diff --git a/src/lte/helper/lte-global-pathloss-database.cc b/src/lte/helper/lte-global-pathloss-database.cc
index 8fd463cfc..e6b77bae0 100644
--- a/src/lte/helper/lte-global-pathloss-database.cc
+++ b/src/lte/helper/lte-global-pathloss-database.cc
@@ -31,6 +31,9 @@ namespace ns3 {
 NS_LOG_COMPONENT_DEFINE ("LteGlobalPathlossDatabase");
 
 
+LteGlobalPathlossDatabase::~LteGlobalPathlossDatabase (void)
+{
+}
 
 void 
 LteGlobalPathlossDatabase::Print ()
diff --git a/src/lte/helper/lte-global-pathloss-database.h b/src/lte/helper/lte-global-pathloss-database.h
index 1d3ac9cfc..d08cf1c01 100644
--- a/src/lte/helper/lte-global-pathloss-database.h
+++ b/src/lte/helper/lte-global-pathloss-database.h
@@ -41,6 +41,8 @@ class LteGlobalPathlossDatabase
 {
 public:
 
+  virtual ~LteGlobalPathlossDatabase (void);
+
   /** 
    * update the pathloss value
    *