diff --git a/src/re_bytes.rs b/src/re_bytes.rs
index 0e3fc777b7..e42ae30437 100644
--- a/src/re_bytes.rs
+++ b/src/re_bytes.rs
@@ -682,21 +682,21 @@ impl<'t> Captures<'t> {
 
     /// Creates an iterator of all the capture groups in order of appearance
     /// in the regular expression.
-    pub fn iter<'a>(&'a self) -> SubCaptures<'a, 't> {
+    pub fn iter<'c>(&'c self) -> SubCaptures<'c, 't> {
         SubCaptures { idx: 0, caps: self }
     }
 
     /// Creates an iterator of all the capture group positions in order of
     /// appearance in the regular expression. Positions are byte indices
     /// in terms of the original string matched.
-    pub fn iter_pos(&'t self) -> SubCapturesPos<'t> {
+    pub fn iter_pos<'c>(&'c self) -> SubCapturesPos<'c> {
         SubCapturesPos { idx: 0, slots: &self.slots }
     }
 
     /// Creates an iterator of all named groups as an tuple with the group
     /// name and the value. The iterator returns these values in arbitrary
     /// order.
-    pub fn iter_named<'a>(&'a self) -> SubCapturesNamed<'a, 't> {
+    pub fn iter_named<'c>(&'c self) -> SubCapturesNamed<'c, 't> {
         SubCapturesNamed {
             caps: self,
             names: self.named_groups.iter()
diff --git a/src/re_unicode.rs b/src/re_unicode.rs
index 4653ee3430..8f671633b3 100644
--- a/src/re_unicode.rs
+++ b/src/re_unicode.rs
@@ -874,21 +874,21 @@ impl<'t> Captures<'t> {
 
     /// Creates an iterator of all the capture groups in order of appearance
     /// in the regular expression.
-    pub fn iter(&'t self) -> SubCaptures<'t> {
+    pub fn iter<'c>(&'c self) -> SubCaptures<'c, 't> {
         SubCaptures { idx: 0, caps: self, }
     }
 
     /// Creates an iterator of all the capture group positions in order of
     /// appearance in the regular expression. Positions are byte indices
     /// in terms of the original string matched.
-    pub fn iter_pos(&'t self) -> SubCapturesPos<'t> {
+    pub fn iter_pos<'c>(&'c self) -> SubCapturesPos<'c> {
         SubCapturesPos { idx: 0, slots: &self.slots }
     }
 
     /// Creates an iterator of all named groups as an tuple with the group
     /// name and the value. The iterator returns these values in arbitrary
     /// order.
-    pub fn iter_named(&'t self) -> SubCapturesNamed<'t> {
+    pub fn iter_named<'c>(&'c self) -> SubCapturesNamed<'c, 't> {
         SubCapturesNamed {
             caps: self,
             names: self.named_groups.iter()
@@ -1013,16 +1013,17 @@ impl<'t, 'i> Index<&'i str> for Captures<'t> {
 /// An iterator over capture groups for a particular match of a regular
 /// expression.
 ///
-/// `'c` is the lifetime of the captures.
-pub struct SubCaptures<'c> {
+/// `'c` is the lifetime of the captures and `'t` is the lifetime of the
+/// matched text.
+pub struct SubCaptures<'c, 't: 'c> {
     idx: usize,
-    caps: &'c Captures<'c>,
+    caps: &'c Captures<'t>,
 }
 
-impl<'c> Iterator for SubCaptures<'c> {
-    type Item = Option<&'c str>;
+impl<'c, 't> Iterator for SubCaptures<'c, 't> {
+    type Item = Option<&'t str>;
 
-    fn next(&mut self) -> Option<Option<&'c str>> {
+    fn next(&mut self) -> Option<Option<&'t str>> {
         if self.idx < self.caps.len() {
             self.idx += 1;
             Some(self.caps.at(self.idx - 1))
@@ -1063,16 +1064,17 @@ impl<'c> Iterator for SubCapturesPos<'c> {
 /// An Iterator over named capture groups as a tuple with the group
 /// name and the value.
 ///
-/// `'c` is the lifetime of the captures.
-pub struct SubCapturesNamed<'c> {
-    caps: &'c Captures<'c>,
+/// `'c` is the lifetime of the captures and `'t` is the lifetime of the
+/// matched text.
+pub struct SubCapturesNamed<'c, 't: 'c> {
+    caps: &'c Captures<'t>,
     names: NamedGroupsIter<'c>,
 }
 
-impl<'c> Iterator for SubCapturesNamed<'c> {
-    type Item = (&'c str, Option<&'c str>);
+impl<'c, 't> Iterator for SubCapturesNamed<'c, 't> {
+    type Item = (&'c str, Option<&'t str>);
 
-    fn next(&mut self) -> Option<(&'c str, Option<&'c str>)> {
+    fn next(&mut self) -> Option<(&'c str, Option<&'t str>)> {
         self.names.next().map(|(name, pos)| (name, self.caps.at(pos)))
     }
 }
diff --git a/tests/api.rs b/tests/api.rs
index e6c3a27a8d..dbf3ed20fe 100644
--- a/tests/api.rs
+++ b/tests/api.rs
@@ -168,12 +168,13 @@ fn capture_iter_missing() {
 #[test]
 fn capture_iter_pos() {
     let re = regex!(r"(.)(?P<a>.)(.)(?P<b>.)");
-    let cap = re.captures(t!("abcd")).unwrap();
-
     let expected = vec![
         (0, 4), (0, 1), (1, 2), (2, 3), (3, 4),
     ].into_iter().map(Some).collect::<Vec<_>>();
-    let got = cap.iter_pos().collect::<Vec<_>>();
+    let got = {
+        let cap = re.captures(t!("abcd")).unwrap();
+        cap.iter_pos().collect::<Vec<_>>()
+    };
     assert_eq!(expected, got);
 }
 
@@ -192,15 +193,21 @@ fn capture_iter_pos_missing() {
 #[test]
 fn capture_iter_named() {
     let re = regex!(r"(.)(?P<a>.)(.)(?P<b>.)");
-    let cap = re.captures(t!("abcd")).unwrap();
-
     let expected1 = vec![
-        ("a", Some(t!("b"))), ("b", Some(t!("d"))),
+        (String::from("a"), Some(t!("b"))), (String::from("b"), Some(t!("d"))),
     ];
     let expected2 = vec![
-        ("b", Some(t!("d"))), ("a", Some(t!("b"))),
+        (String::from("b"), Some(t!("d"))), (String::from("a"), Some(t!("b"))),
     ];
-    let got = cap.iter_named().collect::<Vec<_>>();
+    let got = {
+        let cap = re.captures(t!("abcd")).unwrap();
+        // The names live as long as the captures object, so we clone them.
+        // The texts, on the other hand, must have the lifetime of the matched
+        // text (in this case, 'static).
+        cap.iter_named()
+           .map(|(name, text)| (name.to_owned(), text))
+           .collect::<Vec<_>>()
+    };
     assert!(got == expected1 || got == expected2);
 }