diff --git a/src/bitcoin-cli.cpp b/src/bitcoin-cli.cpp
index 8fc708be6b9..a60d3b3b6d0 100644
--- a/src/bitcoin-cli.cpp
+++ b/src/bitcoin-cli.cpp
@@ -198,6 +198,7 @@ static void http_error_cb(enum evhttp_request_error err, void *ctx)
 class BaseRequestHandler
 {
 public:
+    virtual ~BaseRequestHandler() {}
     virtual UniValue PrepareRequest(const std::string& method, const std::vector<std::string>& args) = 0;
     virtual UniValue ProcessReply(const UniValue &batch_in) = 0;
 };