diff --git a/dartsim/src/plugin.cc b/dartsim/src/plugin.cc
index 8aa14b0f9..0ef68cd6a 100644
--- a/dartsim/src/plugin.cc
+++ b/dartsim/src/plugin.cc
@@ -62,6 +62,31 @@ class Plugin :
     public virtual SimulationFeatures,
     public virtual WorldFeatures { };
 
+namespace {
+
+// This is done as a partial fix for
+// https://github.com/gazebosim/gz-physics/issues/442. The issue seems like the
+// destructors for the concrete collision detectors get unloaded and deleted
+// from memory before the destructors run. When it's time to actually call the
+// destructors, a segfault is generated.
+//
+// It's not clear why the destructors are deleted prematurely. It might be a
+// compiler optimization in new compiler versions.
+//
+// The solution here is to call the `unregisterAllCreators` function from the
+// plugins translation unit in the hopes that it will force the compiler to keep
+// the destructors.
+struct UnregisterCollisionDetectors
+{
+  ~UnregisterCollisionDetectors()
+  {
+    dart::collision::CollisionDetector::getFactory()->unregisterAllCreators();
+  }
+};
+
+UnregisterCollisionDetectors unregisterAtUnload;
+}
+
 GZ_PHYSICS_ADD_PLUGIN(Plugin, FeaturePolicy3d, DartsimFeatures)
 
 }