diff --git a/postgres/src/config.rs b/postgres/src/config.rs
index b541ec84..db8d6613 100644
--- a/postgres/src/config.rs
+++ b/postgres/src/config.rs
@@ -252,7 +252,7 @@ impl Config {
 
     /// Gets the connection timeout, if one has been set with the
     /// `connect_timeout` method.
-    pub fn get_connect_timeout(&self) -> Option<&Duration> {
+    pub fn get_connect_timeout(&self) -> Option<Duration> {
         self.config.get_connect_timeout()
     }
 
diff --git a/tokio-postgres/src/config.rs b/tokio-postgres/src/config.rs
index e8d05764..3a11e99c 100644
--- a/tokio-postgres/src/config.rs
+++ b/tokio-postgres/src/config.rs
@@ -336,8 +336,8 @@ impl Config {
 
     /// Gets the connection timeout, if one has been set with the
     /// `connect_timeout` method.
-    pub fn get_connect_timeout(&self) -> Option<&Duration> {
-        self.connect_timeout.as_ref()
+    pub fn get_connect_timeout(&self) -> Option<Duration> {
+        self.connect_timeout.as_ref().copied()
     }
 
     /// Controls the use of TCP keepalive.