diff --git a/compiler/rustc_borrowck/src/type_check/constraint_conversion.rs b/compiler/rustc_borrowck/src/type_check/constraint_conversion.rs
index 2c9ab35f51b66..ad2a1c780fb6c 100644
--- a/compiler/rustc_borrowck/src/type_check/constraint_conversion.rs
+++ b/compiler/rustc_borrowck/src/type_check/constraint_conversion.rs
@@ -103,13 +103,13 @@ impl<'a, 'tcx> ConstraintConversion<'a, 'tcx> {
                 bug!("query_constraint {:?} contained bound vars", query_constraint,);
             });
 
-        let _constraint_category = query_constraint.1;
+        let constraint_category = query_constraint.1;
 
         match k1.unpack() {
             GenericArgKind::Lifetime(r1) => {
                 let r1_vid = self.to_region_vid(r1);
                 let r2_vid = self.to_region_vid(r2);
-                self.add_outlives(r1_vid, r2_vid);
+                self.add_outlives(r1_vid, r2_vid, constraint_category);
             }
 
             GenericArgKind::Type(t1) => {
@@ -124,7 +124,7 @@ impl<'a, 'tcx> ConstraintConversion<'a, 'tcx> {
                     Some(implicit_region_bound),
                     param_env,
                 )
-                .type_must_outlive(origin, t1, r2);
+                .type_must_outlive(origin, t1, r2, constraint_category);
             }
 
             GenericArgKind::Const(_) => {
@@ -171,10 +171,19 @@ impl<'a, 'tcx> ConstraintConversion<'a, 'tcx> {
         }
     }
 
-    fn add_outlives(&mut self, sup: ty::RegionVid, sub: ty::RegionVid) {
+    fn add_outlives(
+        &mut self,
+        sup: ty::RegionVid,
+        sub: ty::RegionVid,
+        category: ConstraintCategory<'tcx>,
+    ) {
+        let category = match self.category {
+            ConstraintCategory::Boring | ConstraintCategory::BoringNoLocation => category,
+            _ => self.category,
+        };
         self.constraints.outlives_constraints.push(OutlivesConstraint {
             locations: self.locations,
-            category: self.category,
+            category,
             span: self.span,
             sub,
             sup,
@@ -194,10 +203,11 @@ impl<'a, 'b, 'tcx> TypeOutlivesDelegate<'tcx> for &'a mut ConstraintConversion<'
         _origin: SubregionOrigin<'tcx>,
         a: ty::Region<'tcx>,
         b: ty::Region<'tcx>,
+        constraint_category: ConstraintCategory<'tcx>,
     ) {
         let b = self.to_region_vid(b);
         let a = self.to_region_vid(a);
-        self.add_outlives(b, a);
+        self.add_outlives(b, a, constraint_category);
     }
 
     fn push_verify(
diff --git a/compiler/rustc_infer/src/infer/outlives/obligations.rs b/compiler/rustc_infer/src/infer/outlives/obligations.rs
index 74c8bd88d275d..2d60b68f05feb 100644
--- a/compiler/rustc_infer/src/infer/outlives/obligations.rs
+++ b/compiler/rustc_infer/src/infer/outlives/obligations.rs
@@ -69,6 +69,7 @@ use crate::infer::{
 use crate::traits::{ObligationCause, ObligationCauseCode};
 use rustc_data_structures::undo_log::UndoLogs;
 use rustc_hir::def_id::LocalDefId;
+use rustc_middle::mir::ConstraintCategory;
 use rustc_middle::ty::subst::GenericArgKind;
 use rustc_middle::ty::{self, Region, Ty, TyCtxt, TypeVisitable};
 use smallvec::smallvec;
@@ -163,7 +164,8 @@ impl<'cx, 'tcx> InferCtxt<'cx, 'tcx> {
 
             let outlives =
                 &mut TypeOutlives::new(self, self.tcx, &region_bound_pairs, None, param_env);
-            outlives.type_must_outlive(origin, sup_type, sub_region);
+            let category = ConstraintCategory::BoringNoLocation;
+            outlives.type_must_outlive(origin, sup_type, sub_region, category);
         }
     }
 
@@ -207,6 +209,7 @@ pub trait TypeOutlivesDelegate<'tcx> {
         origin: SubregionOrigin<'tcx>,
         a: ty::Region<'tcx>,
         b: ty::Region<'tcx>,
+        constraint_category: ConstraintCategory<'tcx>,
     );
 
     fn push_verify(
@@ -255,12 +258,13 @@ where
         origin: infer::SubregionOrigin<'tcx>,
         ty: Ty<'tcx>,
         region: ty::Region<'tcx>,
+        category: ConstraintCategory<'tcx>,
     ) {
         assert!(!ty.has_escaping_bound_vars());
 
         let mut components = smallvec![];
         push_outlives_components(self.tcx, ty, &mut components);
-        self.components_must_outlive(origin, &components, region);
+        self.components_must_outlive(origin, &components, region, category);
     }
 
     fn components_must_outlive(
@@ -268,12 +272,13 @@ where
         origin: infer::SubregionOrigin<'tcx>,
         components: &[Component<'tcx>],
         region: ty::Region<'tcx>,
+        category: ConstraintCategory<'tcx>,
     ) {
         for component in components.iter() {
             let origin = origin.clone();
             match component {
                 Component::Region(region1) => {
-                    self.delegate.push_sub_region_constraint(origin, region, *region1);
+                    self.delegate.push_sub_region_constraint(origin, region, *region1, category);
                 }
                 Component::Param(param_ty) => {
                     self.param_ty_must_outlive(origin, region, *param_ty);
@@ -282,7 +287,7 @@ where
                     self.projection_must_outlive(origin, region, *projection_ty);
                 }
                 Component::EscapingProjection(subcomponents) => {
-                    self.components_must_outlive(origin, &subcomponents, region);
+                    self.components_must_outlive(origin, &subcomponents, region, category);
                 }
                 Component::UnresolvedInferenceVariable(v) => {
                     // ignore this, we presume it will yield an error
@@ -389,13 +394,19 @@ where
         if approx_env_bounds.is_empty() && trait_bounds.is_empty() && needs_infer {
             debug!("projection_must_outlive: no declared bounds");
 
+            let constraint = ConstraintCategory::BoringNoLocation;
             for k in projection_ty.substs {
                 match k.unpack() {
                     GenericArgKind::Lifetime(lt) => {
-                        self.delegate.push_sub_region_constraint(origin.clone(), region, lt);
+                        self.delegate.push_sub_region_constraint(
+                            origin.clone(),
+                            region,
+                            lt,
+                            constraint,
+                        );
                     }
                     GenericArgKind::Type(ty) => {
-                        self.type_must_outlive(origin.clone(), ty, region);
+                        self.type_must_outlive(origin.clone(), ty, region, constraint);
                     }
                     GenericArgKind::Const(_) => {
                         // Const parameters don't impose constraints.
@@ -433,7 +444,8 @@ where
             let unique_bound = trait_bounds[0];
             debug!("projection_must_outlive: unique trait bound = {:?}", unique_bound);
             debug!("projection_must_outlive: unique declared bound appears in trait ref");
-            self.delegate.push_sub_region_constraint(origin, region, unique_bound);
+            let category = ConstraintCategory::BoringNoLocation;
+            self.delegate.push_sub_region_constraint(origin, region, unique_bound, category);
             return;
         }
 
@@ -455,6 +467,7 @@ impl<'cx, 'tcx> TypeOutlivesDelegate<'tcx> for &'cx InferCtxt<'cx, 'tcx> {
         origin: SubregionOrigin<'tcx>,
         a: ty::Region<'tcx>,
         b: ty::Region<'tcx>,
+        _constraint_category: ConstraintCategory<'tcx>,
     ) {
         self.sub_regions(origin, a, b)
     }
diff --git a/compiler/rustc_typeck/src/check/wfcheck.rs b/compiler/rustc_typeck/src/check/wfcheck.rs
index bc644c694a078..27b3da8ab3dfa 100644
--- a/compiler/rustc_typeck/src/check/wfcheck.rs
+++ b/compiler/rustc_typeck/src/check/wfcheck.rs
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ use rustc_hir::ItemKind;
 use rustc_infer::infer::outlives::env::{OutlivesEnvironment, RegionBoundPairs};
 use rustc_infer::infer::outlives::obligations::TypeOutlives;
 use rustc_infer::infer::{self, InferCtxt, TyCtxtInferExt};
+use rustc_middle::mir::ConstraintCategory;
 use rustc_middle::ty::query::Providers;
 use rustc_middle::ty::subst::{GenericArgKind, InternalSubsts, Subst};
 use rustc_middle::ty::trait_def::TraitSpecializationKind;
@@ -663,7 +664,7 @@ fn ty_known_to_outlive<'tcx>(
     resolve_regions_with_wf_tys(tcx, id, param_env, &wf_tys, |infcx, region_bound_pairs| {
         let origin = infer::RelateParamBound(DUMMY_SP, ty, None);
         let outlives = &mut TypeOutlives::new(infcx, tcx, region_bound_pairs, None, param_env);
-        outlives.type_must_outlive(origin, ty, region);
+        outlives.type_must_outlive(origin, ty, region, ConstraintCategory::BoringNoLocation);
     })
 }
 
@@ -681,7 +682,12 @@ fn region_known_to_outlive<'tcx>(
         use rustc_infer::infer::outlives::obligations::TypeOutlivesDelegate;
         let origin = infer::RelateRegionParamBound(DUMMY_SP);
         // `region_a: region_b` -> `region_b <= region_a`
-        infcx.push_sub_region_constraint(origin, region_b, region_a);
+        infcx.push_sub_region_constraint(
+            origin,
+            region_b,
+            region_a,
+            ConstraintCategory::BoringNoLocation,
+        );
     })
 }