diff --git a/src/ng/rootScope.js b/src/ng/rootScope.js
index 904f24d4c6d5..a2e8ff125dff 100644
--- a/src/ng/rootScope.js
+++ b/src/ng/rootScope.js
@@ -187,6 +187,19 @@ function $RootScopeProvider(){
         } else {
           this.$$childHead = this.$$childTail = child;
         }
+        
+        // Help out chrome's GC
+        child.$on('$destroy', function() {
+          if(Child)
+            Child.prototype = null;
+          // Async so that the $broadcast('$destroy') can traverse the rest
+          setTimeout(function() {
+            child.__proto__ = {};
+            for(var i in child)
+              delete child[i];
+            child = null;
+          });
+        });
         return child;
       },