diff --git a/include/openpose/pose/poseRenderer.hpp b/include/openpose/pose/poseRenderer.hpp
index c2594db4c..704341576 100644
--- a/include/openpose/pose/poseRenderer.hpp
+++ b/include/openpose/pose/poseRenderer.hpp
@@ -12,6 +12,8 @@ namespace op
     public:
         PoseRenderer(const PoseModel poseModel);
 
+        virtual ~PoseRenderer();
+
         virtual void initializationOnThread(){};
 
         virtual std::pair<int, std::string> renderPose(Array<float>& outputData, const Array<float>& poseKeypoints,
diff --git a/src/openpose/pose/poseRenderer.cpp b/src/openpose/pose/poseRenderer.cpp
index 7d6c8dae8..41f5a50d8 100644
--- a/src/openpose/pose/poseRenderer.cpp
+++ b/src/openpose/pose/poseRenderer.cpp
@@ -57,4 +57,8 @@ namespace op
         mPartIndexToName{createPartToName(poseModel)}
     {
     }
+
+    PoseRenderer::~PoseRenderer()
+    {
+    }
 }