diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 6792426..3ac7e74 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -3,3 +3,4 @@ members = [
     "metastruct",
     "metastruct_macro",
 ]
+resolver = "2"
diff --git a/metastruct_macro/src/mapping.rs b/metastruct_macro/src/mapping.rs
index b167a2d..c07db3f 100644
--- a/metastruct_macro/src/mapping.rs
+++ b/metastruct_macro/src/mapping.rs
@@ -29,13 +29,13 @@ pub(crate) fn generate_mapping_macro(
         quote! { ref }
     };
 
-    let mapping_function_types = selected_field_types
+    let mapping_function_input_types = selected_field_types
         .iter()
         .map(|field_type| {
             if mapping_opts.mutable {
-                quote! { &mut dyn FnMut(usize, &'_ mut #field_type) -> _ }
+                quote! { mut #field_type }
             } else {
-                quote! { &mut dyn FnMut(usize, &'_ #field_type) -> _ }
+                quote! { #field_type }
             }
         })
         .collect::<Vec<_>>();
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ pub(crate) fn generate_mapping_macro(
     quote! {
         #[macro_export]
         macro_rules! #macro_name {
-            ($v:expr, $f:expr) => {
+            (&$lifetime:tt _, $v:expr, $f:expr) => {
                 match $v {
                     #type_name {
                         #(
@@ -64,13 +64,16 @@ pub(crate) fn generate_mapping_macro(
                     } => {
                         let mut __metastruct_i: usize = 0;
                         #(
-                            let __metastruct_f: #mapping_function_types = &mut $f;
+                            let __metastruct_f: &mut dyn FnMut(usize, &$lifetime #mapping_function_input_types) -> _ = &mut $f;
                             #function_call_exprs;
                             __metastruct_i += 1;
                         )*
                     }
                 }
-            }
+            };
+            ($v:expr, $f:expr) => {
+                #macro_name!(&'_ _, $v, $f)
+            };
         }
     }
     .into()
diff --git a/metastruct_macro/tests/lifetime.rs b/metastruct_macro/tests/lifetime.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..90769f9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/metastruct_macro/tests/lifetime.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+use metastruct_macro::metastruct;
+
+#[metastruct(mappings(map_foo_fields()))]
+struct Foo {
+    x: u64,
+    y: u16,
+    z: u32,
+}
+
+fn sum<'a>(total: &'a mut u64, foo: &'a Foo) {
+    map_foo_fields!(&'a _, foo, |_, field| *total += *field as u64);
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn reference_with_lifetime() {
+    let foo = Foo { x: 1, y: 2, z: 3 };
+    let mut total = 0;
+    sum(&mut total, &foo);
+    assert_eq!(total, 6);
+}