diff --git a/ext/v8/external.cc b/ext/v8/external.cc
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..fa6adfd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ext/v8/external.cc
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+#include "rr.h"
+#include "external.h"
+
+namespace rr {
+  void External::Init() {
+    ClassBuilder("External").
+      defineSingletonMethod("New", &New).
+
+      defineMethod("Value", &Value).
+
+      store(&Class);
+  }
+
+  VALUE External::New(VALUE self, VALUE r_isolate, VALUE object) {
+    Isolate isolate(r_isolate);
+    isolate.retainObject(object);
+
+    Locker lock(isolate);
+
+    Container* container = new Container(object);
+    v8::Local<v8::External> external(v8::External::New(isolate, (void*)container));
+
+    v8::Global<v8::External>* global(new v8::Global<v8::External>(isolate, external));
+    container->global = global;
+
+    global->SetWeak<Container>(container, &release, v8::WeakCallbackType::kParameter);
+
+    return External(isolate, external);
+  }
+
+  VALUE External::Value(VALUE self) {
+    External external(self);
+    Locker lock(external);
+    Container* container((Container*)external->Value());
+    return container->object;
+  }
+}
diff --git a/ext/v8/external.h b/ext/v8/external.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b9b9e32
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ext/v8/external.h
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+// -*- mode: c++ -*-
+#ifndef EXTERNAL_H
+#define EXTERNAL_H
+
+namespace rr {
+  class External : Ref<v8::External> {
+  public:
+
+    static void Init();
+    static VALUE New(VALUE self, VALUE isolate, VALUE object);
+    static VALUE Value(VALUE self);
+
+    inline External(VALUE value) : Ref<v8::External>(value) {}
+    inline External(v8::Isolate* isolate, v8::Handle<v8::External> handle) :
+      Ref<v8::External>(isolate, handle) {}
+
+    struct Container {
+      Container(VALUE v) : object(v) {}
+
+      v8::Global<v8::External>* global;
+      VALUE object;
+    };
+
+    static void release(const v8::WeakCallbackInfo<Container>& info) {
+      Container* container(info.GetParameter());
+      if (info.IsFirstPass()) {
+        container->global->Reset();
+        info.SetSecondPassCallback(&release);
+      } else {
+        Isolate isolate(info.GetIsolate());
+        isolate.scheduleReleaseObject(container->object);
+        delete container;
+      }
+    }
+  };
+}
+
+#endif /* EXTERNAL_H */
diff --git a/ext/v8/init.cc b/ext/v8/init.cc
index 4ac6e99..1d0a2f5 100644
--- a/ext/v8/init.cc
+++ b/ext/v8/init.cc
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ extern "C" {
     Function::Init();
     Script::Init();
     Array::Init();
+    External::Init();
 
     // Accessor::Init();
     // Invocation::Init();
diff --git a/ext/v8/isolate.cc b/ext/v8/isolate.cc
index 5f5afa2..9bf9939 100644
--- a/ext/v8/isolate.cc
+++ b/ext/v8/isolate.cc
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 namespace rr {
 
   void Isolate::Init() {
+    rb_eval_string("require 'v8/retained_objects'");
     ClassBuilder("Isolate").
       defineSingletonMethod("New", &New).
 
@@ -17,11 +18,16 @@ namespace rr {
 
   VALUE Isolate::New(VALUE self) {
     Isolate::IsolateData* data = new IsolateData();
+    VALUE rb_cRetainedObjects = rb_eval_string("V8::RetainedObjects");
+    data->retained_objects = rb_funcall(rb_cRetainedObjects, rb_intern("new"), 0);
+
     v8::Isolate::CreateParams create_params;
     create_params.array_buffer_allocator = &data->array_buffer_allocator;
+
     Isolate isolate(v8::Isolate::New(create_params));
-    isolate->SetData(0, new IsolateData());
+    isolate->SetData(0, data);
     isolate->AddGCPrologueCallback(&clearReferences);
+
     return isolate;
   }
 
diff --git a/ext/v8/isolate.h b/ext/v8/isolate.h
index 7a2c045..d458e63 100644
--- a/ext/v8/isolate.h
+++ b/ext/v8/isolate.h
@@ -38,8 +38,8 @@ namespace rr {
      * its book keeping data. E.g.
      * VALUE rubyObject = Isolate(v8::Isolate::New());
      */
-    inline operator VALUE() {
-      return Data_Wrap_Struct(Class, 0, 0, pointer);
+    virtual operator VALUE() {
+      return Data_Wrap_Struct(Class, &releaseAndMarkRetainedObjects, 0, pointer);
     }
 
     /**
@@ -60,6 +60,28 @@ namespace rr {
       data()->queue.enqueue((v8::Persistent<void>*)cell);
     }
 
+    inline void retainObject(VALUE object) {
+      rb_funcall(data()->retained_objects, rb_intern("add"), 1, object);
+    }
+
+    inline void releaseObject(VALUE object) {
+      rb_funcall(data()->retained_objects, rb_intern("remove"), 1, object);
+    }
+
+    inline void scheduleReleaseObject(VALUE object) {
+      data()->release_queue.enqueue(object);
+    }
+
+    static void releaseAndMarkRetainedObjects(v8::Isolate* isolate_) {
+      Isolate isolate(isolate_);
+      IsolateData* data = isolate.data();
+      VALUE object;
+      while (data->release_queue.try_dequeue(object)) {
+        isolate.releaseObject(object);
+      }
+      rb_gc_mark(data->retained_objects);
+    }
+
     /**
      * An instance of v8::GCPrologueCallback, this will run in the v8
      * GC thread, and clear out all the references that have been
@@ -97,6 +119,14 @@ namespace rr {
      * as the isolate.
      */
     struct IsolateData {
+
+      /**
+       * An instance of `V8::RetainedObjects` that contains all
+       * references held from from V8. As long as they are in this
+       * list, they won't be gc'd by Ruby.
+       */
+      VALUE retained_objects;
+
       /**
        * A custom ArrayBufferAllocator for this isolate. Why? because
        * if you don't, it will segfault when you try and create an
@@ -110,6 +140,11 @@ namespace rr {
        * can be released by the v8 garbarge collector later.
        */
       ConcurrentQueue<v8::Persistent<void>*> queue;
+
+      /**
+       * Queue to hold
+       */
+      ConcurrentQueue<VALUE> release_queue;
     };
   };
 }
diff --git a/ext/v8/ref.h b/ext/v8/ref.h
index ee00882..d58dd8c 100644
--- a/ext/v8/ref.h
+++ b/ext/v8/ref.h
@@ -75,6 +75,10 @@ namespace rr {
       return isolate;
     }
 
+    inline operator v8::Isolate*() const {
+      return isolate;
+    }
+
     static void destroy(Holder* holder) {
       delete holder;
     }
diff --git a/ext/v8/rr.h b/ext/v8/rr.h
index 2e7c6fa..fb4f8df 100644
--- a/ext/v8/rr.h
+++ b/ext/v8/rr.h
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ inline VALUE not_implemented(const char* message) {
 #include "object.h"
 #include "array.h"
 #include "primitive.h"
+#include "external.h"
 // This one is named v8_string to avoid name collisions with C's string.h
 #include "rr_string.h"
 
diff --git a/spec/c/external_spec.rb b/spec/c/external_spec.rb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e337245
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spec/c/external_spec.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+require 'c_spec_helper'
+
+describe V8::C::External do
+  let(:isolate) { V8::C::Isolate::New() }
+  let(:value) { @external::Value() }
+  around { |example| V8::C::HandleScope(isolate) { example.run } }
+
+  before do
+    Object.new.tap do |object|
+      @object_id = object.object_id
+      @external = V8::C::External::New(isolate, object)
+    end
+  end
+
+  it "exists" do
+    expect(@external).to be
+  end
+
+  it "can retrieve the ruby object out from V8 land" do
+    expect(value).to be
+    expect(value.object_id).to eql @object_id
+  end
+end