e5e..12306d2c6 100644
--- a/temporal-sdk/src/main/java/io/temporal/worker/WorkerOptions.java
+++ b/temporal-sdk/src/main/java/io/temporal/worker/WorkerOptions.java
@@ -109,6 +109,7 @@ private Builder(WorkerOptions o) {
       this.useBuildIdForVersioning = o.useBuildIdForVersioning;
       this.buildId = o.buildId;
       this.stickyTaskQueueDrainTimeout = o.stickyTaskQueueDrainTimeout;
+      this.identity = o.identity;
     }
 
     /**
diff --git a/temporal-sdk/src/test/java/io/temporal/worker/WorkerOptionsTest.java b/temporal-sdk/src/test/java/io/temporal/worker/WorkerOptionsTest.java
index 7b051de07..8bc91d274 100644
--- a/temporal-sdk/src/test/java/io/temporal/worker/WorkerOptionsTest.java
+++ b/temporal-sdk/src/test/java/io/temporal/worker/WorkerOptionsTest.java
@@ -21,9 +21,12 @@
 package io.temporal.worker;
 
 import static org.junit.Assert.assertEquals;
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertSame;
 import static org.junit.Assert.assertThrows;
+import static org.mockito.Mockito.mock;
 
 import io.temporal.worker.tuning.*;
+import java.time.Duration;
 import org.junit.Test;
 
 public class WorkerOptionsTest {
@@ -50,6 +53,61 @@ public void verifyWorkerOptionsEquality() {
     assertEquals(w1, w2);
   }
 
+  @Test
+  public void verifyNewBuilderFromExistingWorkerOptions() {
+    WorkerOptions w1 =
+        WorkerOptions.newBuilder()
+            .setMaxWorkerActivitiesPerSecond(100)
+            .setMaxConcurrentActivityExecutionSize(1000)
+            .setMaxConcurrentWorkflowTaskExecutionSize(500)
+            .setMaxConcurrentLocalActivityExecutionSize(200)
+            .setWorkerTuner(mock(WorkerTuner.class))
+            .setMaxTaskQueueActivitiesPerSecond(50)
+            .setMaxConcurrentWorkflowTaskPollers(4)
+            .setMaxConcurrentActivityTaskPollers(3)
+            .setLocalActivityWorkerOnly(false)
+            .setDefaultDeadlockDetectionTimeout(2)
+            .setMaxHeartbeatThrottleInterval(Duration.ofSeconds(10))
+            .setDefaultHeartbeatThrottleInterval(Duration.ofSeconds(7))
+            .setStickyQueueScheduleToStartTimeout(Duration.ofSeconds(60))
+            .setDisableEagerExecution(false)
+            .setUseBuildIdForVersioning(false)
+            .setBuildId("build-id")
+            .setStickyTaskQueueDrainTimeout(Duration.ofSeconds(15))
+            .setIdentity("worker-identity")
+            .build();
+
+    WorkerOptions w2 = WorkerOptions.newBuilder(w1).build();
+
+    assertEquals(w1.getMaxWorkerActivitiesPerSecond(), w2.getMaxWorkerActivitiesPerSecond(), 0);
+    assertEquals(
+        w1.getMaxConcurrentActivityExecutionSize(), w2.getMaxConcurrentActivityExecutionSize());
+    assertEquals(
+        w1.getMaxConcurrentWorkflowTaskExecutionSize(),
+        w2.getMaxConcurrentWorkflowTaskExecutionSize());
+    assertEquals(
+        w1.getMaxConcurrentLocalActivityExecutionSize(),
+        w2.getMaxConcurrentLocalActivityExecutionSize());
+    assertSame(w1.getWorkerTuner(), w2.getWorkerTuner());
+    assertEquals(
+        w1.getMaxTaskQueueActivitiesPerSecond(), w2.getMaxTaskQueueActivitiesPerSecond(), 0);
+    assertEquals(
+        w1.getMaxConcurrentWorkflowTaskPollers(), w2.getMaxConcurrentWorkflowTaskPollers());
+    assertEquals(
+        w1.getMaxConcurrentActivityTaskPollers(), w2.getMaxConcurrentActivityTaskPollers());
+    assertEquals(w1.isLocalActivityWorkerOnly(), w2.isLocalActivityWorkerOnly());
+    assertEquals(w1.getMaxHeartbeatThrottleInterval(), w2.getMaxHeartbeatThrottleInterval());
+    assertEquals(
+        w1.getDefaultHeartbeatThrottleInterval(), w2.getDefaultHeartbeatThrottleInterval());
+    assertEquals(
+        w1.getStickyQueueScheduleToStartTimeout(), w2.getStickyQueueScheduleToStartTimeout());
+    assertEquals(w1.isEagerExecutionDisabled(), w2.isEagerExecutionDisabled());
+    assertEquals(w1.isUsingBuildIdForVersioning(), w2.isUsingBuildIdForVersioning());
+    assertEquals(w1.getBuildId(), w2.getBuildId());
+    assertEquals(w1.getStickyTaskQueueDrainTimeout(), w2.getStickyTaskQueueDrainTimeout());
+    assertEquals(w1.getIdentity(), w2.getIdentity());
+  }
+
   @Test
   public void canBuildMixedSlotSupplierTuner() {
     ResourceBasedController resourceController =