1 files changed, 9 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/lib/perf_hooks.js b/lib/perf_hooks.js
index cb1640ef9b..583ffb56ca 100644
--- a/lib/perf_hooks.js
+++ b/lib/perf_hooks.js
@@ -11,7 +11,8 @@ const {
   timeOrigin,
   timeOriginTimestamp,
   timerify,
-  constants
+  constants,
+  setupGarbageCollectionTracking
 } = internalBinding('performance');
 
 const {
@@ -273,6 +274,8 @@ class PerformanceObserverEntryList {
   }
 }
 
+let gcTrackingIsEnabled = false;
+
 class PerformanceObserver extends AsyncResource {
   constructor(callback) {
     if (typeof callback !== 'function') {
@@ -334,6 +337,11 @@ class PerformanceObserver extends AsyncResource {
     if (entryTypes.length === 0) {
       throw new errors.ERR_VALID_PERFORMANCE_ENTRY_TYPE();
     }
+    if (entryTypes.includes(NODE_PERFORMANCE_ENTRY_TYPE_GC) &&
+      !gcTrackingIsEnabled) {
+      setupGarbageCollectionTracking();
+      gcTrackingIsEnabled = true;
+    }
     this.disconnect();
     this[kBuffer][kEntries] = [];
     L.init(this[kBuffer][kEntries]);