diff --git a/include/osgGA/GUIEventHandler b/include/osgGA/GUIEventHandler
index 3d66db9e3..e9d6dc636 100644
--- a/include/osgGA/GUIEventHandler
+++ b/include/osgGA/GUIEventHandler
@@ -122,6 +122,10 @@ public:
 protected:
         unsigned int _ignoreHandledEventsMask;
 #endif
+
+protected: 
+        virtual ~GUIEventHandler();
+
 };
 
 }
diff --git a/src/osgGA/GUIEventHandler.cpp b/src/osgGA/GUIEventHandler.cpp
index 04a845aa1..b518100ca 100644
--- a/src/osgGA/GUIEventHandler.cpp
+++ b/src/osgGA/GUIEventHandler.cpp
@@ -16,6 +16,13 @@
 
 using namespace osgGA;
 
+
+GUIEventHandler::~GUIEventHandler()
+{
+
+}
+
+
 // adapt EventHandler usage to old style GUIEventHandler usage
 bool GUIEventHandler::handle(osgGA::Event* event, osg::Object* object, osg::NodeVisitor* nv)
 {