diff --git a/Userland/Libraries/LibWeb/XHR/XMLHttpRequest.cpp b/Userland/Libraries/LibWeb/XHR/XMLHttpRequest.cpp
index 2d4c99c226..e622477d62 100644
--- a/Userland/Libraries/LibWeb/XHR/XMLHttpRequest.cpp
+++ b/Userland/Libraries/LibWeb/XHR/XMLHttpRequest.cpp
@@ -51,6 +51,7 @@ XMLHttpRequest::XMLHttpRequest(HTML::Window& window)
     , m_window(window)
     , m_response_type(Bindings::XMLHttpRequestResponseType::Empty)
 {
+    set_overrides_must_survive_garbage_collection(true);
     set_prototype(&Bindings::cached_web_prototype(window.realm(), "XMLHttpRequest"));
 }
 
@@ -587,4 +588,37 @@ WebIDL::ExceptionOr<void> XMLHttpRequest::set_timeout(u32 timeout)
 // https://xhr.spec.whatwg.org/#dom-xmlhttprequest-timeout
 u32 XMLHttpRequest::timeout() const { return m_timeout; }
 
+// https://xhr.spec.whatwg.org/#garbage-collection
+bool XMLHttpRequest::must_survive_garbage_collection() const
+{
+    // An XMLHttpRequest object must not be garbage collected
+    // if its state is either opened with the send() flag set, headers received, or loading,
+    // and it has one or more event listeners registered whose type is one of
+    // readystatechange, progress, abort, error, load, timeout, and loadend.
+    if ((m_ready_state == ReadyState::Opened && m_send)
+        || m_ready_state == ReadyState::HeadersReceived
+        || m_ready_state == ReadyState::Loading) {
+        if (has_event_listener(EventNames::readystatechange))
+            return true;
+        if (has_event_listener(EventNames::progress))
+            return true;
+        if (has_event_listener(EventNames::abort))
+            return true;
+        if (has_event_listener(EventNames::error))
+            return true;
+        if (has_event_listener(EventNames::load))
+            return true;
+        if (has_event_listener(EventNames::timeout))
+            return true;
+        if (has_event_listener(EventNames::loadend))
+            return true;
+    }
+
+    // FIXME: If an XMLHttpRequest object is garbage collected while its connection is still open,
+    //        the user agent must terminate the XMLHttpRequest object’s fetch controller.
+    // NOTE: This would go in XMLHttpRequest::finalize().
+
+    return false;
+}
+
 }
diff --git a/Userland/Libraries/LibWeb/XHR/XMLHttpRequest.h b/Userland/Libraries/LibWeb/XHR/XMLHttpRequest.h
index 77037dc230..a9db911a40 100644
--- a/Userland/Libraries/LibWeb/XHR/XMLHttpRequest.h
+++ b/Userland/Libraries/LibWeb/XHR/XMLHttpRequest.h
@@ -65,6 +65,7 @@ public:
 
 private:
     virtual void visit_edges(Cell::Visitor&) override;
+    virtual bool must_survive_garbage_collection() const override;
 
     void set_ready_state(ReadyState);
     void set_status(Fetch::Infrastructure::Status status) { m_status = status; }