diff --git a/spine-cpp/spine-cpp/include/spine/Extension.h b/spine-cpp/spine-cpp/include/spine/Extension.h
index a64b0a61a..c417ef80f 100644
--- a/spine-cpp/spine-cpp/include/spine/Extension.h
+++ b/spine-cpp/spine-cpp/include/spine/Extension.h
@@ -61,6 +61,11 @@ public:
 		getInstance()->_free((void *) ptr, file, line);
 	}
 
+	template<typename T>
+	static void beforeFree(T *ptr) {
+		getInstance()->_beforeFree((void *) ptr);
+	}
+	
 	static char *readFile(const String &path, int *length) {
 		return getInstance()->_readFile(path, length);
 	}
@@ -83,6 +88,8 @@ public:
 
 	virtual char *_readFile(const String &path, int *length) = 0;
 
+	virtual void _beforeFree(void *ptr) { SP_UNUSED(ptr); }
+
 protected:
 	SpineExtension();
 
diff --git a/spine-cpp/spine-cpp/src/spine/SpineObject.cpp b/spine-cpp/spine-cpp/src/spine/SpineObject.cpp
index 34308f432..f432f1abf 100644
--- a/spine-cpp/spine-cpp/src/spine/SpineObject.cpp
+++ b/spine-cpp/spine-cpp/src/spine/SpineObject.cpp
@@ -63,4 +63,5 @@ void SpineObject::operator delete(void *p) {
 }
 
 SpineObject::~SpineObject() {
+	SpineExtension::beforeFree(this);
 }