diff --git a/app/actions/layers-commands.c b/app/actions/layers-commands.c
index 586cc9699d..29220a4fde 100644
--- a/app/actions/layers-commands.c
+++ b/app/actions/layers-commands.c
@@ -832,6 +832,7 @@ layers_duplicate_cmd_callback (GimpAction *action,
                             gimp_layer_get_parent (iter->data),
                             gimp_item_get_index (iter->data),
                             TRUE);
+      gimp_drawable_enable_resize_undo (GIMP_DRAWABLE (new_layer));
       new_layers = g_list_prepend (new_layers, new_layer);
 
       /* Import any attached layer effects */