diff --git a/lib/checkclass.cpp b/lib/checkclass.cpp
index 81aa25d89..aa9c5d6e3 100644
--- a/lib/checkclass.cpp
+++ b/lib/checkclass.cpp
@@ -1449,6 +1449,7 @@ const Token * findParameter(const Token *var, const Token *start, const Token *
     return 0;
 }
 
+// Can a function be const?
 void CheckClass::checkConst()
 {
     if (!_settings->_checkCodingStyle)
@@ -1570,6 +1571,13 @@ void CheckClass::checkConst()
                                 isconst = false;
                                 break;
                             }
+
+                            // delete..
+                            else if (tok3->str() == "delete")
+                            {
+                                isconst = false;
+                                break;
+                            }
                         }
 
                         // nothing non-const was found. write error..
diff --git a/test/testclass.cpp b/test/testclass.cpp
index 6c02b17a9..94e7b9af5 100644
--- a/test/testclass.cpp
+++ b/test/testclass.cpp
@@ -89,6 +89,7 @@ private:
         TEST_CASE(constoperator);   // operator< can often be const
         TEST_CASE(constincdec);     // increment/decrement => non-const
         TEST_CASE(constReturnReference);
+        TEST_CASE(constDelete);     // delete member variable => not const
     }
 
     // Check the operator Equal
@@ -1786,6 +1787,16 @@ private:
                    "};\n");
         ASSERT_EQUALS("", errout.str());
     }
+
+    // delete member variable => not const (but technically it can, it compiles without errors)
+    void constDelete()
+    {
+        checkConst("class Fred {\n"
+                   "    int *a;\n"
+                   "    void clean() { delete a; }\n"
+                   "};\n");
+        ASSERT_EQUALS("", errout.str());
+    }
 };
 
 REGISTER_TEST(TestClass)