diff --git a/django/contrib/gis/geos/base.py b/django/contrib/gis/geos/base.py
index fdb04d0b78..728e99e2be 100644
--- a/django/contrib/gis/geos/base.py
+++ b/django/contrib/gis/geos/base.py
@@ -87,16 +87,21 @@ class GEOSGeometry(object):
         else:
             raise GEOSException('Could not initialize GEOS Geometry with given input.')
 
+        # Post-initialization setup.
+        self._post_init(srid)
+
+    def _post_init(self, srid):
+        "Helper routine for performing post-initialization setup."
         # Setting the SRID, if given.
         if srid and isinstance(srid, int): self.srid = srid
-
+        
         # Setting the class type (e.g., Point, Polygon, etc.)
         self.__class__ = GEOS_CLASSES[self.geom_typeid]
 
         # Setting the coordinate sequence for the geometry (will be None on 
-        #  geometries that do not have coordinate sequences)
+        # geometries that do not have coordinate sequences)
         self._set_cs()
-        
+
     @property
     def ptr(self):
         """
@@ -139,6 +144,20 @@ class GEOSGeometry(object):
         "Short-hand representation because WKT may be very large."
         return '<%s object at %s>' % (self.geom_type, hex(addressof(self.ptr)))
 
+    # Pickling support
+    def __getstate__(self):
+        # The pickled state is simply a tuple of the WKB (in string form)
+        # and the SRID.
+        return str(self.wkb), self.srid
+
+    def __setstate__(self, state):
+        # Instantiating from the tuple state that was pickled.
+        wkb, srid = state
+        ptr = from_wkb(wkb, len(wkb))
+        if not ptr: raise GEOSException('Invalid Geometry loaded from pickled state.')
+        self._ptr = ptr
+        self._post_init(srid)
+
     # Comparison operators
     def __eq__(self, other):
         """
@@ -413,23 +432,32 @@ class GEOSGeometry(object):
         "Alias for `srs` property."
         return self.srs
 
-    def transform(self, ct):
-        "Transforms this Geometry; only works with GDAL."
+    def transform(self, ct, clone=False):
+        """
+        Requires GDAL. Transforms the geometry according to the given 
+        transformation object, which may be an integer SRID, and WKT or 
+        PROJ.4 string. By default, the geometry is transformed in-place and 
+        nothing is returned. However if the `clone` keyword is set, then this 
+        geometry will not be modified and a transformed clone will be returned
+        instead.
+        """
         srid = self.srid
         if HAS_GDAL and srid:
             g = OGRGeometry(self.wkb, srid)
             g.transform(ct)
             wkb = str(g.wkb)
             ptr = from_wkb(wkb, len(wkb))
+            if clone: 
+                # User wants a cloned transformed geometry returned.
+                return GEOSGeometry(ptr, srid=g.srid)
             if ptr:
-                # Reassigning pointer, and getting the new coordinate sequence pointer.
+                # Reassigning pointer, and performing post-initialization setup
+                # again due to the reassignment.
                 destroy_geom(self.ptr)
                 self._ptr = ptr
-                self._set_cs()
-
-                # Some coordinate transformations do not have an SRID associated
-                # with them; only set if one exists.
-                if g.srid: self.srid = g.srid
+                self._post_init(g.srid)
+            else:
+                raise GEOSException('Transformed WKB was invalid.')
 
     #### Topology Routines ####
     def _topology(self, gptr):
diff --git a/django/contrib/gis/tests/test_geos.py b/django/contrib/gis/tests/test_geos.py
index 19d28cef88..0fd45a3b4d 100644
--- a/django/contrib/gis/tests/test_geos.py
+++ b/django/contrib/gis/tests/test_geos.py
@@ -703,8 +703,15 @@ class GEOSTest(unittest.TestCase):
         t2.transform(SpatialReference('EPSG:2774'))
         ct = CoordTransform(SpatialReference('WGS84'), SpatialReference(2774))
         t3.transform(ct)
+
+        # Testing use of the `clone` keyword.
+        k1 = orig.clone()
+        k2 = k1.transform(trans.srid, clone=True)
+        self.assertEqual(k1, orig)
+        self.assertNotEqual(k1, k2)
+
         prec = 3
-        for p in (t1, t2, t3):
+        for p in (t1, t2, t3, k2):
             self.assertAlmostEqual(trans.x, p.x, prec)
             self.assertAlmostEqual(trans.y, p.y, prec)
 
@@ -724,6 +731,27 @@ class GEOSTest(unittest.TestCase):
         xmax, ymax = max(x), max(y)
         self.assertEqual((xmin, ymin, xmax, ymax), poly.extent)
 
+    def test25_pickle(self):
+        "Testing pickling and unpickling support."
+        # Using both pickle and cPickle -- just 'cause.
+        import pickle, cPickle
+
+        # Creating a list of test geometries for pickling, 
+        # and setting the SRID on some of them.
+        def get_geoms(lst, srid=None):
+            return [GEOSGeometry(tg.wkt, srid) for tg in lst]
+        tgeoms = get_geoms(points)
+        tgeoms.extend(get_geoms(multilinestrings, 4326))
+        tgeoms.extend(get_geoms(polygons, 3084))
+        tgeoms.extend(get_geoms(multipolygons, 900913))
+        
+        for geom in tgeoms:
+            s1, s2 = cPickle.dumps(geom), pickle.dumps(geom)
+            g1, g2 = cPickle.loads(s1), pickle.loads(s2)
+            for tmpg in (g1, g2):
+                self.assertEqual(geom, tmpg)
+                self.assertEqual(geom.srid, tmpg.srid)
+
 def suite():
     s = unittest.TestSuite()
     s.addTest(unittest.makeSuite(GEOSTest))