diff --git a/src/amdis/io/VTKSequenceWriter.hpp b/src/amdis/io/VTKSequenceWriter.hpp
index e8be67ceb1563306e61b908c35c89a352e7b1d03..3311ecda8e61beb895e97510d08bb02974958a33 100644
--- a/src/amdis/io/VTKSequenceWriter.hpp
+++ b/src/amdis/io/VTKSequenceWriter.hpp
@@ -45,6 +45,7 @@ namespace AMDiS
       : VTKSequenceWriter<GridView>(std::make_shared<VTKWriter>(gridView, FWD(args)...))
     {}
 
+    virtual ~VTKSequenceWriter() = default;
 
     /// accessor for the underlying VTKWriter instance
     std::shared_ptr<VTKWriter> const& vtkWriter() const