diff --git a/config/system-headers b/config/system-headers
index 30ed9024591a..8e73df2f6ff3 100644
--- a/config/system-headers
+++ b/config/system-headers
@@ -1257,6 +1257,7 @@ X11/Xos.h
 X11/Xutil.h
 zmouse.h
 soundtouch/SoundTouch.h
+soundtouch/SoundTouchFactory.h
 #if MOZ_NATIVE_PNG==1
 png.h
 #endif
diff --git a/dom/media/AudioStream.cpp b/dom/media/AudioStream.cpp
index b4dfcee7da14..0077edb2824b 100644
--- a/dom/media/AudioStream.cpp
+++ b/dom/media/AudioStream.cpp
@@ -129,6 +129,7 @@ AudioStream::AudioStream()
   , mOutChannels(0)
   , mWritten(0)
   , mAudioClock(this)
+  , mTimeStretcher(nullptr)
   , mLatencyRequest(HighLatency)
   , mReadPoint(0)
   , mDumpFile(nullptr)
@@ -151,6 +152,9 @@ AudioStream::~AudioStream()
   if (mDumpFile) {
     fclose(mDumpFile);
   }
+  if (mTimeStretcher) {
+    soundtouch::destroySoundTouchObj(mTimeStretcher);
+  }
 }
 
 size_t
@@ -173,7 +177,7 @@ nsresult AudioStream::EnsureTimeStretcherInitializedUnlocked()
 {
   mMonitor.AssertCurrentThreadOwns();
   if (!mTimeStretcher) {
-    mTimeStretcher = new soundtouch::SoundTouch();
+    mTimeStretcher = soundtouch::createSoundTouchObj();
     mTimeStretcher->setSampleRate(mInRate);
     mTimeStretcher->setChannels(mOutChannels);
     mTimeStretcher->setPitch(1.0);
diff --git a/dom/media/AudioStream.h b/dom/media/AudioStream.h
index 464548a99588..a552e3e27e12 100644
--- a/dom/media/AudioStream.h
+++ b/dom/media/AudioStream.h
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
 #include "mozilla/RefPtr.h"
 #include "mozilla/UniquePtr.h"
 #include "CubebUtils.h"
-#include "soundtouch/SoundTouch.h"
+#include "soundtouch/SoundTouchFactory.h"
 
 namespace mozilla {
 
@@ -329,7 +329,7 @@ private:
   // Number of frames written to the buffers.
   int64_t mWritten;
   AudioClock mAudioClock;
-  nsAutoPtr<soundtouch::SoundTouch> mTimeStretcher;
+  soundtouch::SoundTouch* mTimeStretcher;
   nsRefPtr<AsyncLatencyLogger> mLatencyLog;
 
   // copy of Latency logger's starting time for offset calculations
diff --git a/media/libsoundtouch/src/SoundTouchFactory.cpp b/media/libsoundtouch/src/SoundTouchFactory.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..b577616fca1c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/media/libsoundtouch/src/SoundTouchFactory.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+/* -*- Mode: C++; tab-width: 2; indent-tabs-mode: nil; c-basic-offset: 2 -*- */
+/* vim:set ts=2 sw=2 sts=2 et cindent: */
+/* This Source Code Form is subject to the terms of the Mozilla Public
+ * License, v. 2.0. If a copy of the MPL was not distributed with this
+ * file, You can obtain one at http://mozilla.org/MPL/2.0/. */
+
+#include <soundtouch/SoundTouch.h>
+
+namespace soundtouch
+{
+
+EXPORT
+soundtouch::SoundTouch*
+createSoundTouchObj()
+{
+  return new soundtouch::SoundTouch();
+}
+
+EXPORT
+void
+destroySoundTouchObj(soundtouch::SoundTouch* aObj)
+{
+  // SoundTouch runs deletes in its destructor, meaning they need to be run in
+  // the DLL context. Gecko should send its SoundTouch obj pointers here to be
+  // cleaned up.
+  if (aObj) {
+    delete aObj;
+  }
+}
+
+}
diff --git a/media/libsoundtouch/src/SoundTouchFactory.h b/media/libsoundtouch/src/SoundTouchFactory.h
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..cea4d9a64993
--- /dev/null
+++ b/media/libsoundtouch/src/SoundTouchFactory.h
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+/* -*- Mode: C++; tab-width: 2; indent-tabs-mode: nil; c-basic-offset: 2 -*- */
+/* vim:set ts=2 sw=2 sts=2 et cindent: */
+/* This Source Code Form is subject to the terms of the Mozilla Public
+ * License, v. 2.0. If a copy of the MPL was not distributed with this
+ * file, You can obtain one at http://mozilla.org/MPL/2.0/. */
+
+// Code for dealing with creating/deleting SoundTouch objects across DLL
+// boundaries.
+
+#include <soundtouch/STTypes.h>
+#include <soundtouch/SoundTouch.h>
+
+namespace soundtouch
+{
+EXPORT
+soundtouch::SoundTouch*
+createSoundTouchObj();
+
+EXPORT
+void
+destroySoundTouchObj(soundtouch::SoundTouch* aObj);
+}
diff --git a/media/libsoundtouch/src/moz.build b/media/libsoundtouch/src/moz.build
index 026a17430475..1c301c40454f 100644
--- a/media/libsoundtouch/src/moz.build
+++ b/media/libsoundtouch/src/moz.build
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ EXPORTS.soundtouch += [
     'FIFOSamplePipe.h',
     'SoundTouch.h',
     'soundtouch_config.h',
+    'SoundTouchFactory.h',
     'STTypes.h',
 ]
 
@@ -21,6 +22,7 @@ UNIFIED_SOURCES += [
     'InterpolateShannon.cpp',
     'RateTransposer.cpp',
     'SoundTouch.cpp',
+    'SoundTouchFactory.cpp',
     'TDStretch.cpp',
 ]
 
diff --git a/media/libsoundtouch/src/soundtouch_perms.h b/media/libsoundtouch/src/soundtouch_perms.h
index 855c285ea5b6..0af2fe618311 100644
--- a/media/libsoundtouch/src/soundtouch_perms.h
+++ b/media/libsoundtouch/src/soundtouch_perms.h
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
 
 #pragma GCC visibility push(default)
 #include "SoundTouch.h"
+#include "SoundTouchFactory.h"
 #pragma GCC visibility pop
 
 #endif // MOZILLA_SOUNDTOUCH_PERMS_H