diff --git a/src/node.h b/src/node.h
index a8f0fdca40400a..3322f9ebcd366d 100644
--- a/src/node.h
+++ b/src/node.h
@@ -733,7 +733,7 @@ class AsyncResource {
                                      trigger_async_id);
     }
 
-    ~AsyncResource() {
+    virtual ~AsyncResource() {
       EmitAsyncDestroy(isolate_, async_context_);
     }
 
diff --git a/test/addons/async-resource/binding.cc b/test/addons/async-resource/binding.cc
index 857d74c2e62206..ab33858c233dd0 100644
--- a/test/addons/async-resource/binding.cc
+++ b/test/addons/async-resource/binding.cc
@@ -17,6 +17,17 @@ using v8::Object;
 using v8::String;
 using v8::Value;
 
+int custom_async_resource_destructor_calls = 0;
+
+class CustomAsyncResource : public AsyncResource {
+ public:
+  CustomAsyncResource(Isolate* isolate, Local<Object> resource)
+      : AsyncResource(isolate, resource, "CustomAsyncResource") {}
+  ~CustomAsyncResource() {
+    custom_async_resource_destructor_calls++;
+  }
+};
+
 void CreateAsyncResource(const FunctionCallbackInfo<Value>& args) {
   Isolate* isolate = args.GetIsolate();
   assert(args[0]->IsObject());
@@ -98,6 +109,16 @@ void GetResource(const FunctionCallbackInfo<Value>& args) {
   args.GetReturnValue().Set(r->get_resource());
 }
 
+void RunSubclassTest(const FunctionCallbackInfo<Value>& args) {
+  Isolate* isolate = args.GetIsolate();
+  Local<Object> obj = Object::New(isolate);
+
+  assert(custom_async_resource_destructor_calls == 0);
+  CustomAsyncResource* resource = new CustomAsyncResource(isolate, obj);
+  delete static_cast<AsyncResource*>(resource);
+  assert(custom_async_resource_destructor_calls == 1);
+}
+
 void Initialize(Local<Object> exports) {
   NODE_SET_METHOD(exports, "createAsyncResource", CreateAsyncResource);
   NODE_SET_METHOD(exports, "destroyAsyncResource", DestroyAsyncResource);
@@ -107,6 +128,7 @@ void Initialize(Local<Object> exports) {
   NODE_SET_METHOD(exports, "getAsyncId", GetAsyncId);
   NODE_SET_METHOD(exports, "getTriggerAsyncId", GetTriggerAsyncId);
   NODE_SET_METHOD(exports, "getResource", GetResource);
+  NODE_SET_METHOD(exports, "runSubclassTest", RunSubclassTest);
 }
 
 }  // anonymous namespace
diff --git a/test/addons/async-resource/test.js b/test/addons/async-resource/test.js
index f19ad58637f187..c37d4df83d0103 100644
--- a/test/addons/async-resource/test.js
+++ b/test/addons/async-resource/test.js
@@ -5,6 +5,8 @@ const assert = require('assert');
 const binding = require(`./build/${common.buildType}/binding`);
 const async_hooks = require('async_hooks');
 
+binding.runSubclassTest();
+
 const kObjectTag = Symbol('kObjectTag');
 const rootAsyncId = async_hooks.executionAsyncId();