diff --git a/CHANGES.rst b/CHANGES.rst
index a4eaa8bfd..1bd5431a3 100644
--- a/CHANGES.rst
+++ b/CHANGES.rst
@@ -9,6 +9,10 @@ Unreleased
 * Ability to submit image galleries with :meth:`.submit_gallery`.
 * Ability to specify modmail mute duration.
 
+**Fixed**
+
+* An issue where performing a deepcopy on an :class:`.RedditBase` object will fail.
+
 7.1.0 (2020/07/16)
 ------------------
 
diff --git a/asyncpraw/models/reddit/base.py b/asyncpraw/models/reddit/base.py
index dfb058869..fd305f40b 100644
--- a/asyncpraw/models/reddit/base.py
+++ b/asyncpraw/models/reddit/base.py
@@ -12,6 +12,10 @@
 class RedditBase(AsyncPRAWBase):
     """Base class that represents actual Reddit objects."""
 
+    def __deepcopy__(self, memodict={}):
+        """Only return the str attribute when performing a deepcopy."""
+        return str(self)
+
     @staticmethod
     def _url_parts(url):
         parsed = urlparse(url)
diff --git a/tests/unit/models/reddit/test_base.py b/tests/unit/models/reddit/test_base.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..9f3d23b9d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/unit/models/reddit/test_base.py
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+"""Test classes from base.py."""
+from copy import deepcopy
+
+from asyncpraw.models.reddit.base import RedditBase
+from ... import UnitTest
+
+
+class TestRedditBase(UnitTest):
+    def test_deepcopy(self):
+        test_string = "test_string"
+        reddit_base = RedditBase(
+            None, _data={"title": test_string, "STR_FIELD": "title"}
+        )
+        result = deepcopy(reddit_base)
+        assert isinstance(result, str)
+        assert result == test_string