diff --git a/owning_ref-pr43-fix-tests.patch b/owning_ref-pr43-fix-tests.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..604b775
--- /dev/null
+++ b/owning_ref-pr43-fix-tests.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,51 @@
+From f629c7b7db163a919cdd6a353c3318b1d66d5fad Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: Alexandre Bury <alexandre.bury@gmail.com>
+Date: Wed, 10 Jan 2018 15:29:34 +0100
+Subject: [PATCH] Fix tests
+
+Lifetime inference does not work here, we need to define the lifetimes.
+But we can't do that with closures [1] so we use a function instead.
+
+[1]: https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/issues/22340
+---
+ src/lib.rs | 18 ++++++++++++++++--
+ 1 file changed, 16 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
+
+diff --git a/src/lib.rs b/src/lib.rs
+index 21ed086..31dae97 100644
+--- a/src/lib.rs
++++ b/src/lib.rs
+@@ -1262,8 +1262,15 @@ mod tests {
+             let foo = [413, 612];
+             let bar = &foo;
+ 
++            // FIXME: lifetime inference fails us, and we can't easily define a lifetime for a closure
++            // (see https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/issues/22340)
++            // So we use a function to identify the lifetimes instead.
++            fn borrow<'a>(a: &'a &[i32; 2]) -> &'a i32 {
++                &a[0]
++            }
++
+             let o: BoxRef<&[i32; 2]> = Box::new(bar).into();
+-            let o: BoxRef<&[i32; 2], i32> = o.map(|a: &&[i32; 2]| &a[0]);
++            let o: BoxRef<&[i32; 2], i32> = o.map(borrow);
+             let o: BoxRef<Erased, i32> = o.erase_owner();
+ 
+             assert_eq!(*o, 413);
+@@ -1693,8 +1700,15 @@ mod tests {
+             let mut foo = [413, 612];
+             let bar = &mut foo;
+ 
++            // FIXME: lifetime inference fails us, and we can't easily define a lifetime for a closure
++            // (see https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/issues/22340)
++            // So we use a function to identify the lifetimes instead.
++            fn borrow<'a>(a: &'a mut &mut [i32; 2]) -> &'a mut i32 {
++                &mut a[0]
++            }
++
+             let o: BoxRefMut<&mut [i32; 2]> = Box::new(bar).into();
+-            let o: BoxRefMut<&mut [i32; 2], i32> = o.map_mut(|a: &mut &mut [i32; 2]| &mut a[0]);
++            let o: BoxRefMut<&mut [i32; 2], i32> = o.map_mut(borrow);
+             let o: BoxRefMut<Erased, i32> = o.erase_owner();
+ 
+             assert_eq!(*o, 413);
diff --git a/rust-owning_ref.spec b/rust-owning_ref.spec
index 8ff2d81..c33b952 100644
--- a/rust-owning_ref.spec
+++ b/rust-owning_ref.spec
@@ -6,12 +6,15 @@
 
 Name:           rust-%{crate}
 Version:        0.3.3
-Release:        3%{?dist}
+Release:        4%{?dist}
 Summary:        Library for creating references that carry their owner with them
 
 License:        MIT
 URL:            https://crates.io/crates/owning_ref
 Source0:        https://crates.io/api/v1/crates/%{crate}/%{version}/download#/%{crate}-%{version}.crate
+# https://github.com/Kimundi/owning-ref-rs/pull/43
+# see also https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/issues/47524
+Patch1:         owning_ref-pr43-fix-tests.patch
 
 ExclusiveArch:  %{rust_arches}
 
@@ -53,6 +56,9 @@ which use %{crate} from crates.io.
 %{cargo_registry}/%{crate}-%{version}/
 
 %changelog
+* Sat Mar 10 2018 Josh Stone <jistone@redhat.com> - 0.3.3-4
+- fix lifetime inference regression
+
 * Fri Feb 09 2018 Fedora Release Engineering <releng@fedoraproject.org> - 0.3.3-3
 - Rebuilt for https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_28_Mass_Rebuild