diff --git a/httpx/_models.py b/httpx/_models.py
index 2cc86321a4..389c68ad77 100644
--- a/httpx/_models.py
+++ b/httpx/_models.py
@@ -1092,9 +1092,7 @@ def __init__(self, cookies: CookieTypes | None = None) -> None:
             for key, value in cookies:
                 self.set(key, value)
         elif isinstance(cookies, Cookies):
-            self.jar = CookieJar()
-            for cookie in cookies.jar:
-                self.jar.set_cookie(cookie)
+            self.jar = cookies.jar
         else:
             self.jar = cookies
 
diff --git a/tests/models/test_cookies.py b/tests/models/test_cookies.py
index f7abe11ad4..6c7e79cf4f 100644
--- a/tests/models/test_cookies.py
+++ b/tests/models/test_cookies.py
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 import http
+from http.cookiejar import CookieJar, DefaultCookiePolicy
 
 import pytest
 
@@ -96,3 +97,14 @@ def test_cookies_repr():
         "<Cookies[<Cookie foo=bar for http://blah.com />,"
         " <Cookie fizz=buzz for http://hello.com />]>"
     )
+
+def test_cookies_policy():
+    jar = CookieJar()
+    jar.set_policy(
+        DefaultCookiePolicy(
+            strict_domain=True,
+        )
+    )
+    cookies = httpx.Cookies(jar)
+    new_cookies = httpx.Cookies(cookies)
+    assert new_cookies.jar._policy.strict_domain is True