diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 3a171afd68..315540c449 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -3,6 +3,13 @@
 All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.
 This project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/).
 
+## [Unreleased] - ReleaseDate
+
+### Fixed
+
+- Relaxed lifetime requirements for `PollFd::new`.
+  ([#2134](https://github.com/nix-rust/nix/pull/2134))
+
 ## [0.27.1] - 2023-08-28
 
 ### Fixed
diff --git a/src/poll.rs b/src/poll.rs
index 9181bf7f30..ffb50762e4 100644
--- a/src/poll.rs
+++ b/src/poll.rs
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ impl<'fd> PollFd<'fd> {
     //
     // // Do something with `pollfd`, which uses the CLOSED fd.
     // ```
-    pub fn new<Fd: AsFd>(fd: &'fd Fd, events: PollFlags) -> PollFd<'fd> {
+    pub fn new<Fd: AsFd + 'fd>(fd: Fd, events: PollFlags) -> PollFd<'fd> {
         PollFd {
             pollfd: libc::pollfd {
                 fd: fd.as_fd().as_raw_fd(),