diff --git a/nxwm/include/iapplication.hxx b/nxwm/include/iapplication.hxx
index 882c5e6ea..c586e20de 100644
--- a/nxwm/include/iapplication.hxx
+++ b/nxwm/include/iapplication.hxx
@@ -218,6 +218,15 @@ namespace NxWM
   class IApplicationFactory
   {
   public:
+    /**
+     * A virtual destructor is required in order to override the IApplicationFactory
+     * destructor.  We do this because if we delete IApplicationFactory, we want the
+     * destructor of the class that inherits from IApplication to run, not this
+     * one.
+     */
+
+    virtual ~IApplicationFactory(void) { }
+
     /**
      * Create a new instance of an application.
      */