diff --git a/src/logging.cc b/src/logging.cc
index e0353e2..ddcf910 100644
--- a/src/logging.cc
+++ b/src/logging.cc
@@ -495,7 +495,7 @@ class LogDestination {
 
  private:
   LogDestination(LogSeverity severity, const char* base_filename);
-  ~LogDestination() { }
+  ~LogDestination();
 
   // Take a log message of a particular severity and log it to stderr
   // iff it's of a high enough severity to deserve it.
@@ -582,6 +582,13 @@ LogDestination::LogDestination(LogSeverity severity,
     logger_(&fileobject_) {
 }
 
+LogDestination::~LogDestination() {
+  if (logger_ && logger_ != &fileobject_) {
+    // Delete user-specified logger set via SetLogger().
+    delete logger_;
+  }
+}
+
 inline void LogDestination::FlushLogFilesUnsafe(int min_severity) {
   // assume we have the log_mutex or we simply don't care
   // about it
diff --git a/src/logging_unittest.cc b/src/logging_unittest.cc
index a980677..73d426b 100644
--- a/src/logging_unittest.cc
+++ b/src/logging_unittest.cc
@@ -114,6 +114,7 @@ static void TestExtension();
 static void TestWrapper();
 static void TestErrno();
 static void TestTruncate();
+static void TestCustomLoggerDeletionOnShutdown();
 
 static int x = -1;
 static void BM_Check1(int n) {
@@ -241,8 +242,7 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv) {
   TestWrapper();
   TestErrno();
   TestTruncate();
-
-  ShutdownGoogleLogging();
+  TestCustomLoggerDeletionOnShutdown();
 
   fprintf(stdout, "PASS\n");
   return 0;
@@ -937,6 +937,39 @@ static void TestTruncate() {
 #endif
 }
 
+struct RecordDeletionLogger : public base::Logger {
+  RecordDeletionLogger(bool* set_on_destruction,
+                       base::Logger* wrapped_logger) :
+      set_on_destruction_(set_on_destruction),
+      wrapped_logger_(wrapped_logger)
+  {
+    *set_on_destruction_ = false;
+  }
+  virtual ~RecordDeletionLogger() {
+    *set_on_destruction_ = true;
+  }
+  virtual void Write(bool force_flush,
+                     time_t timestamp,
+                     const char* message,
+                     int length) {
+    wrapped_logger_->Write(force_flush, timestamp, message, length);
+  }
+  virtual void Flush() { wrapped_logger_->Flush(); }
+  virtual uint32 LogSize() { return wrapped_logger_->LogSize(); }
+ private:
+  bool* set_on_destruction_;
+  base::Logger* wrapped_logger_;
+};
+
+static void TestCustomLoggerDeletionOnShutdown() {
+  bool custom_logger_deleted = false;
+  base::SetLogger(GLOG_INFO,
+                  new RecordDeletionLogger(&custom_logger_deleted,
+                                           base::GetLogger(GLOG_INFO)));
+  ShutdownGoogleLogging();
+  EXPECT_TRUE(custom_logger_deleted);
+}
+
 _START_GOOGLE_NAMESPACE_
 namespace glog_internal_namespace_ {
 extern  // in logging.cc