diff --git a/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/search/SearchRequest.java b/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/search/SearchRequest.java
index 2b17347b4a8..28a4e1e6961 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/search/SearchRequest.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/search/SearchRequest.java
@@ -94,6 +94,31 @@ public class SearchRequest extends ActionRequest<SearchRequest> implements Indic
     public SearchRequest() {
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Copy constructor that creates a new search request that is a copy of the one provided as an argument.
+     * The new request will inherit though headers and context from the original request that caused it.
+     */
+    public SearchRequest(SearchRequest searchRequest, ActionRequest originalRequest) {
+        super(originalRequest);
+        this.searchType = searchRequest.searchType;
+        this.indices = searchRequest.indices;
+        this.routing = searchRequest.routing;
+        this.preference = searchRequest.preference;
+        this.templateSource = searchRequest.templateSource;
+        this.templateSourceUnsafe = searchRequest.templateSourceUnsafe;
+        this.templateName = searchRequest.templateName;
+        this.templateType = searchRequest.templateType;
+        this.templateParams = searchRequest.templateParams;
+        this.source = searchRequest.source;
+        this.sourceUnsafe = searchRequest.sourceUnsafe;
+        this.extraSource = searchRequest.extraSource;
+        this.extraSourceUnsafe = searchRequest.extraSourceUnsafe;
+        this.queryCache = searchRequest.queryCache;
+        this.scroll = searchRequest.scroll;
+        this.types = searchRequest.types;
+        this.indicesOptions = searchRequest.indicesOptions;
+    }
+
     /**
      * Constructs a new search request starting from the provided request, meaning that it will
      * inherit its headers and context
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/search/TransportMultiSearchAction.java b/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/search/TransportMultiSearchAction.java
index b5ce0f6d0c1..a580c818468 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/search/TransportMultiSearchAction.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/search/TransportMultiSearchAction.java
@@ -23,7 +23,6 @@ import org.elasticsearch.ExceptionsHelper;
 import org.elasticsearch.action.ActionListener;
 import org.elasticsearch.action.support.ActionFilters;
 import org.elasticsearch.action.support.HandledTransportAction;
-import org.elasticsearch.action.support.TransportAction;
 import org.elasticsearch.cluster.ClusterService;
 import org.elasticsearch.cluster.ClusterState;
 import org.elasticsearch.cluster.block.ClusterBlockLevel;
@@ -31,8 +30,6 @@ import org.elasticsearch.common.inject.Inject;
 import org.elasticsearch.common.settings.Settings;
 import org.elasticsearch.common.util.concurrent.AtomicArray;
 import org.elasticsearch.threadpool.ThreadPool;
-import org.elasticsearch.transport.BaseTransportRequestHandler;
-import org.elasticsearch.transport.TransportChannel;
 import org.elasticsearch.transport.TransportService;
 
 import java.util.concurrent.atomic.AtomicInteger;
@@ -61,7 +58,8 @@ public class TransportMultiSearchAction extends HandledTransportAction<MultiSear
         final AtomicInteger counter = new AtomicInteger(responses.length());
         for (int i = 0; i < responses.length(); i++) {
             final int index = i;
-            searchAction.execute(request.requests().get(i), new ActionListener<SearchResponse>() {
+            SearchRequest searchRequest = new SearchRequest(request.requests().get(i), request);
+            searchAction.execute(searchRequest, new ActionListener<SearchResponse>() {
                 @Override
                 public void onResponse(SearchResponse searchResponse) {
                     responses.set(index, new MultiSearchResponse.Item(searchResponse, null));