diff --git a/src/Mono.Android/Android.Runtime/AndroidRuntime.cs b/src/Mono.Android/Android.Runtime/AndroidRuntime.cs
index a594902af07..6561e2b8fbd 100644
--- a/src/Mono.Android/Android.Runtime/AndroidRuntime.cs
+++ b/src/Mono.Android/Android.Runtime/AndroidRuntime.cs
@@ -187,6 +187,7 @@ public override JniObjectReference CreateGlobalReference (JniObjectReference val
 			int gc 		= RuntimeNativeMethods._monodroid_gref_log_new (value.Handle, ctype, r.Handle, ntype, tname, tid, from, 1);
 			if (gc >= JNIEnvInit.gref_gc_threshold) {
 				Logger.Log (LogLevel.Warn, "monodroid-gc", gc + " outstanding GREFs. Performing a full GC!");
+				System.GC.WaitForPendingFinalizers ();
 				System.GC.Collect ();
 			}