diff --git a/bson/codec_options.py b/bson/codec_options.py
index 0db900f59..8b8482905 100644
--- a/bson/codec_options.py
+++ b/bson/codec_options.py
@@ -295,6 +295,17 @@ class CodecOptions(_options_base):
                  self.unicode_decode_error_handler, self.tzinfo,
                  self.type_registry))
 
+    def _options_dict(self):
+        """Dictionary of the arguments used to create this object."""
+        # TODO: PYTHON-2442 use _asdict() instead
+        return {
+            'document_class': self.document_class,
+            'tz_aware': self.tz_aware,
+            'uuid_representation': self.uuid_representation,
+            'unicode_decode_error_handler': self.unicode_decode_error_handler,
+            'tzinfo': self.tzinfo,
+            'type_registry': self.type_registry}
+
     def __repr__(self):
         return '%s(%s)' % (self.__class__.__name__, self._arguments_repr())
 
@@ -310,7 +321,7 @@ class CodecOptions(_options_base):
 
         .. versionadded:: 3.5
         """
-        opts = self._asdict()
+        opts = self._options_dict()
         opts.update(kwargs)
         return CodecOptions(**opts)
 
diff --git a/bson/json_util.py b/bson/json_util.py
index 1eef9270e..38c39a12c 100644
--- a/bson/json_util.py
+++ b/bson/json_util.py
@@ -311,6 +311,16 @@ class JSONOptions(CodecOptions):
                     self.json_mode,
                     super(JSONOptions, self)._arguments_repr()))
 
+    def _options_dict(self):
+        # TODO: PYTHON-2442 use _asdict() instead
+        options_dict = super(JSONOptions, self)._options_dict()
+        options_dict.update({
+            'strict_number_long': self.strict_number_long,
+            'datetime_representation': self.datetime_representation,
+            'strict_uuid': self.strict_uuid,
+            'json_mode': self.json_mode})
+        return options_dict
+
     def with_options(self, **kwargs):
         """
         Make a copy of this JSONOptions, overriding some options::
@@ -324,7 +334,7 @@ class JSONOptions(CodecOptions):
 
         .. versionadded:: 3.12
         """
-        opts = self._asdict()
+        opts = self._options_dict()
         for opt in ('strict_number_long', 'datetime_representation',
                     'strict_uuid', 'json_mode'):
             opts[opt] = kwargs.get(opt, getattr(self, opt))
diff --git a/test/test_client.py b/test/test_client.py
index 04831a71c..f02a075b3 100644
--- a/test/test_client.py
+++ b/test/test_client.py
@@ -280,6 +280,9 @@ class ClientUnitTest(unittest.TestCase):
             readpreference=ReadPreference.NEAREST.mongos_mode)
         self.assertEqual(c.read_preference, ReadPreference.NEAREST)
 
+    @unittest.skipIf(
+        sys.version_info[0] == 3 and sys.version_info[1] == 4,
+        "PYTHON-2442: workaround namedtuple._asdict() bug on Python 3.4")
     def test_metadata(self):
         metadata = copy.deepcopy(_METADATA)
         metadata['application'] = {'name': 'foobar'}