diff --git a/lib/features/modeling/behavior/ReplaceElementBehaviour.js b/lib/features/modeling/behavior/ReplaceElementBehaviour.js
index d15445afd1..420cb15c60 100644
--- a/lib/features/modeling/behavior/ReplaceElementBehaviour.js
+++ b/lib/features/modeling/behavior/ReplaceElementBehaviour.js
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import inherits from 'inherits-browser';
 
-import { forEach } from 'min-dash';
+import { forEach, reduce } from 'min-dash';
 
 import CommandInterceptor from 'diagram-js/lib/command/CommandInterceptor';
 
@@ -30,10 +30,14 @@ export default function ReplaceElementBehaviour(
         target = context.parent,
         elements = context.elements;
 
-    var canReplace = bpmnRules.canReplace(elements, target);
+    var elementReplacements = reduce(elements, function(replacements, element) {
+      var canReplace = bpmnRules.canReplace([ element ], element.host || element.parent || target);
 
-    if (canReplace) {
-      this.replaceElements(elements, canReplace.replacements);
+      return canReplace ? replacements.concat(canReplace.replacements) : replacements;
+    }, []);
+
+    if (elementReplacements.length) {
+      this.replaceElements(elements, elementReplacements);
     }
   }, this);
 
diff --git a/test/spec/features/modeling/behavior/ReplaceElementBehaviourSpec.js b/test/spec/features/modeling/behavior/ReplaceElementBehaviourSpec.js
index eda241056c..49c79d7926 100644
--- a/test/spec/features/modeling/behavior/ReplaceElementBehaviourSpec.js
+++ b/test/spec/features/modeling/behavior/ReplaceElementBehaviourSpec.js
@@ -7,8 +7,12 @@ import replacePreviewModule from 'lib/features/replace-preview';
 import modelingModule from 'lib/features/modeling';
 import moveModule from 'diagram-js/lib/features/move';
 import coreModule from 'lib/core';
+import copyPasteModule from 'lib/features/copy-paste';
 
-import { is } from 'lib/util/ModelUtil';
+import {
+  getBusinessObject,
+  is
+} from 'lib/util/ModelUtil';
 
 import {
   createCanvasEvent as canvasEvent
@@ -29,7 +33,8 @@ describe('features/modeling - replace element behavior', function() {
       replacePreviewModule,
       modelingModule,
       coreModule,
-      moveModule
+      moveModule,
+      copyPasteModule
     ];
 
 
@@ -110,6 +115,38 @@ describe('features/modeling - replace element behavior', function() {
         })
       );
 
+
+      it('should not replace non-interrupting start event after copy paste',
+        inject(function(canvas, copyPaste, elementRegistry) {
+
+          // given
+          var subProcess = elementRegistry.get('SubProcess_1'),
+              rootElement = canvas.getRootElement();
+
+          // when
+          copyPaste.copy(subProcess);
+
+          var elements = copyPaste.paste({
+            element: rootElement,
+            point: {
+              x: 100,
+              y: 100
+            }
+          });
+
+          // then
+          var startEvents = elements.filter(function(element) {
+            if (is(element, 'bpmn:StartEvent') && getBusinessObject(element).get('eventDefinitions').length) {
+              return true;
+            }
+          });
+
+          startEvents.forEach(function(startEvent) {
+            expect(getBusinessObject(startEvent).get('isInterrupting')).to.be.false;
+          });
+        })
+      );
+
     });