diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index b68fc895da..a95d7ca66f 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+Mon Jun  6 09:39:43 2011  Aaron Patterson <aaron@tenderlovemaking.com>
+
+	* ext/psych/parser.c (parse): release event objects to plug memory
+	leak.  Thanks Mark J. Titorenko!
+
 Sun Jun  5 23:26:15 2011  KOSAKI Motohiro  <kosaki.motohiro@gmail.com>
 
 	* eval.c: remove rb_thread_stop_timer_thread function declaration.
diff --git a/ext/psych/parser.c b/ext/psych/parser.c
index 8e7df9520b..e68768f562 100644
--- a/ext/psych/parser.c
+++ b/ext/psych/parser.c
@@ -304,6 +304,7 @@ static VALUE parse(VALUE self, VALUE yaml)
 	    done = 1;
 	    break;
 	}
+	yaml_event_delete(&event);
     }
 
     return self;