diff --git a/rand_core/src/lib.rs b/rand_core/src/lib.rs
index 1b9c24c0fa4..331ab30250a 100644
--- a/rand_core/src/lib.rs
+++ b/rand_core/src/lib.rs
@@ -388,6 +388,36 @@ impl<R: RngCore + ?Sized> RngCore for Box<R> {
     }
 }
 
+// Implement `RngCore` for Rc<RefCell<..>> references to a `RngCore`.
+// Force inlining all functions, so that it is up to the `RngCore`
+// implementation and the optimizer to decide on inlining.
+//
+// We do not actually use `Rc` here because it requires `std` but its
+// `Deref` should make this suffice, and this can be used on the stack.
+// #[cfg(feature="std")]
+// impl<R: RngCore> RngCore for ::std::rc::Rc<::std::cell::RefCell<R>> {
+impl<'a,R: RngCore> RngCore for &'a ::core::cell::RefCell<R> {
+    #[inline(always)]
+    fn next_u32(&mut self) -> u32 {
+        self.borrow_mut().next_u32()
+    }
+
+    #[inline(always)]
+    fn next_u64(&mut self) -> u64 {
+        self.borrow_mut().next_u64()
+    }
+
+    #[inline(always)]
+    fn fill_bytes(&mut self, dest: &mut [u8]) {
+        self.borrow_mut().fill_bytes(dest)
+    }
+
+    #[inline(always)]
+    fn try_fill_bytes(&mut self, dest: &mut [u8]) -> Result<(), Error> {
+        self.borrow_mut().try_fill_bytes(dest)
+    }
+}
+
 #[cfg(feature="std")]
 impl std::io::Read for RngCore {
     fn read(&mut self, buf: &mut [u8]) -> Result<usize, std::io::Error> {
diff --git a/src/lib.rs b/src/lib.rs
index a0f46a7789d..49db76870a0 100644
--- a/src/lib.rs
+++ b/src/lib.rs
@@ -1089,6 +1089,19 @@ mod test {
         let _c: u8 = Standard.sample(&mut r);
     }
 
+    #[test]
+    // #[cfg(feature="stc")]
+    fn test_rng_rc_refcell_trait() {
+		use std::ops::Deref;
+        use distributions::{Distribution, Standard};
+        // let rng = rng(110);
+        let mut r = & *::std::rc::Rc::new(::std::cell::RefCell::new(rng(110)));
+        r.next_u32();
+        r.gen::<i32>();
+        assert_eq!(r.gen_range(0, 1), 0);
+        let _c: u8 = Standard.sample(&mut r);
+    }
+
     #[test]
     #[cfg(feature="std")]
     fn test_random() {