diff --git a/src/lib.rs b/src/lib.rs
index a2de8c6..a5a6126 100644
--- a/src/lib.rs
+++ b/src/lib.rs
@@ -292,13 +292,44 @@ impl BodyGenerator for BorrowedGen {
     }
 
     fn visit_struct(&self, data: &syn::DataStruct) -> proc_macro2::TokenStream {
-        let fields = data.fields.iter().map(|field| {
-            let ident = field.ident.as_ref().expect("this fields has no ident (4)");
-            let field_ref = quote! { self.#ident };
-            let code = FieldKind::resolve(&field.ty).borrow_or_clone(&field_ref);
-            quote! { #ident: #code }
-        });
-        quote! { { #(#fields),* } }
+        // Helper ternary to avoid Option<bool>
+        enum Fields {
+            Named,
+            Tuple,
+            Unit,
+        }
+
+        use Fields::*;
+
+        let fields_kind = data
+            .fields
+            .iter()
+            .next()
+            .map(|field| if field.ident.is_some() { Named } else { Tuple })
+            .unwrap_or(Unit);
+
+        match fields_kind {
+            Named => {
+                let fields = data.fields.iter().map(|field| {
+                    let ident = field.ident.as_ref().expect("unexpected unnamed field");
+                    let field_ref = quote! { self.#ident };
+                    let code = FieldKind::resolve(&field.ty).borrow_or_clone(&field_ref);
+                    quote! { #ident: #code }
+                });
+                quote! { { #(#fields),* } }
+            }
+            Tuple => {
+                let fields = data.fields.iter().enumerate().map(|(index, field)| {
+                    let index = syn::Index::from(index);
+                    let index = quote! { self.#index };
+                    FieldKind::resolve(&field.ty).borrow_or_clone(&index)
+                });
+                quote! { ( #(#fields),* ) }
+            }
+            Unit => {
+                quote! {}
+            }
+        }
     }
 
     fn visit_enum_data(
diff --git a/tests/tuple_struct.rs b/tests/tuple_struct.rs
index 05e7467..a95b73b 100644
--- a/tests/tuple_struct.rs
+++ b/tests/tuple_struct.rs
@@ -3,22 +3,21 @@
 #[macro_use]
 extern crate derive_into_owned;
 
-use std::borrow;
-use std::borrow::Cow;
+use std::borrow::{self, Cow};
 
-#[derive(IntoOwned)]
+#[derive(IntoOwned, Borrowed)]
 struct Foo<'a>(Cow<'a, str>);
 
-#[derive(IntoOwned)]
+#[derive(IntoOwned, Borrowed)]
 struct FooExtraFields<'a>(u32, Cow<'a, str>, bool, Vec<bool>);
 
-#[derive(IntoOwned)]
+#[derive(IntoOwned, Borrowed)]
 struct Bar<'a>(::std::borrow::Cow<'a, str>);
 
-#[derive(IntoOwned)]
+#[derive(IntoOwned, Borrowed)]
 struct Car<'a>(std::borrow::Cow<'a, str>);
 
-#[derive(IntoOwned)]
+#[derive(IntoOwned, Borrowed)]
 struct Dar<'a>(borrow::Cow<'a, str>);
 
 #[test]
@@ -26,10 +25,19 @@ fn tuple_struct() {
     let non_static_string: String = "foobar".to_string();
 
     let thing = Foo(Cow::Borrowed(&non_static_string));
+    let owned = thing.into_owned();
 
-    accepts_only_static(thing.into_owned());
+    accepts_only_static(&owned);
+
+    let borrowed = owned.borrowed();
+    // owned cannot be moved while borrowed exists
+    test_borrowed(&owned, borrowed);
 }
 
-fn accepts_only_static(static_foo: Foo<'static>) {
-    drop(static_foo);
+fn accepts_only_static(_static_foo: &Foo<'static>) {}
+
+fn test_borrowed<'b, 'a: 'b>(lives_longer: &Foo<'a>, lives_less: Foo<'b>) {
+    drop(lives_less);
+    #[allow(dropping_references)]
+    drop(lives_longer);
 }