diff --git a/src/core/IronPython.Modules/_collections.cs b/src/core/IronPython.Modules/_collections.cs
index d58d66f1d..078029a4e 100644
--- a/src/core/IronPython.Modules/_collections.cs
+++ b/src/core/IronPython.Modules/_collections.cs
@@ -572,14 +572,20 @@ public deque InPlaceAdd(object other) {
 
             #region binary operators
 
-            public static deque operator +([NotNone] deque x, object y) {
-                if (y is deque t) return x + t;
+            [SpecialName]
+            public static deque Add(CodeContext context, [NotNone] deque x, object y) {
+                if (y is deque t) return Add(context, x, t);
                 throw PythonOps.TypeError($"can only concatenate deque (not \"{PythonOps.GetPythonTypeName(y)}\") to deque");
             }
 
-            public static deque operator +([NotNone] deque x, [NotNone] deque y) {
-                var d = new deque(x._maxLen);
-                d.extend(x);
+            [SpecialName]
+            public static deque Add(CodeContext context, [NotNone] deque x, [NotNone] deque y) {
+                var d = (deque)__new__(context, DynamicHelpers.GetPythonType(x), null, null);
+                if (x._maxLen > 0) {
+                    d.__init__(x, x._maxLen);
+                } else {
+                    d.__init__(x);
+                }
                 d.extend(y);
                 return d;
             }
@@ -812,6 +818,27 @@ public int __length_hint__() {
 
             #region private members
 
+            private object[] GetObjectArray() {
+                lock (_lockObj) {
+                    if (_itemCnt == 0) return [];
+
+                    object[] arr = new object[_itemCnt];
+                    int cnt1, cnt2;
+                    if (_head >= _tail) {
+                        cnt1 = _data.Length - _head;
+                        cnt2 = _itemCnt - cnt1;
+                    } else {
+                        cnt1 = _itemCnt;
+                        cnt2 = 0;
+                    }
+
+                    Array.Copy(_data, _head, arr, 0, cnt1);
+                    Array.Copy(_data, 0, arr, cnt1, cnt2);
+                    return arr;
+                }
+            }
+
+
             private void GrowArray() {
                 // do nothing if array is already at its max length
                 if (_data.Length == _maxLen) return;
@@ -961,7 +988,7 @@ int IStructuralEquatable.GetHashCode(IEqualityComparer comparer) {
                 int res;
                 CompareUtil.Push(this);
                 try {
-                    res = ((IStructuralEquatable)new PythonTuple(this)).GetHashCode(comparer);
+                    res = ((IStructuralEquatable)PythonTuple.MakeTuple(GetObjectArray())).GetHashCode(comparer);
                 } finally {
                     CompareUtil.Pop(this);
                 }
diff --git a/tests/suite/test_deque.py b/tests/suite/test_deque.py
index db9325655..e58fd32fc 100644
--- a/tests/suite/test_deque.py
+++ b/tests/suite/test_deque.py
@@ -52,4 +52,40 @@ def test_maxlen_value(self):
         self.assertRaises(OverflowError, deque, [], -1<<64)
         self.assertRaisesMessage(ValueError, "maxlen must be non-negative", deque, [], -1)
 
+
+    def test_add(self):
+        d1 = deque([1, 2, 3], maxlen=6)
+        d2 = deque([4, 5, 6], maxlen=4)
+        d2 = deque([4, 5, 6])
+        d3 = d1 + d2
+        self.assertEqual(d3, deque([1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6]))
+        self.assertIsInstance(d3, deque)
+        self.assertEqual(d3.maxlen, 6)
+
+        class Deque(deque): pass
+        sd1 = Deque([1, 2, 3])
+        sd2 = Deque([4, 5, 6])
+        sd3 = sd1 + sd2
+        self.assertEqual(sd3, deque([1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6]))
+        self.assertIsInstance(sd3, Deque)
+
+
+    def test_multiply(self):
+        class Deque(deque): pass
+        d1 = Deque([1, 2, 3], maxlen=6)
+        d2 = d1 * 2
+        self.assertEqual(d2, deque([1, 2, 3, 1, 2, 3]))
+        self.assertIsInstance(d2, deque)
+
+
+    def test_copy(self):
+        import copy
+        class Deque(deque): pass
+        original = Deque([1, 2, 3], 6)
+        copy_instance = copy.copy(original)
+        self.assertEqual(original, copy_instance)
+        self.assertIsNot(original, copy_instance)
+        self.assertIsInstance(copy_instance, deque)
+
+
 run_test(__name__)