diff --git a/src/ELECTRODE/electrode_kspace.h b/src/ELECTRODE/electrode_kspace.h
index 32492e6fb8..1351862ba9 100644
--- a/src/ELECTRODE/electrode_kspace.h
+++ b/src/ELECTRODE/electrode_kspace.h
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@
 namespace LAMMPS_NS {
 class ElectrodeKSpace {
  public:
+  virtual ~ElectrodeKSpace() noexcept(false) {};
   virtual void compute_vector(double *, int, int, bool) = 0;
   virtual void compute_vector_corr(double *, int, int, bool) = 0;
   virtual void compute_matrix(bigint *, double **, bool) = 0;