diff --git a/src/dict/dawg.cpp b/src/dict/dawg.cpp
index db626a4a4b..864e60c866 100644
--- a/src/dict/dawg.cpp
+++ b/src/dict/dawg.cpp
@@ -42,6 +42,11 @@
 ----------------------------------------------------------------------*/
 namespace tesseract {
 
+// Destructor.
+// It is defined here, so the compiler can create a single vtable
+// instead of weak vtables in every compilation unit.
+Dawg::~Dawg() = default;
+
 bool Dawg::prefix_in_dawg(const WERD_CHOICE &word,
                           bool requires_complete) const {
   if (word.length() == 0) return !requires_complete;
diff --git a/src/dict/dawg.h b/src/dict/dawg.h
index 9c4c09d231..0d3c2f619a 100644
--- a/src/dict/dawg.h
+++ b/src/dict/dawg.h
@@ -129,7 +129,7 @@ class Dawg {
   inline const STRING &lang() const { return lang_; }
   inline PermuterType permuter() const { return perm_; }
 
-  virtual ~Dawg() = default;
+  virtual ~Dawg();
 
   /// Returns true if the given word is in the Dawg.
   bool word_in_dawg(const WERD_CHOICE &word) const;