diff --git a/src/pendulum/datetime.py b/src/pendulum/datetime.py
index 96aff25b..fa917732 100644
--- a/src/pendulum/datetime.py
+++ b/src/pendulum/datetime.py
@@ -50,6 +50,22 @@
 _MONTH_CALENDAR = calendar.Calendar(firstweekday=calendar.MONDAY)
 
 
+def _restore_datetime(
+    cls: type[DateTime],
+    year: int,
+    month: int,
+    day: int,
+    hour: int,
+    minute: int,
+    second: int,
+    microsecond: int,
+    tzinfo: datetime.tzinfo | None,
+    fold: int,
+) -> DateTime:
+    """Rebuild a DateTime from the state produced by ``DateTime._getstate()``."""
+    return cls(year, month, day, hour, minute, second, microsecond, tzinfo, fold=fold)
+
+
 class DateTime(datetime.datetime, Date):
     EPOCH: ClassVar[DateTime]
     min: ClassVar[DateTime]
@@ -1367,21 +1383,13 @@ def _getstate(
             self.tzinfo,
         )
 
-    def __reduce__(
-        self,
-    ) -> tuple[
-        type[Self],
-        tuple[int, int, int, int, int, int, int, datetime.tzinfo | None],
-    ]:
+    def __reduce__(self) -> tuple[Callable[..., DateTime], tuple[Any, ...]]:
         return self.__reduce_ex__(2)
 
     def __reduce_ex__(
         self, protocol: SupportsIndex
-    ) -> tuple[
-        type[Self],
-        tuple[int, int, int, int, int, int, int, datetime.tzinfo | None],
-    ]:
-        return self.__class__, self._getstate(protocol)
+    ) -> tuple[Callable[..., DateTime], tuple[Any, ...]]:
+        return _restore_datetime, (self.__class__, *self._getstate(protocol), self.fold)
 
     def __deepcopy__(self, _: dict[int, Self]) -> Self:
         return self.__class__(
diff --git a/tests/datetime/test_behavior.py b/tests/datetime/test_behavior.py
index 3ccfc421..4e78080a 100644
--- a/tests/datetime/test_behavior.py
+++ b/tests/datetime/test_behavior.py
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 import pickle
 import zoneinfo
 
+from copy import copy
 from copy import deepcopy
 from datetime import date
 from datetime import datetime
@@ -166,6 +167,37 @@ def test_pickle():
     assert dt1 == dt2
 
 
+@pytest.mark.parametrize("protocol", range(pickle.HIGHEST_PROTOCOL + 1))
+@pytest.mark.parametrize("fold", [0, 1])
+def test_pickle_preserves_fold_and_instant(protocol, fold):
+    original = pendulum.datetime(2024, 11, 3, 1, 30, tz="America/Chicago", fold=fold)
+    restored = pickle.loads(pickle.dumps(original, protocol=protocol))
+
+    assert type(restored) is type(original)
+    assert restored.fold == fold
+    assert restored.utcoffset() == original.utcoffset()
+    assert restored.timestamp() == original.timestamp()
+
+
+def test_shallow_copy_preserves_fold_and_instant():
+    original = pendulum.datetime(2024, 11, 3, 1, 30, tz="America/Chicago", fold=1)
+    restored = copy(original)
+
+    assert restored.fold == original.fold
+    assert restored.utcoffset() == original.utcoffset()
+    assert restored.timestamp() == original.timestamp()
+
+
+def test_pickle_keeps_tzinfo():
+    tz = zoneinfo.ZoneInfo("America/Chicago")
+    original = pendulum.DateTime(2024, 11, 3, 1, 30, tzinfo=tz, fold=1)
+    restored = pickle.loads(pickle.dumps(original))
+
+    assert type(restored.tzinfo) is zoneinfo.ZoneInfo
+    assert restored.utcoffset() == original.utcoffset()
+    assert restored.timestamp() == original.timestamp()
+
+
 def test_pickle_with_integer_tzinfo():
     dt1 = pendulum.datetime(2016, 8, 27, 12, 34, 56, 123456, tz=0)
     s = pickle.dumps(dt1)