diff --git a/android/libraries/rib-base/src/main/kotlin/com/uber/rib/core/RibCoroutineWorker.kt b/android/libraries/rib-base/src/main/kotlin/com/uber/rib/core/RibCoroutineWorker.kt
index ff40ec9a7..4c1b192b0 100644
--- a/android/libraries/rib-base/src/main/kotlin/com/uber/rib/core/RibCoroutineWorker.kt
+++ b/android/libraries/rib-base/src/main/kotlin/com/uber/rib/core/RibCoroutineWorker.kt
@@ -246,12 +246,19 @@ internal constructor(
 ) : Worker {
 
   override fun onStart(lifecycle: WorkerScopeProvider) {
-    // We can start it undispatched because Worker binder will already call `onStart` in correct
-    // context,
-    // but we still want to pass in `coroutineDispatcher` to resume from suspensions in `onStart` in
+    // We start it undispatched to keep the behavior of immediate binding of Worker when
+    // WorkerBinder.bind is called.
+    // We still want to pass in `coroutineContext` to resume from suspensions in `onStart` in
     // correct context.
-    lifecycle.coroutineScope.launch(coroutineContext, start = CoroutineStart.UNDISPATCHED) {
-      supervisorScope { ribCoroutineWorker.onStart(this) }
+    lifecycle.coroutineScope.launch(coroutineContext, CoroutineStart.UNDISPATCHED) {
+      supervisorScope {
+        ribCoroutineWorker.onStart(this)
+        // Keep this scope alive until cancelled.
+        // This is particularly important for cases where we do not launch long-running coroutines
+        // with scope, but instead install some completion handler that we expect to be called at
+        // worker unbinding. This is the case with Rx subscriptions with 'autoDispose(scope)'
+        awaitCancellation()
+      }
     }
   }
 
diff --git a/android/libraries/rib-base/src/test/kotlin/com/uber/rib/core/RibCoroutineWorkerTest.kt b/android/libraries/rib-base/src/test/kotlin/com/uber/rib/core/RibCoroutineWorkerTest.kt
index 89c4b3be3..a802eb4d1 100644
--- a/android/libraries/rib-base/src/test/kotlin/com/uber/rib/core/RibCoroutineWorkerTest.kt
+++ b/android/libraries/rib-base/src/test/kotlin/com/uber/rib/core/RibCoroutineWorkerTest.kt
@@ -16,6 +16,8 @@
 package com.uber.rib.core
 
 import com.google.common.truth.Truth.assertThat
+import com.uber.autodispose.coroutinesinterop.autoDispose
+import io.reactivex.subjects.PublishSubject
 import kotlin.coroutines.CoroutineContext
 import kotlin.coroutines.EmptyCoroutineContext
 import kotlinx.coroutines.CancellationException
@@ -46,6 +48,7 @@ import kotlinx.coroutines.test.runTest
 import kotlinx.coroutines.withContext
 import org.junit.Rule
 import org.junit.Test
+import org.mockito.kotlin.mock
 
 private const val ON_START_DELAY_DURATION_MILLIS = 100L
 private const val INNER_COROUTINE_DELAY_DURATION_MILLIS = 200L
@@ -180,6 +183,23 @@ class RibCoroutineWorkerTest {
     }
   }
 
+  @Test
+  fun asWorker_autoDisposeWithCoroutineScope_lateEmissionIsReceivedBySubscriber() = runTest {
+    val router = mock<Router<*>>()
+    val interactor = object : Interactor<Any, Router<*>>() {}
+    val subject = PublishSubject.create<Unit>()
+    var gotEmission = false
+    val ribCoroutineWorker = RibCoroutineWorker {
+      subject.autoDispose(this).subscribe { gotEmission = true }
+    }
+    val worker = ribCoroutineWorker.asWorker()
+    InteractorHelper.attach(interactor, Any(), router, null)
+    WorkerBinder.bind(interactor, worker)
+    runCurrent()
+    subject.onNext(Unit)
+    assertThat(gotEmission).isTrue()
+  }
+
   @Test
   fun testHelperFunction() = runTest {
     // Sanity - assert initial state.