diff --git a/build.js b/build.js
index a6578fe86..47828d6eb 100755
--- a/build.js
+++ b/build.js
@@ -3231,6 +3231,9 @@
       if (isRemoved(source, 'getObject', 'releaseObject')) {
         source = removeVar(source, 'objectPool');
       }
+      if (isRemoved(source, 'releaseArray', 'releaseObject')) {
+        source = removeVar(source, 'maxPoolSize');
+      }
       if (isRemoved(source, 'invert')) {
         source = replaceVar(source, 'htmlUnescapes', "{'&amp;':'&','&lt;':'<','&gt;':'>','&quot;':'\"','&#x27;':\"'\"}");
       }
diff --git a/lodash.js b/lodash.js
index 9b19a747d..2cf26a5eb 100644
--- a/lodash.js
+++ b/lodash.js
@@ -39,6 +39,9 @@
   /** Used as the size when optimizations are enabled for large arrays */
   var largeArraySize = 75;
 
+  /** Used as the max size of the `arrayPool` and `objectPool` */
+  var maxPoolSize = 10;
+
   /** Used to match empty string literals in compiled template source */
   var reEmptyStringLeading = /\b__p \+= '';/g,
       reEmptyStringMiddle = /\b(__p \+=) '' \+/g,
@@ -196,6 +199,9 @@
    * @param {Array} [array] The array to release.
    */
   function releaseArray(array) {
+    if (arrayPool.length == maxPoolSize) {
+      arrayPool.length = maxPoolSize - 1;
+    }
     array.length = 0;
     arrayPool.push(array);
   }
@@ -207,6 +213,9 @@
    * @param {Object} [object] The object to release.
    */
   function releaseObject(object) {
+    if (objectPool.length == maxPoolSize) {
+      objectPool.length = maxPoolSize - 1;
+    }
     object.array = object.cache = object.criteria = object.object = object.number = object.string = object.value = null;
     objectPool.push(object);
   }