diff --git a/processor/src/main/java/org/mapstruct/ap/internal/model/BeanMappingMethod.java b/processor/src/main/java/org/mapstruct/ap/internal/model/BeanMappingMethod.java
index 4f2dc4e5f..24e160b9d 100644
--- a/processor/src/main/java/org/mapstruct/ap/internal/model/BeanMappingMethod.java
+++ b/processor/src/main/java/org/mapstruct/ap/internal/model/BeanMappingMethod.java
@@ -405,7 +405,7 @@ public class BeanMappingMethod extends NormalTypeMappingMethod {
                                          Collections.emptyList(),
                                          subclassMappingOptions.getTarget(),
                                          ctx.getTypeUtils() ).withSourceRHS( rightHandSide ),
-                                     null,
+                                     subclassMappingOptions.getMappingControl( ctx.getElementUtils() ),
                                      null,
                                      false );
             Assignment assignment = ctx
diff --git a/processor/src/test/java/org/mapstruct/ap/test/subclassmapping/DeepCloneMapper.java b/processor/src/test/java/org/mapstruct/ap/test/subclassmapping/DeepCloneMapper.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..24d024472
--- /dev/null
+++ b/processor/src/test/java/org/mapstruct/ap/test/subclassmapping/DeepCloneMapper.java
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright MapStruct Authors.
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License version 2.0, available at http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ */
+package org.mapstruct.ap.test.subclassmapping;
+
+import org.mapstruct.Mapper;
+import org.mapstruct.SubclassMapping;
+import org.mapstruct.ap.test.subclassmapping.mappables.Bike;
+import org.mapstruct.ap.test.subclassmapping.mappables.Car;
+import org.mapstruct.ap.test.subclassmapping.mappables.Vehicle;
+import org.mapstruct.control.DeepClone;
+import org.mapstruct.factory.Mappers;
+
+@Mapper(mappingControl = DeepClone.class)
+public interface DeepCloneMapper {
+    DeepCloneMapper INSTANCE = Mappers.getMapper( DeepCloneMapper.class );
+
+    @SubclassMapping( source = Car.class, target = Car.class )
+    @SubclassMapping( source = Bike.class, target = Bike.class )
+    Vehicle map(Vehicle vehicle);
+}
diff --git a/processor/src/test/java/org/mapstruct/ap/test/subclassmapping/DeepCloneMethodMapper.java b/processor/src/test/java/org/mapstruct/ap/test/subclassmapping/DeepCloneMethodMapper.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..3f276b24c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/processor/src/test/java/org/mapstruct/ap/test/subclassmapping/DeepCloneMethodMapper.java
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright MapStruct Authors.
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License version 2.0, available at http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ */
+package org.mapstruct.ap.test.subclassmapping;
+
+import org.mapstruct.BeanMapping;
+import org.mapstruct.Mapper;
+import org.mapstruct.NullValueMappingStrategy;
+import org.mapstruct.SubclassMapping;
+import org.mapstruct.ap.test.subclassmapping.mappables.Bike;
+import org.mapstruct.ap.test.subclassmapping.mappables.Car;
+import org.mapstruct.ap.test.subclassmapping.mappables.Vehicle;
+import org.mapstruct.control.DeepClone;
+import org.mapstruct.factory.Mappers;
+
+@Mapper
+public interface DeepCloneMethodMapper {
+    DeepCloneMethodMapper INSTANCE = Mappers.getMapper( DeepCloneMethodMapper.class );
+
+    @SubclassMapping( source = Car.class, target = Car.class )
+    @SubclassMapping( source = Bike.class, target = Bike.class )
+    @BeanMapping( mappingControl = DeepClone.class, nullValueMappingStrategy = NullValueMappingStrategy.RETURN_NULL )
+    Vehicle map(Vehicle vehicle);
+}
diff --git a/processor/src/test/java/org/mapstruct/ap/test/subclassmapping/SubclassMappingTest.java b/processor/src/test/java/org/mapstruct/ap/test/subclassmapping/SubclassMappingTest.java
index 7df555ecc..6f9b6e160 100644
--- a/processor/src/test/java/org/mapstruct/ap/test/subclassmapping/SubclassMappingTest.java
+++ b/processor/src/test/java/org/mapstruct/ap/test/subclassmapping/SubclassMappingTest.java
@@ -52,6 +52,36 @@ public class SubclassMappingTest {
             .containsExactly( CarDto.class, BikeDto.class );
     }
 
+    @ProcessorTest
+    @WithClasses( DeepCloneMapper.class )
+    void deepCloneMappingClonesObjects() {
+        Car car = new Car();
+        car.setManual( true );
+        car.setName( "namedCar" );
+        car.setVehicleManufacturingCompany( "veMac" );
+
+        Vehicle result = DeepCloneMapper.INSTANCE.map( car );
+
+        assertThat( result ).isInstanceOf( Car.class );
+        assertThat( result ).isNotSameAs( car );
+        assertThat( result ).usingRecursiveComparison().isEqualTo( car );
+    }
+
+    @ProcessorTest
+    @WithClasses( DeepCloneMethodMapper.class )
+    void deepCloneMappingOnMethodClonesObjects() {
+        Car car = new Car();
+        car.setManual( true );
+        car.setName( "namedCar" );
+        car.setVehicleManufacturingCompany( "veMac" );
+
+        Vehicle result = DeepCloneMethodMapper.INSTANCE.map( car );
+
+        assertThat( result ).isInstanceOf( Car.class );
+        assertThat( result ).isNotSameAs( car );
+        assertThat( result ).usingRecursiveComparison().isEqualTo( car );
+    }
+
     @ProcessorTest
     @WithClasses( SimpleSubclassMapper.class )
     void inverseMappingIsDoneUsingSubclassMapping() {
diff --git a/processor/src/test/java/org/mapstruct/ap/test/subclassmapping/mappables/Car.java b/processor/src/test/java/org/mapstruct/ap/test/subclassmapping/mappables/Car.java
index 71b2446d3..6f33a6cb6 100644
--- a/processor/src/test/java/org/mapstruct/ap/test/subclassmapping/mappables/Car.java
+++ b/processor/src/test/java/org/mapstruct/ap/test/subclassmapping/mappables/Car.java
@@ -15,4 +15,5 @@ public class Car extends Vehicle {
     public void setManual(boolean manual) {
         this.manual = manual;
     }
+
 }