diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index d82f970b8bf..287301772e2 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1632,6 +1632,7 @@ Released 2018-09-13
 [`assign_ops`]: https://rust-lang.github.io/rust-clippy/master/index.html#assign_ops
 [`async_yields_async`]: https://rust-lang.github.io/rust-clippy/master/index.html#async_yields_async
 [`await_holding_lock`]: https://rust-lang.github.io/rust-clippy/master/index.html#await_holding_lock
+[`await_holding_refcell_ref`]: https://rust-lang.github.io/rust-clippy/master/index.html#await_holding_refcell_ref
 [`bad_bit_mask`]: https://rust-lang.github.io/rust-clippy/master/index.html#bad_bit_mask
 [`bind_instead_of_map`]: https://rust-lang.github.io/rust-clippy/master/index.html#bind_instead_of_map
 [`blacklisted_name`]: https://rust-lang.github.io/rust-clippy/master/index.html#blacklisted_name
diff --git a/src/lintlist/mod.rs b/src/lintlist/mod.rs
index 6301d623a2b..21185a08d5c 100644
--- a/src/lintlist/mod.rs
+++ b/src/lintlist/mod.rs
@@ -67,6 +67,13 @@
         deprecation: None,
         module: "await_holding_lock",
     },
+    Lint {
+        name: "await_holding_refcell_ref",
+        group: "pedantic",
+        desc: "Inside an async function, holding a RefCell ref while calling await",
+        deprecation: None,
+        module: "await_holding_refcell_ref",
+    },
     Lint {
         name: "bad_bit_mask",
         group: "correctness",