diff --git a/src/event/Thread.hxx b/src/event/Thread.hxx
index f65ef9261..3484bd44e 100644
--- a/src/event/Thread.hxx
+++ b/src/event/Thread.hxx
@@ -36,6 +36,10 @@ class EventThread final {
 	Thread thread;
 
 public:
+	~EventThread() {
+		Stop();
+	}
+
 	EventLoop &GetEventLoop() {
 		return event_loop;
 	}