diff --git a/src/servers/app/drawing/Painter/drawing_modes/DrawingMode.h b/src/servers/app/drawing/Painter/drawing_modes/DrawingMode.h
index 833cde5a6a..0c6fc0f41b 100644
--- a/src/servers/app/drawing/Painter/drawing_modes/DrawingMode.h
+++ b/src/servers/app/drawing/Painter/drawing_modes/DrawingMode.h
@@ -75,6 +75,11 @@ class DrawingMode {
 	{
 	}
 
+	// destructor
+	virtual ~DrawingMode()
+	{
+	}
+
 	// set_rendering_buffer
 	void set_rendering_buffer(agg::rendering_buffer* buffer)
 	{