diff --git a/external/libgltf/UnpackedTarball_libgltf.mk b/external/libgltf/UnpackedTarball_libgltf.mk
index ce5ad79141a7..32377075c2a1 100644
--- a/external/libgltf/UnpackedTarball_libgltf.mk
+++ b/external/libgltf/UnpackedTarball_libgltf.mk
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ $(eval $(call gb_UnpackedTarball_add_patches,libgltf,\
 	external/libgltf/patches/include_path_freetype.patch \
 	external/libgltf/patches/openmp-disable.patch \
 	external/libgltf/patches/rgba_textures.patch \
+	external/libgltf/patches/deallocation_fix.patch \
 ))
 
 # vim: set noet sw=4 ts=4:
diff --git a/external/libgltf/patches/deallocation_fix.patch b/external/libgltf/patches/deallocation_fix.patch
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..4049e2faf16f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/external/libgltf/patches/deallocation_fix.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+diff -ur libgltf.org/src/LoadScene.cpp libgltf/src/LoadScene.cpp
+--- libgltf.org/src/LoadScene.cpp	2014-05-28 15:35:48.232375923 +0200
++++ libgltf/src/LoadScene.cpp	2014-05-28 15:36:02.600375314 +0200
+@@ -144,7 +144,7 @@
+         free(gHandle->files);
+         gHandle->files = NULL;
+     }
+-    delete gHandle;
++    free(gHandle);
+     return true;
+ }
+