diff --git a/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/elasticsearch/core/AbstractElasticsearchTemplate.java b/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/elasticsearch/core/AbstractElasticsearchTemplate.java
index 20ed1b86f..38c48c26b 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/elasticsearch/core/AbstractElasticsearchTemplate.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/elasticsearch/core/AbstractElasticsearchTemplate.java
@@ -70,6 +70,7 @@
  * @author Roman Puchkovskiy
  * @author Subhobrata Dey
  * @author Steven Pearce
+ * @author Anton Naydenov
  */
 public abstract class AbstractElasticsearchTemplate implements ElasticsearchOperations, ApplicationContextAware {
 
@@ -110,6 +111,7 @@ private AbstractElasticsearchTemplate copy() {
 		}
 
 		copy.setRoutingResolver(routingResolver);
+		copy.setRefreshPolicy(refreshPolicy);
 
 		return copy;
 	}
diff --git a/src/test/java/org/springframework/data/elasticsearch/core/routing/ElasticsearchOperationsRoutingTests.java b/src/test/java/org/springframework/data/elasticsearch/core/routing/ElasticsearchOperationsRoutingTests.java
index 74f4b8c4c..c60ef594d 100644
--- a/src/test/java/org/springframework/data/elasticsearch/core/routing/ElasticsearchOperationsRoutingTests.java
+++ b/src/test/java/org/springframework/data/elasticsearch/core/routing/ElasticsearchOperationsRoutingTests.java
@@ -33,11 +33,9 @@
 import org.springframework.data.elasticsearch.annotations.Document;
 import org.springframework.data.elasticsearch.annotations.Routing;
 import org.springframework.data.elasticsearch.annotations.Setting;
-import org.springframework.data.elasticsearch.core.ElasticsearchOperations;
-import org.springframework.data.elasticsearch.core.IndexOperations;
-import org.springframework.data.elasticsearch.core.MultiGetItem;
-import org.springframework.data.elasticsearch.core.SearchHits;
+import org.springframework.data.elasticsearch.core.*;
 import org.springframework.data.elasticsearch.core.mapping.IndexCoordinates;
+import org.springframework.data.elasticsearch.core.mapping.SimpleElasticsearchMappingContext;
 import org.springframework.data.elasticsearch.core.query.BaseQuery;
 import org.springframework.data.elasticsearch.core.query.Query;
 import org.springframework.data.elasticsearch.junit.jupiter.ElasticsearchRestTemplateConfiguration;
@@ -47,6 +45,7 @@
 
 /**
  * @author Peter-Josef Meisch
+ * @author Anton Naydenov
  */
 @SuppressWarnings("ConstantConditions")
 @SpringIntegrationTest
@@ -159,6 +158,21 @@ void shouldUseRoutingValuesInMultiget() {
 		softly.assertAll();
 	}
 
+	@Test
+	void shouldCreateACopyOfTheClientWithRefreshPolicy() {
+		//given
+		AbstractElasticsearchTemplate sourceTemplate = (AbstractElasticsearchTemplate) operations;
+		SimpleElasticsearchMappingContext mappingContext = new SimpleElasticsearchMappingContext();
+		DefaultRoutingResolver defaultRoutingResolver = new DefaultRoutingResolver(mappingContext);
+
+		//when
+		ElasticsearchOperations operationsCopy = this.operations.withRouting(defaultRoutingResolver);
+		AbstractElasticsearchTemplate copyTemplate = (AbstractElasticsearchTemplate) operationsCopy;
+
+		//then
+		assertThat(sourceTemplate.getRefreshPolicy()).isEqualTo(copyTemplate.getRefreshPolicy());
+	}
+
 	@Document(indexName = INDEX)
 	@Setting(shards = 7)
 	@Routing("routing")