diff --git a/src/hash.rs b/src/hash.rs
index fc89b4ab9..98a76ad87 100644
--- a/src/hash.rs
+++ b/src/hash.rs
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 use std::str::FromStr;
 use std::fmt;
 use std::hash::{Hash, Hasher};
-use std::ops::{Index, IndexMut};
+use std::ops::{Index, IndexMut, BitOr};
 use rustc_serialize::hex::*;
 use error::EthcoreError;
 use rand::Rng;
@@ -80,10 +80,14 @@ macro_rules! impl_hash {
 
 		impl Clone for $from {
 			fn clone(&self) -> $from {
-				*self
+				unsafe {
+					use std::{mem, ptr};
+					let mut ret: $from = mem::uninitialized();
+					ptr::copy(self.0.as_ptr(), ret.0.as_mut_ptr(), mem::size_of::<$from>());
+					ret
+				}
 			}
 		}
-		impl Copy for $from {}
 
 		impl PartialEq for $from {
 			fn eq(&self, other: &Self) -> bool {
@@ -115,6 +119,30 @@ macro_rules! impl_hash {
 				&mut self.0[index]
 			}
 		}
+
+		impl<'a> BitOr for &'a $from {
+			type Output = $from;
+
+			fn bitor(self, rhs: Self) -> Self::Output {
+				unsafe {
+					use std::mem;
+					let mut ret: $from = mem::uninitialized();
+					for i in 0..$size {
+						ret.0[i] = self.0[i] | rhs.0[i];
+					}
+					ret
+				}
+			}
+		}
+
+		impl BitOr for $from {
+			type Output = $from;
+
+			fn bitor(self, rhs: Self) -> Self::Output {
+				&self | &rhs
+			}
+		}
+
 	}
 }
 
@@ -126,7 +154,6 @@ impl_hash!(H512, 64);
 impl_hash!(H520, 65);
 impl_hash!(H1024, 128);
 impl_hash!(H2048, 256);
-impl_hash!(H4096, 512);
 
 #[test]
 fn hash() {
@@ -138,3 +165,16 @@ fn hash() {
 	assert!(h != H64([0x01, 0x23, 0x45, 0x67, 0x89, 0xab, 0xcd, 0xee]));
 	assert!(h != H64([0; 8]));
 }
+
+#[test]
+fn hash_bitor() {
+	let a = H64([1; 8]);
+	let b = H64([2; 8]);
+	let c = H64([3; 8]);
+
+	// borrow
+	assert_eq!(&a | &b, c);
+
+	// move
+	assert_eq!(a | b, c);
+}