diff --git a/patches/ruby/2.7/fix-ruby-xfree-for-libxml2.patch b/patches/ruby/2.7/fix-ruby-xfree-for-libxml2.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6e468a6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/patches/ruby/2.7/fix-ruby-xfree-for-libxml2.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+diff --git a/gc.c b/gc.c
+index 67a709ff79..98785901f4 100644
+--- a/gc.c
++++ b/gc.c
+@@ -10174,8 +10174,16 @@ ruby_xrealloc2_body(void *ptr, size_t n, size_t size)
+ void
+ ruby_sized_xfree(void *x, size_t size)
+ {
+-    if (x) {
+-	objspace_xfree(&rb_objspace, x, size);
++    if (LIKELY(x)) {
++        /* It's possible for a C extension's pthread destructor function set by pthread_key_create
++         * to be called after ruby_vm_destruct and attempt to free memory. Fall back to mimfree in
++         * that case. */
++        if (LIKELY(GET_VM())) {
++            objspace_xfree(&rb_objspace, x, size);
++        }
++        else {
++            ruby_mimfree(x);
++        }
+     }
+ }
+ 
diff --git a/patches/ruby/3.0/fix-ruby-xfree-for-libxml2.patch b/patches/ruby/3.0/fix-ruby-xfree-for-libxml2.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f6015e4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/patches/ruby/3.0/fix-ruby-xfree-for-libxml2.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+diff --git a/gc.c b/gc.c
+index 5d0c342206..2bfff21004 100644
+--- a/gc.c
++++ b/gc.c
+@@ -10905,8 +10905,16 @@ ruby_xrealloc2_body(void *ptr, size_t n, size_t size)
+ void
+ ruby_sized_xfree(void *x, size_t size)
+ {
+-    if (x) {
+-	objspace_xfree(&rb_objspace, x, size);
++    if (LIKELY(x)) {
++        /* It's possible for a C extension's pthread destructor function set by pthread_key_create
++         * to be called after ruby_vm_destruct and attempt to free memory. Fall back to mimfree in
++         * that case. */
++        if (LIKELY(GET_VM())) {
++            objspace_xfree(&rb_objspace, x, size);
++        }
++        else {
++            ruby_mimfree(x);
++        }
+     }
+ }
+ 
diff --git a/patches/ruby/3.1/fix-ruby-xfree-for-libxml2.patch b/patches/ruby/3.1/fix-ruby-xfree-for-libxml2.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..18b3d90
--- /dev/null
+++ b/patches/ruby/3.1/fix-ruby-xfree-for-libxml2.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+diff --git a/gc.c b/gc.c
+index 030a4627bd..1c96f6401f 100644
+--- a/gc.c
++++ b/gc.c
+@@ -11763,8 +11763,16 @@ ruby_xrealloc2_body(void *ptr, size_t n, size_t size)
+ void
+ ruby_sized_xfree(void *x, size_t size)
+ {
+-    if (x) {
+-	objspace_xfree(&rb_objspace, x, size);
++    if (LIKELY(x)) {
++        /* It's possible for a C extension's pthread destructor function set by pthread_key_create
++         * to be called after ruby_vm_destruct and attempt to free memory. Fall back to mimfree in
++         * that case. */
++        if (LIKELY(GET_VM())) {
++            objspace_xfree(&rb_objspace, x, size);
++        }
++        else {
++            ruby_mimfree(x);
++        }
+     }
+ }
+ 
diff --git a/patches/ruby/3.2/fix-ruby-xfree-for-libxml2.patch b/patches/ruby/3.2/fix-ruby-xfree-for-libxml2.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c2e93b6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/patches/ruby/3.2/fix-ruby-xfree-for-libxml2.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+diff --git a/gc.c b/gc.c
+index 54400e4f6b..96d43ac8ac 100644
+--- a/gc.c
++++ b/gc.c
+@@ -12614,8 +12614,16 @@ ruby_xrealloc2_body(void *ptr, size_t n, size_t size)
+ void
+ ruby_sized_xfree(void *x, size_t size)
+ {
+-    if (x) {
+-        objspace_xfree(&rb_objspace, x, size);
++    if (LIKELY(x)) {
++        /* It's possible for a C extension's pthread destructor function set by pthread_key_create
++         * to be called after ruby_vm_destruct and attempt to free memory. Fall back to mimfree in
++         * that case. */
++        if (LIKELY(GET_VM())) {
++            objspace_xfree(&rb_objspace, x, size);
++        }
++        else {
++            ruby_mimfree(x);
++        }
+     }
+ }
+ 
diff --git a/patches/ruby/mandatory_patches b/patches/ruby/mandatory_patches
index fb13254..752a2e7 100644
--- a/patches/ruby/mandatory_patches
+++ b/patches/ruby/mandatory_patches
@@ -1 +1,2 @@
 thread-memory-allocations
+fix-ruby-xfree-for-libxml2