diff --git a/lib/symboldatabase.cpp b/lib/symboldatabase.cpp
index 7d04aebbc23..80039b2af59 100644
--- a/lib/symboldatabase.cpp
+++ b/lib/symboldatabase.cpp
@@ -4709,6 +4709,14 @@ const Function * Function::getOverriddenFunctionRecursive(const ::Type* baseType
             }
         }
 
+        if (isDestructor()) {
+            auto it = std::find_if(parent->functionList.begin(), parent->functionList.end(), [](const Function& f) {
+                return f.isDestructor() && f.isImplicitlyVirtual();
+            });
+            if (it != parent->functionList.end())
+                return &*it;
+        }
+
         if (!derivedFromType->derivedFrom.empty() && !derivedFromType->hasCircularDependencies() && !isDerivedFromItself(baseType->classScope->className, i.name)) {
             // avoid endless recursion, see #5289 Crash: Stack overflow in isImplicitlyVirtual_rec when checking SVN and
             // #5590 with a loop within the class hierarchy.
diff --git a/test/testclass.cpp b/test/testclass.cpp
index 5938170a1f5..f0ffab38135 100644
--- a/test/testclass.cpp
+++ b/test/testclass.cpp
@@ -8558,6 +8558,15 @@ class TestClass : public TestFixture {
                       "    }\n"
                       "};\n");
         ASSERT_EQUALS("[test.cpp:2] -> [test.cpp:5]: (style) The function 'Calculate' overrides a function in a base class but is not marked with a 'override' specifier.\n", errout.str());
+
+        checkOverride("struct S {\n" // #12439
+                      "    virtual ~S() = default;\n"
+                      "};\n"
+                      "struct D : S {\n"
+                      "    ~D() {}\n"
+                      "};\n");
+        ASSERT_EQUALS("[test.cpp:2] -> [test.cpp:5]: (style) The destructor '~D' overrides a destructor in a base class but is not marked with a 'override' specifier.\n",
+                      errout.str());
     }
 
     void overrideCVRefQualifiers() {