diff --git a/lib/features/copy-paste/BpmnCopyPaste.js b/lib/features/copy-paste/BpmnCopyPaste.js
index d0e6fe32..9c00174c 100644
--- a/lib/features/copy-paste/BpmnCopyPaste.js
+++ b/lib/features/copy-paste/BpmnCopyPaste.js
@@ -100,6 +100,10 @@ function BpmnCopyPaste(bpmnFactory, eventBus, copyPaste, clipboard, moddle, canv
       descriptor.parent = is(rootElement, 'bpmn:Collaboration') ? rootElement : parent;
     }
 
+    if (is(parent, 'bpmn:Lane')) {
+      descriptor.parent = parent.parent;
+    }
+
     if (descriptor.type === 'bpmn:MessageFlow') {
       descriptor.parent = canvas.getRootElement();
     }
diff --git a/lib/features/modeling/behavior/CopyPasteBehavior.js b/lib/features/modeling/behavior/CopyPasteBehavior.js
index e982fe3a..949a7e66 100644
--- a/lib/features/modeling/behavior/CopyPasteBehavior.js
+++ b/lib/features/modeling/behavior/CopyPasteBehavior.js
@@ -20,6 +20,14 @@ function CopyPasteBehavior(eventBus, modeling, canvas) {
     if (!topParent.parent) {
       context.topParent = canvas.getRootElement();
     }
+
+    if (is(topParent, 'bpmn:Lane')) {
+      do {
+        // unwrap Lane -> LaneSet -> (Lane | FlowElementsContainer)
+        topParent = context.topParent = topParent.parent.parent;
+
+      } while (is(topParent, 'bpmn:Lane'));
+    }
   }, true);
 
   this.postExecute('elements.paste', function(context) {
diff --git a/test/spec/features/copy-paste/BpmnCopyPasteSpec.js b/test/spec/features/copy-paste/BpmnCopyPasteSpec.js
index a24c9154..26f6ad5c 100644
--- a/test/spec/features/copy-paste/BpmnCopyPasteSpec.js
+++ b/test/spec/features/copy-paste/BpmnCopyPasteSpec.js
@@ -93,10 +93,12 @@ describe('features/copy-paste', function() {
       commandStack.undo();
       commandStack.undo();
 
+      elements = elementRegistry.getAll();
+
       currentContext = {
-        type: mapProperty(shapes, 'type'),
-        ids: mapProperty(shapes, 'id'),
-        length: shapes.length
+        type: mapProperty(elements, 'type'),
+        ids: mapProperty(elements, 'id'),
+        length: elements.length
       };
 
       // then
@@ -109,10 +111,12 @@ describe('features/copy-paste', function() {
       commandStack.redo();
       commandStack.redo();
 
+      elements = elementRegistry.getAll();
+
       currentContext = {
-        type: mapProperty(elementRegistry.getAll(), 'type'),
-        ids: mapProperty(elementRegistry.getAll(), 'id'),
-        length: shapes.length
+        type: mapProperty(elements, 'type'),
+        ids: mapProperty(elements, 'id'),
+        length: elements.length
       };
 
       // then
@@ -362,6 +366,35 @@ describe('features/copy-paste', function() {
 
       beforeEach(bootstrapModeler(collaborationMultipleXML, { modules: testModules }));
 
+      describe('basics', function() {
+
+        it('pasting on lane', inject(function(elementRegistry, copyPaste) {
+          // given
+          var lane = elementRegistry.get('Lane_1yo0kyz'),
+              task = elementRegistry.get('Task_0n0k2nj'),
+              participant = elementRegistry.get('Participant_0pgdgt4');
+
+          // when
+          copyPaste.copy(task);
+
+          copyPaste.paste({
+            element: lane,
+            point: {
+              x: 200,
+              y: 75
+            }
+          });
+
+          // then
+          expect(lane.children).to.be.empty;
+          expect(lane.businessObject.flowNodeRef).to.have.length(2);
+
+          expect(lane.parent.children).to.have.length(2);
+          expect(participant.children).to.have.length(5);
+        }));
+
+      });
+
       describe('integration', function() {
 
         it('multiple participants', inject(integrationTest([ 'Participant_0pgdgt4', 'Participant_1id96b4' ])));