diff --git a/src/CMakeLists.txt b/src/CMakeLists.txt
index bd8dee8a..91da7d3d 100644
--- a/src/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -103,6 +103,8 @@ set(KDDW_BACKEND_SRCS
     views/MainWindowMDI.h
     views/MainWindowViewInterface.cpp
     views/MainWindowViewInterface.h
+    views/DockWidgetViewInterface.cpp
+    views/DockWidgetViewInterface.h
     qtcommon/Platform_qt.cpp
     qtcommon/Platform_qt.h
     qtcommon/Window_qt.cpp
diff --git a/src/fwd_headers/kddockwidgets/views/DockWidget.h b/src/fwd_headers/kddockwidgets/views/DockWidgetViewInterface.h
similarity index 86%
rename from src/fwd_headers/kddockwidgets/views/DockWidget.h
rename to src/fwd_headers/kddockwidgets/views/DockWidgetViewInterface.h
index a2d1e648..7d987cee 100644
--- a/src/fwd_headers/kddockwidgets/views/DockWidget.h
+++ b/src/fwd_headers/kddockwidgets/views/DockWidgetViewInterface.h
@@ -9,4 +9,4 @@
   Contact KDAB at <info@kdab.com> for commercial licensing options.
 */
 
-#include "../../../views/DockWidget.h"
+#include "../../../views/DockWidgetViewInterface.h"
diff --git a/src/qtquick/views/DockWidget_qtquick.h b/src/qtquick/views/DockWidget_qtquick.h
index 1d2ef59f..3f147063 100644
--- a/src/qtquick/views/DockWidget_qtquick.h
+++ b/src/qtquick/views/DockWidget_qtquick.h
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@
 #define KD_DOCKWIDGET_QUICK_H
 
 #include "kddockwidgets/controllers/DockWidget.h"
+#include "kddockwidgets/views/DockWidgetViewInterface.h"
 #include "View_qtquick.h"
 
 QT_BEGIN_NAMESPACE
@@ -39,7 +40,7 @@ namespace Views {
  *
  * Most of the interface lives in Controllers::DockWidget, to facilitate sharing with QtQuick.
  */
-class DOCKS_EXPORT DockWidget_qtquick : public Views::View_qtquick
+class DOCKS_EXPORT DockWidget_qtquick : public Views::View_qtquick, Views::DockWidgetViewInterface
 {
     Q_OBJECT
     Q_PROPERTY(QObject *actualTitleBar READ actualTitleBarView NOTIFY actualTitleBarChanged)
diff --git a/src/qtwidgets/views/DockWidget_qtwidgets.h b/src/qtwidgets/views/DockWidget_qtwidgets.h
index 4b871c8d..36f0e2b7 100644
--- a/src/qtwidgets/views/DockWidget_qtwidgets.h
+++ b/src/qtwidgets/views/DockWidget_qtwidgets.h
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@
 #pragma once
 
 #include "kddockwidgets/controllers/DockWidget.h"
+#include "kddockwidgets/views/DockWidgetViewInterface.h"
 #include "View_qtwidgets.h"
 
 // clazy:excludeall=ctor-missing-parent-argument
@@ -34,7 +35,7 @@ namespace Views {
  *
  * Most of the interface lives in Controllers::DockWidget, to facilitate sharing with QtQuick.
  */
-class DOCKS_EXPORT DockWidget_qtwidgets : public View_qtwidgets<QWidget>
+class DOCKS_EXPORT DockWidget_qtwidgets : public View_qtwidgets<QWidget>, Views::DockWidgetViewInterface
 {
     Q_OBJECT
 public:
diff --git a/src/views/DockWidgetViewInterface.cpp b/src/views/DockWidgetViewInterface.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..627e5d86
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/views/DockWidgetViewInterface.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+/*
+  This file is part of KDDockWidgets.
+
+  SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2020-2022 Klarälvdalens Datakonsult AB, a KDAB Group company <info@kdab.com>
+  Author: Sérgio Martins <sergio.martins@kdab.com>
+
+  SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only OR GPL-3.0-only
+
+  Contact KDAB at <info@kdab.com> for commercial licensing options.
+*/
+
+#include "DockWidgetViewInterface.h"
+
+namespace KDDockWidgets::Views {
+DockWidgetViewInterface::~DockWidgetViewInterface() = default;
+}
diff --git a/src/views/DockWidget.h b/src/views/DockWidgetViewInterface.h
similarity index 80%
rename from src/views/DockWidget.h
rename to src/views/DockWidgetViewInterface.h
index c381782c..6426b26c 100644
--- a/src/views/DockWidget.h
+++ b/src/views/DockWidgetViewInterface.h
@@ -11,6 +11,8 @@
 
 #pragma once
 
+#include "kddockwidgets/KDDockWidgets.h"
+
 namespace KDDockWidgets {
 
 namespace Controllers {
@@ -20,9 +22,10 @@ class DockWidget;
 namespace Views {
 
 /// @brief The interface that DockWidget views should implement
-class DockWidget
+class DOCKS_EXPORT DockWidgetViewInterface
 {
 public:
+    virtual ~DockWidgetViewInterface();
 };
 
 }