diff --git a/crates/bevy_scene/src/scene_spawner.rs b/crates/bevy_scene/src/scene_spawner.rs
index 6537333877f53..fc42c522f16ee 100644
--- a/crates/bevy_scene/src/scene_spawner.rs
+++ b/crates/bevy_scene/src/scene_spawner.rs
@@ -198,7 +198,7 @@ impl SceneSpawner {
         &mut self,
         world: &mut World,
         id: impl Into<AssetId<DynamicScene>>,
-    ) -> Result<(), SceneSpawnError> {
+    ) -> Result<InstanceId, SceneSpawnError> {
         let mut entity_map = EntityHashMap::default();
         let id = id.into();
         Self::spawn_dynamic_internal(world, id, &mut entity_map)?;
@@ -207,7 +207,7 @@ impl SceneSpawner {
             .insert(instance_id, InstanceInfo { entity_map });
         let spawned = self.spawned_dynamic_scenes.entry(id).or_default();
         spawned.push(instance_id);
-        Ok(())
+        Ok(instance_id)
     }
 
     fn spawn_dynamic_internal(
@@ -434,3 +434,67 @@ pub fn scene_spawner_system(world: &mut World) {
         scene_spawner.set_scene_instance_parent_sync(world);
     });
 }
+
+#[cfg(test)]
+mod tests {
+    use super::*;
+    use bevy_ecs::component::Component;
+    use bevy_ecs::entity::Entity;
+    use bevy_ecs::prelude::ReflectComponent;
+    use bevy_ecs::query::With;
+    use bevy_ecs::{reflect::AppTypeRegistry, world::World};
+
+    use crate::DynamicSceneBuilder;
+    use bevy_reflect::Reflect;
+
+    #[derive(Reflect, Component, Debug, PartialEq, Eq, Clone, Copy, Default)]
+    #[reflect(Component)]
+    struct A(usize);
+
+    #[test]
+    fn clone_dynamic_entities() {
+        let mut world = World::default();
+
+        // setup
+        let atr = AppTypeRegistry::default();
+        atr.write().register::<A>();
+        world.insert_resource(atr);
+        world.insert_resource(Assets::<DynamicScene>::default());
+
+        // start test
+        world.spawn(A(42));
+
+        assert_eq!(world.query::<&A>().iter(&world).len(), 1);
+
+        // clone only existing entity
+        let mut scene_spawner = SceneSpawner::default();
+        let entity = world.query_filtered::<Entity, With<A>>().single(&world);
+        let scene = DynamicSceneBuilder::from_world(&world)
+            .extract_entity(entity)
+            .build();
+
+        let scene_id = world.resource_mut::<Assets<DynamicScene>>().add(scene);
+        let instance_id = scene_spawner
+            .spawn_dynamic_sync(&mut world, scene_id)
+            .unwrap();
+
+        // verify we spawned exactly one new entity with our expected component
+        assert_eq!(world.query::<&A>().iter(&world).len(), 2);
+
+        // verify that we can get this newly-spawned entity by the instance ID
+        let new_entity = scene_spawner
+            .iter_instance_entities(instance_id)
+            .next()
+            .unwrap();
+
+        // verify this is not the original entity
+        assert_ne!(entity, new_entity);
+
+        // verify this new entity contains the same data as the original entity
+        let [old_a, new_a] = world
+            .query::<&A>()
+            .get_many(&world, [entity, new_entity])
+            .unwrap();
+        assert_eq!(old_a, new_a);
+    }
+}