diff --git a/includes/sock.hpp b/includes/sock.hpp
index c5529c1..c34cabe 100644
--- a/includes/sock.hpp
+++ b/includes/sock.hpp
@@ -34,6 +34,9 @@ public:
 	/* Default constructor */
 	Sock() {}
 
+	/* Virtual destructor */
+	virtual ~Sock();
+
 	/* Regular constructor - defined in sock.cpp */
 	Sock(int ip_ver, char protocol, const char* address, int port);
 
diff --git a/sock.cpp b/sock.cpp
index e6d4efc..ffcb778 100644
--- a/sock.cpp
+++ b/sock.cpp
@@ -13,6 +13,10 @@ void Sock::create_socket()  {
 	addrlen = sizeof(*dest);
 }
 
+/* Virtual destructor, allows 'Server' and 'Client' to override this destructor */
+Sock::~Sock() {}
+
+
 /* Constructor - This function initializes the object attributes with the given
 parameters. It throws an exception if an IPv4 address was given, but the type
 given is IPv6 (or the other way around). */