diff --git a/CHANGES.current b/CHANGES.current
index 24c36d6a0a6..4fc30370ad4 100644
--- a/CHANGES.current
+++ b/CHANGES.current
@@ -5,6 +5,9 @@ See the RELEASENOTES file for a summary of changes in each release.
 Version 3.0.6 (in progress)
 ===========================
 
+2015-04-23: wsfulton
+            [Java] Bug #386 - Memory leak fix in (char *STRING, size_t LENGTH) typemaps.
+
 2015-04-23: vadz
             [Python] Make "default" typemap work again (#330, #377).
 
diff --git a/Lib/java/java.swg b/Lib/java/java.swg
index e7e041d1316..9374f5783e2 100644
--- a/Lib/java/java.swg
+++ b/Lib/java/java.swg
@@ -1346,7 +1346,8 @@ SWIG_PROXY_CONSTRUCTOR(true, true, SWIGTYPE)
   $input = jb;
 }
 %typemap(directorargout) (char *STRING, size_t LENGTH)
-%{(jenv)->GetByteArrayRegion($input, 0, $2, (jbyte *)$1); %}
+%{(jenv)->GetByteArrayRegion($input, 0, $2, (jbyte *)$1);
+(jenv)->DeleteLocalRef($input);%}
 %apply (char *STRING, size_t LENGTH) { (char *STRING, int LENGTH) }
 
 /* java keywords */