diff --git a/addons/website/static/src/components/wysiwyg_adapter/wysiwyg_adapter.js b/addons/website/static/src/components/wysiwyg_adapter/wysiwyg_adapter.js
index fde6edec486..8c2a67a66f6 100644
--- a/addons/website/static/src/components/wysiwyg_adapter/wysiwyg_adapter.js
+++ b/addons/website/static/src/components/wysiwyg_adapter/wysiwyg_adapter.js
@@ -619,6 +619,37 @@ export class WysiwygAdapterComponent extends ComponentAdapter {
             return this.props.quitCallback();
         }
     }
+    /**
+     * Called when a snippet is about to be cloned in the page. Notifies the
+     * WebsiteRoot that it should stop the public widgets inside that snippet.
+     *
+     * @private
+     * @param {OdooEvent} ev
+     */
+    _onSnippetWillBeCloned(ev) {
+        this._websiteRootEvent('widgets_stop_request', {
+            $target: ev.data.$target,
+        });
+    }
+    /**
+     * Called when a snippet is cloned in the page. Notifies the WebsiteRoot
+     * that it should start the public widgets for this snippet and the snippet it
+     * was cloned from.
+     *
+     * @private
+     * @param {OdooEvent} ev
+     */
+    _onSnippetCloned(ev) {
+        this._websiteRootEvent('widgets_start_request', {
+            editableMode: true,
+            $target: ev.data.$target,
+        });
+
+        this._websiteRootEvent('widgets_start_request', {
+            editableMode: true,
+            $target: ev.data.$origin,
+        });
+    }
     /***
      * Starts the widgets inside the dropped snippet.
      *
@@ -732,6 +763,8 @@ WysiwygAdapterComponent.prototype.events = {
     'context_get': '_onContextGet',
     'action_demand': '_handleAction',
     'request_cancel': '_onCancelRequest',
+    'snippet_will_be_cloned': '_onSnippetWillBeCloned',
+    'snippet_cloned': '_onSnippetCloned',
     'snippet_dropped': '_onSnippetDropped',
     'snippet_removed': '_onSnippetRemoved',
     'reload_bundles': '_reloadBundles',
diff --git a/addons/website/static/tests/tours/start_cloned_snippet.js b/addons/website/static/tests/tours/start_cloned_snippet.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..d077f7a277c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/addons/website/static/tests/tours/start_cloned_snippet.js
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+/** @odoo-module **/
+
+import wTourUtils from 'website.tour_utils';
+
+const countdownSnippet = {
+    name: 'Countdown',
+    id: 's_countdown',
+};
+const dragNDropOutOfFooter = wTourUtils.dragNDrop(countdownSnippet);
+dragNDropOutOfFooter.run = 'drag_and_drop iframe #wrapwrap #wrap';
+
+wTourUtils.registerEditionTour('website_start_cloned_snippet', {
+    edition: true,
+    test: true,
+    url: '/',
+}, [
+    dragNDropOutOfFooter,
+    wTourUtils.clickOnSnippet(countdownSnippet),
+    {
+        content: 'Click on clone snippet',
+        trigger: '.oe_snippet_clone',
+    },
+    {
+        content: 'Check that the cloned snippet has a canvas and that something has been drawn inside of it',
+        trigger: 'iframe .s_countdown:eq(1) canvas',
+        run: function () {
+            // Check that at least one bit has been drawn in the canvas
+            if (!this.$anchor[0].getContext('2d').getImageData(0, 0, 1000, 1000).data.includes(1)) {
+                console.error('The cloned snippet should have been started');
+            }
+        },
+    },
+]);
diff --git a/addons/website/tests/test_ui.py b/addons/website/tests/test_ui.py
index 79f98356abc..e1a142046e8 100644
--- a/addons/website/tests/test_ui.py
+++ b/addons/website/tests/test_ui.py
@@ -308,3 +308,6 @@ class TestUi(odoo.tests.HttpCase):
 
     def test_20_snippet_editor_panel_options(self):
         self.start_tour("/@/?enable_editor=1", "snippet_editor_panel_options", login="admin")
+
+    def test_21_website_start_cloned_snippet(self):
+        self.start_tour('/web', 'website_start_cloned_snippet', login='admin')