diff --git a/lib/_http_server.js b/lib/_http_server.js
index 862b7c970bda8e..6dc29c855e414c 100644
--- a/lib/_http_server.js
+++ b/lib/_http_server.js
@@ -611,6 +611,19 @@ function onParserExecuteCommon(server, socket, parser, state, ret, d) {
   }
 }
 
+function clearIncoming(req) {
+  req = req || this;
+  const parser = req.socket && req.socket.parser;
+  // Reset the .incoming property so that the request object can be gc'ed.
+  if (parser && parser.incoming === req) {
+    if (req.readableEnded) {
+      parser.incoming = null;
+    } else {
+      req.on('end', clearIncoming);
+    }
+  }
+}
+
 function resOnFinish(req, res, socket, state, server) {
   // Usually the first incoming element should be our request.  it may
   // be that in the case abortIncoming() was called that the incoming
@@ -618,6 +631,7 @@ function resOnFinish(req, res, socket, state, server) {
   assert(state.incoming.length === 0 || state.incoming[0] === req);
 
   state.incoming.shift();
+  clearIncoming(req);
 
   // If the user never called req.read(), and didn't pipe() or
   // .resume() or .on('data'), then we call req._dump() so that the
diff --git a/test/parallel/test-http-server-keepalive-end.js b/test/parallel/test-http-server-keepalive-end.js
index 1e3a44d368a020..8ebdecb97c3d8c 100644
--- a/test/parallel/test-http-server-keepalive-end.js
+++ b/test/parallel/test-http-server-keepalive-end.js
@@ -1,18 +1,27 @@
 'use strict';
-
 const common = require('../common');
+const assert = require('assert');
 const { createServer } = require('http');
 const { connect } = require('net');
 
+// Make sure that for HTTP keepalive requests, the .on('end') event is emitted
+// on the incoming request object, and that the parser instance does not hold
+// on to that request object afterwards.
+
 const server = createServer(common.mustCall((req, res) => {
-  req.on('end', common.mustCall());
+  req.on('end', common.mustCall(() => {
+    const parser = req.socket.parser;
+    assert.strictEqual(parser.incoming, req);
+    process.nextTick(() => {
+      assert.strictEqual(parser.incoming, null);
+    });
+  }));
   res.end('hello world');
 }));
 
 server.unref();
 
 server.listen(0, common.mustCall(() => {
-
   const client = connect(server.address().port);
 
   const req = [
diff --git a/test/parallel/test-http-server-keepalive-req-gc.js b/test/parallel/test-http-server-keepalive-req-gc.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..aa4bf1a3de9c83
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/parallel/test-http-server-keepalive-req-gc.js
@@ -0,0 +1,47 @@
+// Flags: --expose-gc
+'use strict';
+const common = require('../common');
+const onGC = require('../common/ongc');
+const { createServer } = require('http');
+const { connect } = require('net');
+
+if (common.isWindows) {
+  // TODO(addaleax): Investigate why and remove the skip.
+  common.skip('This test is flaky on Windows.');
+}
+
+// Make sure that for HTTP keepalive requests, the req object can be
+// garbage collected once the request is finished.
+// Refs: https://github.com/nodejs/node/issues/9668
+
+let client;
+const server = createServer(common.mustCall((req, res) => {
+  onGC(req, { ongc: common.mustCall() });
+  req.resume();
+  req.on('end', common.mustCall(() => {
+    setImmediate(() => {
+      client.end();
+      global.gc();
+    });
+  }));
+  res.end('hello world');
+}));
+
+server.unref();
+
+server.listen(0, common.mustCall(() => {
+  client = connect(server.address().port);
+
+  const req = [
+    'POST / HTTP/1.1',
+    `Host: localhost:${server.address().port}`,
+    'Connection: keep-alive',
+    'Content-Length: 11',
+    '',
+    'hello world',
+    ''
+  ].join('\r\n');
+
+  client.write(req);
+  client.unref();
+}));