diff --git a/clippy_lints/src/trivially_copy_pass_by_ref.rs b/clippy_lints/src/trivially_copy_pass_by_ref.rs
index 61a2a9ded44..2929752bbb2 100644
--- a/clippy_lints/src/trivially_copy_pass_by_ref.rs
+++ b/clippy_lints/src/trivially_copy_pass_by_ref.rs
@@ -18,12 +18,13 @@ use crate::rustc::lint::{LateContext, LateLintPass, LintArray, LintPass};
 use crate::rustc::{declare_tool_lint, lint_array};
 use if_chain::if_chain;
 use crate::rustc::ty::TyKind;
+use crate::rustc::ty::FnSig;
 use crate::rustc::session::config::Config as SessionConfig;
 use crate::rustc_target::spec::abi::Abi;
 use crate::rustc_target::abi::LayoutOf;
 use crate::syntax::ast::NodeId;
 use crate::syntax_pos::Span;
-use crate::utils::{in_macro, is_copy, is_self, span_lint_and_sugg, snippet};
+use crate::utils::{in_macro, is_copy, is_self_ty, span_lint_and_sugg, snippet};
 
 /// **What it does:** Checks for functions taking arguments by reference, where
 /// the argument type is `Copy` and small enough to be more efficient to always
@@ -67,7 +68,7 @@ pub struct TriviallyCopyPassByRef {
     limit: u64,
 }
 
-impl TriviallyCopyPassByRef {
+impl<'a, 'tcx> TriviallyCopyPassByRef {
     pub fn new(limit: Option<u64>, target: &SessionConfig) -> Self {
         let limit = limit.unwrap_or_else(|| {
             let bit_width = target.usize_ty.bit_width().expect("usize should have a width") as u64;
@@ -80,6 +81,83 @@ impl TriviallyCopyPassByRef {
         });
         Self { limit }
     }
+
+    fn check_trait_method(
+        &mut self,
+        cx: &LateContext<'_, 'tcx>,
+        item: &TraitItemRef
+    ) {
+        let method_def_id = cx.tcx.hir.local_def_id(item.id.node_id);
+        let method_sig = cx.tcx.fn_sig(method_def_id);
+        let method_sig = cx.tcx.erase_late_bound_regions(&method_sig);
+
+        let decl = match cx.tcx.hir.fn_decl(item.id.node_id) {
+            Some(b) => b,
+            None => return,
+        };
+
+        self.check_poly_fn(cx, &decl, &method_sig, None);
+    }
+
+    fn check_poly_fn(
+        &mut self,
+        cx: &LateContext<'_, 'tcx>,
+        decl: &FnDecl,
+        sig: &FnSig<'tcx>,
+        span: Option<Span>,
+    ) {
+        // Use lifetimes to determine if we're returning a reference to the
+        // argument. In that case we can't switch to pass-by-value as the
+        // argument will not live long enough.
+        let output_lts = match sig.output().sty {
+            TyKind::Ref(output_lt, _, _) => vec![output_lt],
+            TyKind::Adt(_, substs) => substs.regions().collect(),
+            _ => vec![],
+        };
+
+        for (input, &ty) in decl.inputs.iter().zip(sig.inputs()) {
+            // All spans generated from a proc-macro invocation are the same...
+            match span {
+                Some(s) if s == input.span => return,
+                _ => (),
+            }
+
+            if_chain! {
+                if let TyKind::Ref(input_lt, ty, Mutability::MutImmutable) = ty.sty;
+                if !output_lts.contains(&input_lt);
+                if is_copy(cx, ty);
+                if let Some(size) = cx.layout_of(ty).ok().map(|l| l.size.bytes());
+                if size <= self.limit;
+                if let hir::TyKind::Rptr(_, MutTy { ty: ref decl_ty, .. }) = input.node;
+                then {
+                    let value_type = if is_self_ty(decl_ty) {
+                        "self".into()
+                    } else {
+                        snippet(cx, decl_ty.span, "_").into()
+                    };
+                    span_lint_and_sugg(
+                        cx,
+                        TRIVIALLY_COPY_PASS_BY_REF,
+                        input.span,
+                        "this argument is passed by reference, but would be more efficient if passed by value",
+                        "consider passing by value instead",
+                        value_type);
+                }
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    fn check_trait_items(
+        &mut self,
+        cx: &LateContext<'_, '_>,
+        trait_items: &[TraitItemRef]
+    ) {
+        for item in trait_items {
+            if let AssociatedItemKind::Method{..} = item.kind {
+                self.check_trait_method(cx, item);
+            }
+        }
+    }
 }
 
 impl LintPass for TriviallyCopyPassByRef {
@@ -89,12 +167,21 @@ impl LintPass for TriviallyCopyPassByRef {
 }
 
 impl<'a, 'tcx> LateLintPass<'a, 'tcx> for TriviallyCopyPassByRef {
+    fn check_item(&mut self, cx: &LateContext<'a, 'tcx>, item: &'tcx Item) {
+        if in_macro(item.span) {
+            return;
+        }
+        if let ItemKind::Trait(_, _, _, _, ref trait_items) = item.node {
+            self.check_trait_items(cx, trait_items);
+        }
+    }
+
     fn check_fn(
         &mut self,
         cx: &LateContext<'a, 'tcx>,
         kind: FnKind<'tcx>,
         decl: &'tcx FnDecl,
-        body: &'tcx Body,
+        _body: &'tcx Body,
         span: Span,
         node_id: NodeId,
     ) {
@@ -131,43 +218,6 @@ impl<'a, 'tcx> LateLintPass<'a, 'tcx> for TriviallyCopyPassByRef {
         let fn_sig = cx.tcx.fn_sig(fn_def_id);
         let fn_sig = cx.tcx.erase_late_bound_regions(&fn_sig);
 
-        // Use lifetimes to determine if we're returning a reference to the
-        // argument. In that case we can't switch to pass-by-value as the
-        // argument will not live long enough.
-        let output_lts = match fn_sig.output().sty {
-            TyKind::Ref(output_lt, _, _) => vec![output_lt],
-            TyKind::Adt(_, substs) => substs.regions().collect(),
-            _ => vec![],
-        };
-
-        for ((input, &ty), arg) in decl.inputs.iter().zip(fn_sig.inputs()).zip(&body.arguments) {
-            // All spans generated from a proc-macro invocation are the same...
-            if span == input.span {
-                return;
-            }
-
-            if_chain! {
-                if let TyKind::Ref(input_lt, ty, Mutability::MutImmutable) = ty.sty;
-                if !output_lts.contains(&input_lt);
-                if is_copy(cx, ty);
-                if let Some(size) = cx.layout_of(ty).ok().map(|l| l.size.bytes());
-                if size <= self.limit;
-                if let hir::TyKind::Rptr(_, MutTy { ty: ref decl_ty, .. }) = input.node;
-                then {
-                    let value_type = if is_self(arg) {
-                        "self".into()
-                    } else {
-                        snippet(cx, decl_ty.span, "_").into()
-                    };
-                    span_lint_and_sugg(
-                        cx,
-                        TRIVIALLY_COPY_PASS_BY_REF,
-                        input.span,
-                        "this argument is passed by reference, but would be more efficient if passed by value",
-                        "consider passing by value instead",
-                        value_type);
-                }
-            }
-        }
+        self.check_poly_fn(cx, decl, &fn_sig, Some(span));
     }
 }
diff --git a/tests/ui/trivially_copy_pass_by_ref.rs b/tests/ui/trivially_copy_pass_by_ref.rs
index cebe15b2cc8..2a0dc22bfef 100644
--- a/tests/ui/trivially_copy_pass_by_ref.rs
+++ b/tests/ui/trivially_copy_pass_by_ref.rs
@@ -18,6 +18,11 @@ struct Foo(u32);
 #[derive(Copy, Clone)]
 struct Bar([u8; 24]);
 
+#[derive(Copy, Clone)]
+pub struct Color {
+    pub r: u8, pub g: u8, pub b: u8, pub a: u8,
+}
+
 struct FooRef<'a> {
     foo: &'a Foo,
 }
@@ -80,6 +85,20 @@ impl Bar {
     }
 }
 
+trait MyTrait {
+    fn trait_method(&self, _foo: &Foo);
+}
+
+pub trait MyTrait2 {
+    fn trait_method2(&self, _color: &Color);
+}
+
+impl MyTrait for Foo {
+    fn trait_method(&self, _foo: &Foo) {
+        unimplemented!()
+    }
+}
+
 fn main() {
     let (mut foo, bar) = (Foo(0), Bar([0; 24]));
     let (mut a, b, c, x, y, z) = (0, 0, Bar([0; 24]), 0, Foo(0), 0);
diff --git a/tests/ui/trivially_copy_pass_by_ref.stderr b/tests/ui/trivially_copy_pass_by_ref.stderr
index 2026d4c00d8..3fb577d3edb 100644
--- a/tests/ui/trivially_copy_pass_by_ref.stderr
+++ b/tests/ui/trivially_copy_pass_by_ref.stderr
@@ -1,82 +1,94 @@
 error: this argument is passed by reference, but would be more efficient if passed by value
-  --> $DIR/trivially_copy_pass_by_ref.rs:52:11
+  --> $DIR/trivially_copy_pass_by_ref.rs:57:11
    |
-52 | fn bad(x: &u32, y: &Foo, z: &Baz) {
+57 | fn bad(x: &u32, y: &Foo, z: &Baz) {
    |           ^^^^ help: consider passing by value instead: `u32`
    |
    = note: `-D clippy::trivially-copy-pass-by-ref` implied by `-D warnings`
 
 error: this argument is passed by reference, but would be more efficient if passed by value
-  --> $DIR/trivially_copy_pass_by_ref.rs:52:20
+  --> $DIR/trivially_copy_pass_by_ref.rs:57:20
    |
-52 | fn bad(x: &u32, y: &Foo, z: &Baz) {
+57 | fn bad(x: &u32, y: &Foo, z: &Baz) {
    |                    ^^^^ help: consider passing by value instead: `Foo`
 
 error: this argument is passed by reference, but would be more efficient if passed by value
-  --> $DIR/trivially_copy_pass_by_ref.rs:52:29
+  --> $DIR/trivially_copy_pass_by_ref.rs:57:29
    |
-52 | fn bad(x: &u32, y: &Foo, z: &Baz) {
+57 | fn bad(x: &u32, y: &Foo, z: &Baz) {
    |                             ^^^^ help: consider passing by value instead: `Baz`
 
 error: this argument is passed by reference, but would be more efficient if passed by value
-  --> $DIR/trivially_copy_pass_by_ref.rs:62:12
+  --> $DIR/trivially_copy_pass_by_ref.rs:67:12
    |
-62 |     fn bad(&self, x: &u32, y: &Foo, z: &Baz) {
+67 |     fn bad(&self, x: &u32, y: &Foo, z: &Baz) {
    |            ^^^^^ help: consider passing by value instead: `self`
 
 error: this argument is passed by reference, but would be more efficient if passed by value
-  --> $DIR/trivially_copy_pass_by_ref.rs:62:22
+  --> $DIR/trivially_copy_pass_by_ref.rs:67:22
    |
-62 |     fn bad(&self, x: &u32, y: &Foo, z: &Baz) {
+67 |     fn bad(&self, x: &u32, y: &Foo, z: &Baz) {
    |                      ^^^^ help: consider passing by value instead: `u32`
 
 error: this argument is passed by reference, but would be more efficient if passed by value
-  --> $DIR/trivially_copy_pass_by_ref.rs:62:31
+  --> $DIR/trivially_copy_pass_by_ref.rs:67:31
    |
-62 |     fn bad(&self, x: &u32, y: &Foo, z: &Baz) {
+67 |     fn bad(&self, x: &u32, y: &Foo, z: &Baz) {
    |                               ^^^^ help: consider passing by value instead: `Foo`
 
 error: this argument is passed by reference, but would be more efficient if passed by value
-  --> $DIR/trivially_copy_pass_by_ref.rs:62:40
+  --> $DIR/trivially_copy_pass_by_ref.rs:67:40
    |
-62 |     fn bad(&self, x: &u32, y: &Foo, z: &Baz) {
+67 |     fn bad(&self, x: &u32, y: &Foo, z: &Baz) {
    |                                        ^^^^ help: consider passing by value instead: `Baz`
 
 error: this argument is passed by reference, but would be more efficient if passed by value
-  --> $DIR/trivially_copy_pass_by_ref.rs:65:16
+  --> $DIR/trivially_copy_pass_by_ref.rs:70:16
    |
-65 |     fn bad2(x: &u32, y: &Foo, z: &Baz) {
+70 |     fn bad2(x: &u32, y: &Foo, z: &Baz) {
    |                ^^^^ help: consider passing by value instead: `u32`
 
 error: this argument is passed by reference, but would be more efficient if passed by value
-  --> $DIR/trivially_copy_pass_by_ref.rs:65:25
+  --> $DIR/trivially_copy_pass_by_ref.rs:70:25
    |
-65 |     fn bad2(x: &u32, y: &Foo, z: &Baz) {
+70 |     fn bad2(x: &u32, y: &Foo, z: &Baz) {
    |                         ^^^^ help: consider passing by value instead: `Foo`
 
 error: this argument is passed by reference, but would be more efficient if passed by value
-  --> $DIR/trivially_copy_pass_by_ref.rs:65:34
+  --> $DIR/trivially_copy_pass_by_ref.rs:70:34
    |
-65 |     fn bad2(x: &u32, y: &Foo, z: &Baz) {
+70 |     fn bad2(x: &u32, y: &Foo, z: &Baz) {
    |                                  ^^^^ help: consider passing by value instead: `Baz`
 
 error: this argument is passed by reference, but would be more efficient if passed by value
-  --> $DIR/trivially_copy_pass_by_ref.rs:79:16
+  --> $DIR/trivially_copy_pass_by_ref.rs:84:16
    |
-79 |     fn bad2(x: &u32, y: &Foo, z: &Baz) {
+84 |     fn bad2(x: &u32, y: &Foo, z: &Baz) {
    |                ^^^^ help: consider passing by value instead: `u32`
 
 error: this argument is passed by reference, but would be more efficient if passed by value
-  --> $DIR/trivially_copy_pass_by_ref.rs:79:25
+  --> $DIR/trivially_copy_pass_by_ref.rs:84:25
    |
-79 |     fn bad2(x: &u32, y: &Foo, z: &Baz) {
+84 |     fn bad2(x: &u32, y: &Foo, z: &Baz) {
    |                         ^^^^ help: consider passing by value instead: `Foo`
 
 error: this argument is passed by reference, but would be more efficient if passed by value
-  --> $DIR/trivially_copy_pass_by_ref.rs:79:34
+  --> $DIR/trivially_copy_pass_by_ref.rs:84:34
    |
-79 |     fn bad2(x: &u32, y: &Foo, z: &Baz) {
+84 |     fn bad2(x: &u32, y: &Foo, z: &Baz) {
    |                                  ^^^^ help: consider passing by value instead: `Baz`
 
-error: aborting due to 13 previous errors
+error: this argument is passed by reference, but would be more efficient if passed by value
+  --> $DIR/trivially_copy_pass_by_ref.rs:89:34
+   |
+89 |     fn trait_method(&self, _foo: &Foo);
+   |                                  ^^^^ help: consider passing by value instead: `Foo`
+
+error: this argument is passed by reference, but would be more efficient if passed by value
+  --> $DIR/trivially_copy_pass_by_ref.rs:93:37
+   |
+93 |     fn trait_method2(&self, _color: &Color);
+   |                                     ^^^^^^ help: consider passing by value instead: `Color`
+
+error: aborting due to 15 previous errors