diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 3496e76..b599741 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -52,6 +52,7 @@ harness = false
 [features]
 default = ["std"]
 std = []
+may_dangle = []
 
 [profile.bench]
 debug = true
diff --git a/src/arrayvec.rs b/src/arrayvec.rs
index f646b08..87f8ff6 100644
--- a/src/arrayvec.rs
+++ b/src/arrayvec.rs
@@ -46,6 +46,16 @@ pub struct ArrayVec<T, const CAP: usize> {
     xs: [MaybeUninit<T>; CAP],
 }
 
+#[cfg(feature = "may_dangle")]
+unsafe impl<#[may_dangle] T, const CAP: usize> Drop for ArrayVec<T, CAP> {
+    fn drop(&mut self) {
+        self.clear();
+
+        // MaybeUninit inhibits array's drop
+    }
+}
+
+#[cfg(not(feature = "may_dangle"))]
 impl<T, const CAP: usize> Drop for ArrayVec<T, CAP> {
     fn drop(&mut self) {
         self.clear();
diff --git a/src/lib.rs b/src/lib.rs
index 5c4bcee..6fc0f24 100644
--- a/src/lib.rs
+++ b/src/lib.rs
@@ -14,6 +14,12 @@
 //! - `zeroize`
 //!   - Optional
 //!   - Implement `Zeroize` for ArrayVec and ArrayString
+//! 
+//! - `may_dangle`
+//!   - Optional and unstable
+//!   - Requires nightly toolchain
+//!   - Makes compiler less strict about storing references with a lifetime in ArrayVec,
+//!     see [Rustonomicon](https://doc.rust-lang.org/1.42.0/nomicon/dropck.html#an-escape-hatch).
 //!
 //! ## Rust Version
 //!
@@ -21,6 +27,7 @@
 //!
 #![doc(html_root_url="https://docs.rs/arrayvec/0.7/")]
 #![cfg_attr(not(feature="std"), no_std)]
+#![cfg_attr(feature = "may_dangle", feature(dropck_eyepatch))]
 
 #[cfg(feature="serde")]
 extern crate serde;