1 files changed, 2 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/synapse/app/_base.py b/synapse/app/_base.py
index 5fc59c1be1..579adbbca0 100644
--- a/synapse/app/_base.py
+++ b/synapse/app/_base.py
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ from synapse.events.spamcheck import load_legacy_spam_checkers
 from synapse.events.third_party_rules import load_legacy_third_party_event_rules
 from synapse.handlers.auth import load_legacy_password_auth_providers
 from synapse.logging.context import PreserveLoggingContext
-from synapse.metrics import register_threadpool
+from synapse.metrics import install_gc_manager, register_threadpool
 from synapse.metrics.background_process_metrics import wrap_as_background_process
 from synapse.metrics.jemalloc import setup_jemalloc_stats
 from synapse.types import ISynapseReactor
@@ -159,6 +159,7 @@ def start_reactor(
         change_resource_limit(soft_file_limit)
         if gc_thresholds:
             gc.set_threshold(*gc_thresholds)
+        install_gc_manager()
         run_command()
 
     # make sure that we run the reactor with the sentinel log context,