diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 8c6226975a25..f92f9ae6d48c 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@ Compatibility:
 * Add `Dir.fchdir` (#3681, @andrykonchin).
 * Add `Dir#chdir` (#3681, @andrykonchin).
 * Declare `File::SHARE_DELETE` constant (#3745, @andrykonchin).
+* Support `symbolize_names` argument to `MatchData#named_captures` (#3681, @rwstauner).
 
 Performance:
 
diff --git a/spec/tags/core/matchdata/named_captures_tags.txt b/spec/tags/core/matchdata/named_captures_tags.txt
deleted file mode 100644
index 3a59edb70403..000000000000
--- a/spec/tags/core/matchdata/named_captures_tags.txt
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-fails:MatchData#named_captures returns a Hash with Symbol keys when symbolize_names is provided a true value
-fails:MatchData#named_captures returns a Hash with String keys when symbolize_names is provided a false value
diff --git a/src/main/ruby/truffleruby/core/match_data.rb b/src/main/ruby/truffleruby/core/match_data.rb
index d36c184c019c..6637e84d3732 100644
--- a/src/main/ruby/truffleruby/core/match_data.rb
+++ b/src/main/ruby/truffleruby/core/match_data.rb
@@ -91,7 +91,9 @@ def names
     regexp.names
   end
 
-  def named_captures
+  def named_captures(symbolize_names: false)
+    names = Primitive.regexp_names(self.regexp).map(&:first)
+    names.map!(&:to_s) unless symbolize_names
     names.collect { |name| [name, self[name]] }.to_h
   end