diff --git a/src/main/java/edu/illinois/library/cantaloupe/delegate/JRubyDelegateProxy.java b/src/main/java/edu/illinois/library/cantaloupe/delegate/JRubyDelegateProxy.java
index cb3222ca6..1116aa3c8 100644
--- a/src/main/java/edu/illinois/library/cantaloupe/delegate/JRubyDelegateProxy.java
+++ b/src/main/java/edu/illinois/library/cantaloupe/delegate/JRubyDelegateProxy.java
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
 
 import javax.script.Invocable;
+import javax.script.ScriptContext;
 import javax.script.ScriptEngine;
 import javax.script.ScriptEngineManager;
 import javax.script.ScriptException;
@@ -71,6 +72,14 @@ final class JRubyDelegateProxy implements DelegateProxy {
         System.setProperty("org.jruby.embed.localvariable.behavior", "transient");
 
         scriptEngine = new ScriptEngineManager().getEngineByName("jruby");
+
+        // Workaround for a memory leak in JRuby's BiVariableMap: By default, all
+        // instance variables are stored into BiVariableMap so they are accessible
+        // from Java. However, there is currently no mechanism for ever removing
+        // them, forming a memory leak.
+        // That feature isn't used by Cantaloupe, so we can just disable it.
+        scriptEngine.getContext().setAttribute("org.jruby.embed.sharing.variables",
+                false, ScriptContext.ENGINE_SCOPE);
     }
 
     /**