diff --git a/src/gui/platform/unix/qkdetheme.cpp b/src/gui/platform/unix/qkdetheme.cpp
index affcdb8c203..7cb571fc3b6 100644
--- a/src/gui/platform/unix/qkdetheme.cpp
+++ b/src/gui/platform/unix/qkdetheme.cpp
@@ -67,6 +67,7 @@ public:
     };
 
     QKdeThemePrivate(const QStringList &kdeDirs, int kdeVersion);
+    ~QKdeThemePrivate() { clearResources(); }
 
     static QString kdeGlobals(const QString &kdeDir, int kdeVersion)
     {