diff --git a/src/browser/js/Context.zig b/src/browser/js/Context.zig
index a11023a9..0d2a7040 100644
--- a/src/browser/js/Context.zig
+++ b/src/browser/js/Context.zig
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ const ScriptManager = @import("../ScriptManager.zig");
 
 const Allocator = std.mem.Allocator;
 const PersistentObject = v8.Persistent(v8.Object);
+const PersistentValue = v8.Persistent(v8.Value);
 const PersistentModule = v8.Persistent(v8.Module);
 const PersistentPromise = v8.Persistent(v8.Promise);
 const PersistentFunction = v8.Persistent(v8.Function);
@@ -85,6 +86,9 @@ identity_map: std.AutoHashMapUnmanaged(usize, PersistentObject) = .empty,
 // we now simply persist every time persist() is called.
 js_object_list: std.ArrayListUnmanaged(PersistentObject) = .empty,
 
+// js_value_list tracks persisted js values.
+js_value_list: std.ArrayListUnmanaged(PersistentValue) = .empty,
+
 // Various web APIs depend on having a persistent promise resolver. They
 // require for this PromiseResolver to be valid for a lifetime longer than
 // the function that resolves/rejects them.
@@ -161,6 +165,10 @@ pub fn deinit(self: *Context) void {
         p.deinit();
     }
 
+    for (self.js_value_list.items) |*p| {
+        p.deinit();
+    }
+
     for (self.persisted_promise_resolvers.items) |*p| {
         p.deinit();
     }
diff --git a/src/browser/js/Value.zig b/src/browser/js/Value.zig
index 8cba1688..329fb128 100644
--- a/src/browser/js/Value.zig
+++ b/src/browser/js/Value.zig
@@ -23,6 +23,8 @@ const v8 = js.v8;
 
 const Allocator = std.mem.Allocator;
 
+const PersistentValue = v8.Persistent(v8.Value);
+
 const Value = @This();
 js_val: v8.Value,
 context: *js.Context,
@@ -49,6 +51,16 @@ pub fn fromJson(ctx: *js.Context, json: []const u8) !Value {
     return Value{ .context = ctx, .js_val = value };
 }
 
+pub fn persist(self: Value) !Value {
+    const js_val = self.js_val;
+    var context = self.context;
+
+    const persisted = PersistentValue.init(context.isolate, js_val);
+    try context.js_value_list.append(context.arena, persisted);
+
+    return Value{ .context = context, .js_val = persisted.toValue() };
+}
+
 pub fn toObject(self: Value) js.Object {
     return .{
         .context = self.context,