diff --git a/common/page_layout/ws_data_item.cpp b/common/page_layout/ws_data_item.cpp
index 4c2359bc38..508e35b902 100644
--- a/common/page_layout/ws_data_item.cpp
+++ b/common/page_layout/ws_data_item.cpp
@@ -73,6 +73,13 @@ WS_DATA_ITEM::WS_DATA_ITEM( WS_ITEM_TYPE aType )
 }
 
 
+WS_DATA_ITEM::~WS_DATA_ITEM()
+{
+    for( WS_DRAW_ITEM_BASE* item : m_drawItems )
+        delete item;
+}
+
+
 void WS_DATA_ITEM::SyncDrawItems( WS_DRAW_ITEM_LIST* aCollector, KIGFX::VIEW* aView )
 {
     int pensize = GetPenSizeUi();
diff --git a/include/ws_data_item.h b/include/ws_data_item.h
index 0f00218e0d..6577ff40df 100644
--- a/include/ws_data_item.h
+++ b/include/ws_data_item.h
@@ -123,7 +123,7 @@ public:
 public:
     WS_DATA_ITEM( WS_ITEM_TYPE aType );
 
-    virtual ~WS_DATA_ITEM() {}
+    virtual ~WS_DATA_ITEM();
 
     const std::vector<WS_DRAW_ITEM_BASE*>& GetDrawItems() const { return m_drawItems; }