diff --git a/src/AudioUnit/AudioUnit.cs b/src/AudioUnit/AudioUnit.cs
index 272ca5532f..2401c20851 100644
--- a/src/AudioUnit/AudioUnit.cs
+++ b/src/AudioUnit/AudioUnit.cs
@@ -642,6 +642,9 @@ namespace AudioUnit
 
 			inputs [audioUnitElement] = inputDelegate;
 
+			if (!gcHandle.IsAllocated)
+				gcHandle = GCHandle.Alloc (this);
+
 			var cb = new AURenderCallbackStruct ();
 			cb.Proc = CreateInputCallback;
 			cb.ProcRefCon = GCHandle.ToIntPtr (gcHandle);
diff --git a/tests/monotouch-test/AudioToolbox/AudioUnitTest.cs b/tests/monotouch-test/AudioToolbox/AudioUnitTest.cs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..cee68d256d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/monotouch-test/AudioToolbox/AudioUnitTest.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,53 @@
+//
+// Unit tests for AudioUnit
+//
+// Authors:
+//	Rolf Bjarne Kvinge (rolf@xamarin.com)
+//
+// Copyright 2022 Microsoft Corp. All rights reserved.
+//
+
+#if __MACOS__ && NET
+
+using System;
+using System.Threading;
+
+using Foundation;
+using AudioToolbox;
+using AudioUnit;
+
+using NUnit.Framework;
+
+namespace MonoTouchFixtures.AudioToolbox {
+	[TestFixture]
+	[Preserve (AllMembers = true)]
+	public class AudioUnitTest
+	{
+		ManualResetEvent inputCallbackEvent = new ManualResetEvent (false);
+
+		// This test currently only works on macOS, probably due to missing microphone entitlements/permissions for mobile platforms.
+		[Test]
+		public void Callbacks ()
+		{
+			var audioComponent = AudioComponent.FindComponent (AudioTypeOutput.VoiceProcessingIO);
+			using var audioUnit = new global::AudioUnit.AudioUnit (audioComponent);
+
+			audioUnit.SetInputCallback (InputCallback, AudioUnitScopeType.Input, 1);
+			audioUnit.Initialize ();
+			try {
+				audioUnit.Start ();
+				Assert.IsTrue (inputCallbackEvent.WaitOne (TimeSpan.FromSeconds (1)), "No input callback for 1 second");
+			} finally {
+				audioUnit.Stop ();
+			}
+		}
+
+		AudioUnitStatus InputCallback (AudioUnitRenderActionFlags actionFlags, AudioTimeStamp timeStamp, uint busNumber, uint numberFrames, global::AudioUnit.AudioUnit audioUnit)
+		{
+			inputCallbackEvent.Set ();
+			return AudioUnitStatus.NoError;
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+#endif // __MACOS__ && NET