diff --git a/futures/examples/client.rs b/futures/examples/client.rs
index bb56d92f..ed49eef6 100644
--- a/futures/examples/client.rs
+++ b/futures/examples/client.rs
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+/// Long and nested future chains can quickly result in large generic types.
+#![type_length_limit="16777216"]
+
 #[macro_use] extern crate log;
 extern crate lapin_futures as lapin;
 extern crate failure;
diff --git a/futures/tests/connection.rs b/futures/tests/connection.rs
index d3f98855..daa9eade 100644
--- a/futures/tests/connection.rs
+++ b/futures/tests/connection.rs
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+/// Long and nested future chains can quickly result in large generic types.
+#![type_length_limit="2097152"]
+
 #[macro_use] extern crate log;
 extern crate lapin_futures as lapin;
 extern crate failure;