diff --git a/dune/tectonic/nicefunction.hh b/dune/tectonic/nicefunction.hh
index f4dfc107472a19745d7c2a92b61f0190a32dde47..6140a3977b6bed90d4a56e37fcbdc91408ad13ac 100644
--- a/dune/tectonic/nicefunction.hh
+++ b/dune/tectonic/nicefunction.hh
@@ -10,6 +10,8 @@
 namespace Dune {
 class NiceFunction : public VirtualFunction<double, double> {
 public:
+  virtual ~NiceFunction() {}
+
   virtual double leftDifferential(double s) const = 0;
   virtual double rightDifferential(double s) const = 0;
 };