diff --git a/robolectric/src/test/java/org/robolectric/shadows/ShadowThemeTest.java b/robolectric/src/test/java/org/robolectric/shadows/ShadowThemeTest.java
index 1daf23bb8a7..32bace8ed3e 100644
--- a/robolectric/src/test/java/org/robolectric/shadows/ShadowThemeTest.java
+++ b/robolectric/src/test/java/org/robolectric/shadows/ShadowThemeTest.java
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
 import android.content.res.TypedArray;
 import android.content.res.XmlResourceParser;
 import android.graphics.drawable.ColorDrawable;
+import android.os.Build.VERSION_CODES;
 import android.os.Bundle;
 import android.util.AttributeSet;
 import android.util.Xml;
@@ -16,6 +17,11 @@
 import android.widget.Button;
 import androidx.test.core.app.ApplicationProvider;
 import androidx.test.ext.junit.runners.AndroidJUnit4;
+import java.lang.ref.WeakReference;
+import java.util.concurrent.CountDownLatch;
+import java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit;
+import java.util.concurrent.atomic.AtomicLong;
+import java.util.function.Supplier;
 import org.junit.After;
 import org.junit.Before;
 import org.junit.Test;
@@ -23,7 +29,10 @@
 import org.robolectric.R;
 import org.robolectric.Robolectric;
 import org.robolectric.android.controller.ActivityController;
+import org.robolectric.annotation.Config;
+import org.robolectric.res.android.Registries;
 import org.robolectric.shadows.testing.TestActivity;
+import org.robolectric.util.ReflectionHelpers;
 import org.xmlpull.v1.XmlPullParser;
 
 @RunWith(AndroidJUnit4.class)
@@ -272,6 +281,41 @@ public void shouldApplyFromStyleAttribute() {
     assertThat(button.getLayoutParams().width).isEqualTo(42); // comes via style attr
   }
 
+  @Test
+  @Config(minSdk = VERSION_CODES.N)
+  public void shouldFreeNativeObjectInRegistry() {
+    final AtomicLong themeId = new AtomicLong(0);
+    Supplier<Theme> themeSupplier =
+        () -> {
+          Theme theme = resources.newTheme();
+          long nativeId =
+              ReflectionHelpers.getField(ReflectionHelpers.getField(theme, "mThemeImpl"), "mTheme");
+          themeId.set(nativeId);
+          return theme;
+        };
+
+    WeakReference<Theme> weakRef = new WeakReference<>(themeSupplier.get());
+    awaitFinalized(weakRef);
+    assertThat(Registries.NATIVE_THEME9_REGISTRY.peekNativeObject(themeId.get())).isNull();
+  }
+
+  private static <T> void awaitFinalized(WeakReference<T> weakRef) {
+    final CountDownLatch latch = new CountDownLatch(1);
+    long deadline = System.nanoTime() + TimeUnit.SECONDS.toNanos(5);
+    while (System.nanoTime() < deadline) {
+      if (weakRef.get() == null) {
+        return;
+      }
+      try {
+        System.gc();
+        latch.await(100, TimeUnit.MILLISECONDS);
+      } catch (InterruptedException e) {
+        throw new AssertionError(e);
+      }
+    }
+  }
+  ;
+
   ////////////////////////////
 
   private XmlResourceParser getFirstElementAttrSet(int resId) throws Exception {
diff --git a/shadows/framework/src/main/java/org/robolectric/shadows/ShadowArscAssetManager10.java b/shadows/framework/src/main/java/org/robolectric/shadows/ShadowArscAssetManager10.java
index 470df765bb9..a238141374a 100644
--- a/shadows/framework/src/main/java/org/robolectric/shadows/ShadowArscAssetManager10.java
+++ b/shadows/framework/src/main/java/org/robolectric/shadows/ShadowArscAssetManager10.java
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 import static android.os.Build.VERSION_CODES.P;
 import static android.os.Build.VERSION_CODES.Q;
 import static android.os.Build.VERSION_CODES.R;
+import static android.os.Build.VERSION_CODES.S;
 import static org.robolectric.res.android.ApkAssetsCookie.K_INVALID_COOKIE;
 import static org.robolectric.res.android.ApkAssetsCookie.kInvalidCookie;
 import static org.robolectric.res.android.Asset.SEEK_CUR;
@@ -73,6 +74,7 @@
 import org.robolectric.res.android.ResXMLTree;
 import org.robolectric.res.android.ResourceTypes.Res_value;
 import org.robolectric.shadow.api.Shadow;
+import org.robolectric.util.PerfStatsCollector;
 import org.robolectric.util.ReflectionHelpers;
 import org.robolectric.util.ReflectionHelpers.ClassParameter;
 import org.robolectric.util.reflector.Direct;
@@ -1388,6 +1390,30 @@ protected static void nativeApplyStyle(
       @NonNull int[] java_attrs,
       long out_values_ptr,
       long out_indices_ptr) {
+    PerfStatsCollector.getInstance()
+        .measure(
+            "applyStyle",
+            () ->
+                nativeApplyStyle_measured(
+                    ptr,
+                    theme_ptr,
+                    def_style_attr,
+                    def_style_resid,
+                    xml_parser_ptr,
+                    java_attrs,
+                    out_values_ptr,
+                    out_indices_ptr));
+  }
+
+  private static void nativeApplyStyle_measured(
+      long ptr,
+      long theme_ptr,
+      @AttrRes int def_style_attr,
+      @StyleRes int def_style_resid,
+      long xml_parser_ptr,
+      @NonNull int[] java_attrs,
+      long out_values_ptr,
+      long out_indices_ptr) {
     CppAssetManager2 assetmanager = AssetManagerFromLong(ptr);
     Theme theme = Registries.NATIVE_THEME9_REGISTRY.getNativeObject(theme_ptr);
     CHECK(theme.GetAssetManager() == assetmanager);
@@ -1585,6 +1611,12 @@ protected static void nativeThemeDestroy(long theme_ptr) {
     Registries.NATIVE_THEME9_REGISTRY.unregister(theme_ptr);
   }
 
+  @Implementation(minSdk = S)
+  protected void releaseTheme(long ptr) {
+    Registries.NATIVE_THEME9_REGISTRY.unregister(ptr);
+    reflector(AssetManagerReflector.class, realAssetManager).releaseTheme(ptr);
+  }
+
   // static void NativeThemeApplyStyle(JNIEnv* env, jclass /*clazz*/, jlong ptr, jlong theme_ptr,
   //                                   jint resid, jboolean force) {
   @Implementation(minSdk = P)
@@ -1911,6 +1943,9 @@ interface AssetManagerReflector {
     @Static
     @Direct
     void createSystemAssetsInZygoteLocked();
+
+    @Direct
+    void releaseTheme(long ptr);
   }
 }
 ; // namespace android