diff --git a/src/distributions/uniform.rs b/src/distributions/uniform.rs
index 8fda0319fef..64dd6d4ce93 100644
--- a/src/distributions/uniform.rs
+++ b/src/distributions/uniform.rs
@@ -99,6 +99,8 @@
 
 #[cfg(feature = "std")]
 use std::time::Duration;
+use core::borrow::Borrow;
+
 
 use Rng;
 use distributions::Distribution;
@@ -229,12 +231,10 @@ pub trait UniformSampler: Sized {
     /// sampling only a single value from the specified range. The default
     /// implementation simply calls `UniformSampler::new` then `sample` on the
     /// result.
-    fn sample_single<R: Rng + ?Sized>(low: Self::X, high: Self::X, rng: &mut R)
+    fn sample_single<R: Rng + ?Sized, B1, B2>(low: B1, high: B2, rng: &mut R)
         -> Self::X
-    {
-        let uniform: Self = UniformSampler::new(low, high);
-        uniform.sample(rng)
-    }
+        where B1: Borrow<Self::X> + Sized,
+              B2: Borrow<Self::X> + Sized;
 }
 
 impl<X: SampleUniform> From<::core::ops::Range<X>> for Uniform<X> {
@@ -362,10 +362,13 @@ macro_rules! uniform_int_impl {
                 }
             }
 
-            fn sample_single<R: Rng + ?Sized>(low: Self::X,
-                                              high: Self::X,
-                                              rng: &mut R) -> Self::X
+            fn sample_single<R: Rng + ?Sized, B1, B2>(low_b: B1, high_b: B2, rng: &mut R)
+                -> Self::X
+                where B1: Borrow<Self::X> + Sized,
+                      B2: Borrow<Self::X> + Sized
             {
+                let low = *low_b.borrow();
+                let high = *high_b.borrow();
                 assert!(low < high,
                         "Uniform::sample_single called with low >= high");
                 let range = high.wrapping_sub(low) as $unsigned as $u_large;
@@ -565,9 +568,13 @@ macro_rules! uniform_float_impl {
                 value1_2 * self.scale + self.offset
             }
 
-            fn sample_single<R: Rng + ?Sized>(low: Self::X,
-                                              high: Self::X,
-                                              rng: &mut R) -> Self::X {
+            fn sample_single<R: Rng + ?Sized, B1, B2>(low_b: B1, high_b: B2, rng: &mut R)
+                -> Self::X
+                where B1: Borrow<Self::X> + Sized,
+                      B2: Borrow<Self::X> + Sized
+            {
+                let low = *low_b.borrow();
+                let high = *high_b.borrow();
                 assert!(low < high,
                         "Uniform::sample_single called with low >= high");
                 let scale = high - low;
@@ -679,6 +686,15 @@ impl UniformSampler for UniformDuration {
 
         self.offset + d
     }
+
+    fn sample_single<R: Rng + ?Sized, B1, B2>(low: B1, high: B2, rng: &mut R)
+        -> Self::X
+        where B1: Borrow<Self::X> + Sized,
+              B2: Borrow<Self::X> + Sized
+    {
+        let uniform: Self = UniformSampler::new(*low.borrow(), *high.borrow());
+        uniform.sample(rng)
+    }
 }
 
 #[cfg(test)]
@@ -809,6 +825,7 @@ mod tests {
 
     #[test]
     fn test_custom_uniform() {
+        use core::borrow::Borrow;
         #[derive(Clone, Copy, PartialEq, PartialOrd)]
         struct MyF32 {
             x: f32,
@@ -830,6 +847,13 @@ mod tests {
             fn sample<R: Rng + ?Sized>(&self, rng: &mut R) -> Self::X {
                 MyF32 { x: self.inner.sample(rng) }
             }
+            fn sample_single<R: Rng + ?Sized, B1, B2>(low: B1, high: B2, rng: &mut R)
+                -> Self::X
+                where B1: Borrow<Self::X> + Sized,
+                      B2: Borrow<Self::X> + Sized
+            {
+                Self::new(*low.borrow(), *high.borrow()).sample(rng)
+            }
         }
         impl SampleUniform for MyF32 {
             type Sampler = UniformMyF32;
diff --git a/src/lib.rs b/src/lib.rs
index 6d6d762b3cb..9f52cc247ef 100644
--- a/src/lib.rs
+++ b/src/lib.rs
@@ -300,10 +300,10 @@ pub mod isaac {
 
 
 use core::{mem, slice};
+use core::borrow::Borrow;
 use distributions::{Distribution, Standard};
 use distributions::uniform::{SampleUniform, UniformSampler};
 
-
 /// An automatically-implemented extension trait on [`RngCore`] providing high-level
 /// generic methods for sampling values and other convenience methods.
 /// 
@@ -387,7 +387,9 @@ pub trait Rng: RngCore {
     /// ```
     ///
     /// [`Uniform`]: distributions/uniform/struct.Uniform.html
-    fn gen_range<T: SampleUniform>(&mut self, low: T, high: T) -> T {
+    fn gen_range<T: SampleUniform, B1, B2>(&mut self, low: B1, high: B2) -> T
+        where B1: Borrow<T> + Sized,
+              B2: Borrow<T> + Sized {
         T::Sampler::sample_single(low, high, self)
     }