diff --git a/Userland/Libraries/LibJS/Runtime/ExecutionContext.h b/Userland/Libraries/LibJS/Runtime/ExecutionContext.h
index c342776619..cae575bdd1 100644
--- a/Userland/Libraries/LibJS/Runtime/ExecutionContext.h
+++ b/Userland/Libraries/LibJS/Runtime/ExecutionContext.h
@@ -58,6 +58,9 @@ public:
     Environment* variable_environment { nullptr };       // [[VariableEnvironment]]
     PrivateEnvironment* private_environment { nullptr }; // [[PrivateEnvironment]]
 
+    // Non-standard: This points at something that owns this ExecutionContext, in case it needs to be protected from GC.
+    Cell* context_owner { nullptr };
+
     ASTNode const* current_node { nullptr };
     FlyString function_name;
     Value this_value;
diff --git a/Userland/Libraries/LibJS/Runtime/VM.cpp b/Userland/Libraries/LibJS/Runtime/VM.cpp
index 40a17de1c1..5a2a72cb4d 100644
--- a/Userland/Libraries/LibJS/Runtime/VM.cpp
+++ b/Userland/Libraries/LibJS/Runtime/VM.cpp
@@ -204,6 +204,8 @@ void VM::gather_roots(HashTable<Cell*>& roots)
             roots.set(execution_context->lexical_environment);
             roots.set(execution_context->variable_environment);
             roots.set(execution_context->private_environment);
+            if (auto* context_owner = execution_context->context_owner)
+                roots.set(context_owner);
             execution_context->script_or_module.visit(
                 [](Empty) {},
                 [&](auto& script_or_module) {
diff --git a/Userland/Libraries/LibWeb/HTML/Scripting/Environments.cpp b/Userland/Libraries/LibWeb/HTML/Scripting/Environments.cpp
index 653a38ec95..3e34cb0f6c 100644
--- a/Userland/Libraries/LibWeb/HTML/Scripting/Environments.cpp
+++ b/Userland/Libraries/LibWeb/HTML/Scripting/Environments.cpp
@@ -22,6 +22,8 @@ namespace Web::HTML {
 EnvironmentSettingsObject::EnvironmentSettingsObject(NonnullOwnPtr<JS::ExecutionContext> realm_execution_context)
     : m_realm_execution_context(move(realm_execution_context))
 {
+    m_realm_execution_context->context_owner = this;
+
     // Register with the responsible event loop so we can perform step 4 of "perform a microtask checkpoint".
     responsible_event_loop().register_environment_settings_object({}, *this);
 }