diff --git a/include/rawpdu.h b/include/rawpdu.h
index f8c2308..c093542 100644
--- a/include/rawpdu.h
+++ b/include/rawpdu.h
@@ -37,13 +37,28 @@ namespace Tins {
     public:
         /** \brief Creates an instance of RawPDU.
          *
-         * The payload is NOT copied. Therefore, it must be manually freed by the user.
-         * \param payload The payload which the RawPDU will contain.
+         * The payload is not copied by default, therefore it must be 
+         * manually freed by the user. If the payload was to be copied,
+         * then the copy flag must be set to true.
+         * \param pload The payload which the RawPDU will contain.
          * \param size The size of the payload.
+         * \param copy Flag indicating wether to copy the payload.
          */
+        RawPDU(uint8_t *pload, uint32_t size, bool copy = false);
 
-        RawPDU(uint8_t *payload, uint32_t size);
+        /** \brief RawPDU destructor.
+         * 
+         * Deletes the payload only if it was created setting the copy
+         * flag to true.
+         */
+        ~RawPDU();
 
+        /** \brief Getter for the payload.
+         * 
+         * \return The RawPDU's payload.
+         */
+        const uint8_t *payload() const { return _payload; }
+        
         /** \brief Returns the header size.
          *
          * This metod overrides PDU::header_size. \sa PDU::header_size
@@ -55,12 +70,12 @@ namespace Tins {
          * \sa PDU::pdu_type
          */
         PDUType pdu_type() const { return PDU::RAW; }
-
     private:
         void write_serialization(uint8_t *buffer, uint32_t total_sz, const PDU *parent);
 
         uint8_t *_payload;
         uint32_t _payload_size;
+        bool _owns_payload;
     };
 };
 
diff --git a/src/pdu.cpp b/src/pdu.cpp
index 054d78b..b31c305 100644
--- a/src/pdu.cpp
+++ b/src/pdu.cpp
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ Tins::PDU *Tins::PDU::clone_inner_pdu(uint8_t *ptr, uint32_t total_sz) {
             return 0;
     }
     else
-        child = new RawPDU(ptr, total_sz);
+        child = new RawPDU(ptr, total_sz, true);
     return child;
 }
 
diff --git a/src/rawpdu.cpp b/src/rawpdu.cpp
index 151094a..27028d1 100644
--- a/src/rawpdu.cpp
+++ b/src/rawpdu.cpp
@@ -22,11 +22,18 @@
 #include <cassert>
 #include <cstring>
 #include "rawpdu.h"
-#include <iostream>
 
 
-Tins::RawPDU::RawPDU(uint8_t *payload, uint32_t size) : PDU(255), _payload(payload), _payload_size(size) {
-    
+Tins::RawPDU::RawPDU(uint8_t *pload, uint32_t size, bool copy) : PDU(255), _payload(pload), _payload_size(size), _owns_payload(copy) {
+    if(copy) {
+        _payload = new uint8_t[size];
+        std::memcpy(_payload, pload, size);
+    }
+}
+
+Tins::RawPDU::~RawPDU() {
+    if(_owns_payload)
+        delete[] _payload;
 }
 
 uint32_t Tins::RawPDU::header_size() const {