diff --git a/protocols/request-response/CHANGELOG.md b/protocols/request-response/CHANGELOG.md
index 7685ecab2b0..d81fe737c5b 100644
--- a/protocols/request-response/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/protocols/request-response/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -6,6 +6,9 @@
   to the underlying connection closing.
   [PR 1886](https://github.com/libp2p/rust-libp2p/pull/1886).
 
+- Derive Clone for `InboundFailure` and `Outbound}Failure`.
+  [PR 1891](https://github.com/libp2p/rust-libp2p/pull/1891)
+
 # 0.7.0 [2020-12-08]
 
 - Refine emitted events for inbound requests, introducing
diff --git a/protocols/request-response/src/lib.rs b/protocols/request-response/src/lib.rs
index 0a1062102b1..a9806c3c22d 100644
--- a/protocols/request-response/src/lib.rs
+++ b/protocols/request-response/src/lib.rs
@@ -163,7 +163,7 @@ pub enum RequestResponseEvent<TRequest, TResponse, TChannelResponse = TResponse>
 
 /// Possible failures occurring in the context of sending
 /// an outbound request and receiving the response.
-#[derive(Debug)]
+#[derive(Debug, Clone)]
 pub enum OutboundFailure {
     /// The request could not be sent because a dialing attempt failed.
     DialFailure,
@@ -183,7 +183,7 @@ pub enum OutboundFailure {
 
 /// Possible failures occurring in the context of receiving an
 /// inbound request and sending a response.
-#[derive(Debug)]
+#[derive(Debug, Clone)]
 pub enum InboundFailure {
     /// The inbound request timed out, either while reading the
     /// incoming request or before a response is sent, e.g. if