diff --git a/phpunit/src/NativeClass/NativeObjectStackPromotionCodegenTest.php b/phpunit/src/NativeClass/NativeObjectStackPromotionCodegenTest.php
index 737db6f4..62f61467 100644
--- a/phpunit/src/NativeClass/NativeObjectStackPromotionCodegenTest.php
+++ b/phpunit/src/NativeClass/NativeObjectStackPromotionCodegenTest.php
@@ -33,6 +33,30 @@ final class NativeObjectStackPromotionCodegenTest extends TestCase
             'php::Int read();',
             $header,
         );
+        self::assertStringContainsString(
+            '~php_nativestackpromotionfixture() noexcept;',
+            $header,
+        );
+        self::assertStringNotContainsString(
+            'virtual ~php_nativestackpromotionfixture()',
+            $header,
+        );
+        self::assertStringContainsString(
+            '~php_nativestackfinalizerfixture() noexcept(false);',
+            $header,
+        );
+        self::assertStringNotContainsString(
+            'virtual ~php_nativestackfinalizerfixture()',
+            $header,
+        );
+        self::assertStringContainsString(
+            'virtual ~php_nativestackpromotionbase() noexcept;',
+            $header,
+        );
+        self::assertStringContainsString(
+            'virtual ~php_nativestackpromotionchild() noexcept override;',
+            $header,
+        );
         self::assertStringContainsString(
             'virtual php::Int __typephp_virtual_php_nativestackpromotionbase__readfrombase() override;',
             $header,
diff --git a/src/NativeClass/NativeClassSupportTrait.php b/src/NativeClass/NativeClassSupportTrait.php
index 69910e6b..9001104e 100644
--- a/src/NativeClass/NativeClassSupportTrait.php
+++ b/src/NativeClass/NativeClassSupportTrait.php
@@ -972,6 +972,17 @@ trait NativeClassSupportTrait
         return false;
     }
 
+    /** Whether this class declares or overrides a Native virtual method slot. */
+    protected function nativeObjectHasVirtualMethods(ClassDef $class): bool
+    {
+        foreach ([...$class->methods, ...$class->abstractMethodDefs] as $method) {
+            if ($this->getNativeVirtualMethodSlots($class, $method) !== []) {
+                return true;
+            }
+        }
+        return false;
+    }
+
     protected function getNativeObjectArgumentType(ArgInfo $argument): ?string
     {
         $class = $argument->declaredClass ?: $argument->class;
@@ -2010,6 +2021,8 @@ trait NativeClassSupportTrait
 
         foreach ($classes as $class) {
             $name = $this->getNativeObjectCppName($class);
+            $usesVirtualClone = $this->nativeObjectUsesVirtualClone($class);
+            $usesVtable = $usesVirtualClone || $this->nativeObjectHasVirtualMethods($class);
             $hasNativeDestructor = $this->findNativeObjectMethod(
                 $class->getNamespacedName(false),
                 '__destruct',
@@ -2026,9 +2039,13 @@ trait NativeClassSupportTrait
                 $code .= $this->getNativeMethodParameterDeclarations($constructor->functionDef);
             }
             $code .= ');' . PHP_EOL;
-            $code .= '    virtual ~' . $name . '() '
+            // The concrete type descriptor invokes the exact destructor, so
+            // destruction alone must not add a vptr to an otherwise flat class.
+            $code .= '    ' . ($usesVtable ? 'virtual ' : '') . '~' . $name . '() '
                 . ($hasNativeDestructor ? 'noexcept(false)' : 'noexcept')
-                . ($class->extends !== '' && $this->isNativeObjectClass($class->extends) ? ' override' : '')
+                . ($usesVtable
+                    && $class->extends !== ''
+                    && $this->isNativeObjectClass($class->extends) ? ' override' : '')
                 . ';' . PHP_EOL;
             if ($class->hasMethod('__destruct')) {
                 $code .= '    void __typephp_finalize_destructor();' . PHP_EOL;
@@ -2087,7 +2104,7 @@ trait NativeClassSupportTrait
                     }
                 }
             }
-            if ($this->nativeObjectUsesVirtualClone($class)) {
+            if ($usesVirtualClone) {
                 $code .= '    virtual ' . $name . ' *' . self::NATIVE_VIRTUAL_CLONE_METHOD . '() const';
                 if ($class->extends !== '' && $this->isNativeObjectClass($class->extends)) {
                     $code .= ' override';