diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 2e577c0..7983e0b 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 * Implement pack_command that serializes redis-py command to the RESP bytes object.
+* Implement garbage collection support in Reader (#162)
 
 ### 2.1.1 (2023-10-01)
 
diff --git a/src/reader.c b/src/reader.c
index e194202..77a7efe 100644
--- a/src/reader.c
+++ b/src/reader.c
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 #include <assert.h>
 
 static void Reader_dealloc(hiredis_ReaderObject *self);
+static int Reader_traverse(hiredis_ReaderObject *self, visitproc visit, void *arg);
 static int Reader_init(hiredis_ReaderObject *self, PyObject *args, PyObject *kwds);
 static PyObject *Reader_new(PyTypeObject *type, PyObject *args, PyObject *kwds);
 static PyObject *Reader_feed(hiredis_ReaderObject *self, PyObject *args);
@@ -44,9 +45,9 @@ PyTypeObject hiredis_ReaderType = {
     0,                            /*tp_getattro*/
     0,                            /*tp_setattro*/
     0,                            /*tp_as_buffer*/
-    Py_TPFLAGS_DEFAULT | Py_TPFLAGS_BASETYPE, /*tp_flags*/
+    Py_TPFLAGS_DEFAULT | Py_TPFLAGS_BASETYPE | Py_TPFLAGS_HAVE_GC, /*tp_flags*/
     "Hiredis protocol reader",    /*tp_doc */
-    0,                            /*tp_traverse */
+    (traverseproc)Reader_traverse,/*tp_traverse */
     0,                            /*tp_clear */
     0,                            /*tp_richcompare */
     0,                            /*tp_weaklistoffset */
@@ -209,16 +210,24 @@ redisReplyObjectFunctions hiredis_ObjectFunctions = {
 };
 
 static void Reader_dealloc(hiredis_ReaderObject *self) {
+    PyObject_GC_UnTrack(self);
     // we don't need to free self->encoding as the buffer is managed by Python
     // https://docs.python.org/3/c-api/arg.html#strings-and-buffers
     redisReaderFree(self->reader);
-    Py_XDECREF(self->protocolErrorClass);
-    Py_XDECREF(self->replyErrorClass);
-    Py_XDECREF(self->notEnoughDataObject);
+    Py_CLEAR(self->protocolErrorClass);
+    Py_CLEAR(self->replyErrorClass);
+    Py_CLEAR(self->notEnoughDataObject);
 
     ((PyObject *)self)->ob_type->tp_free((PyObject*)self);
 }
 
+static int Reader_traverse(hiredis_ReaderObject *self, visitproc visit, void *arg) {
+    Py_VISIT(self->protocolErrorClass);
+    Py_VISIT(self->replyErrorClass);
+    Py_VISIT(self->notEnoughDataObject);
+    return 0;
+}
+
 static int _Reader_set_exception(PyObject **target, PyObject *value) {
     int callable;
     callable = PyCallable_Check(value);
diff --git a/tests/test_gc.py b/tests/test_gc.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..71f4188
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/test_gc.py
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+import gc
+
+import hiredis
+
+
+def test_reader_gc():
+    class A:
+        def __init__(self):
+            self.reader = hiredis.Reader(replyError=self.reply_error)
+
+        def reply_error(self, error):
+            return Exception()
+
+    A()
+    gc.collect()
+
+    assert not any(isinstance(o, A) for o in gc.get_objects()), "Referent was not collected"