diff --git a/ffi-cdecl/SDL2_0_decl.c b/ffi-cdecl/SDL2_0_decl.c
index ccbbab293..a91356640 100644
--- a/ffi-cdecl/SDL2_0_decl.c
+++ b/ffi-cdecl/SDL2_0_decl.c
@@ -131,6 +131,7 @@ cdecl_func(SDL_EnableScreenSaver)
 cdecl_func(SDL_CreateWindow)
 cdecl_func(SDL_GetWindowSize)
 cdecl_func(SDL_CreateRenderer)
+cdecl_func(SDL_DestroyRenderer)
 cdecl_func(SDL_CreateWindowAndRenderer)
 cdecl_func(SDL_GetRendererInfo)
 cdecl_func(SDL_GetRendererOutputSize)
diff --git a/ffi/SDL2_0.lua b/ffi/SDL2_0.lua
index 7a3b2feb7..77573bf9a 100644
--- a/ffi/SDL2_0.lua
+++ b/ffi/SDL2_0.lua
@@ -141,7 +141,7 @@ function S.open(w, h, x, y)
     -- What's even more curious is that we still only get a single SDL_WINDOWEVENT_MOVED on startup, except that way it's at the requested coordinates...
     SDL.SDL_SetWindowPosition(S.screen, pos_x, pos_y)
 
-    S.renderer = SDL.SDL_CreateRenderer(S.screen, -1, 0)
+    S.renderer = ffi.gc(SDL.SDL_CreateRenderer(S.screen, -1, 0), SDL.SDL_DestroyRenderer)
     local output_w = ffi.new("int[1]", 0)
     local output_h = ffi.new("int[1]", 0)
     if SDL.SDL_GetRendererOutputSize(S.renderer, output_w, output_h) == 0 and tonumber(output_w[0]) ~= w then
diff --git a/ffi/SDL2_0_h.lua b/ffi/SDL2_0_h.lua
index 943d8520b..aebf97741 100644
--- a/ffi/SDL2_0_h.lua
+++ b/ffi/SDL2_0_h.lua
@@ -794,6 +794,7 @@ void SDL_EnableScreenSaver(void) __attribute__((visibility("default")));
 SDL_Window *SDL_CreateWindow(const char *, int, int, int, int, Uint32) __attribute__((visibility("default")));
 void SDL_GetWindowSize(SDL_Window *, int *, int *) __attribute__((visibility("default")));
 SDL_Renderer *SDL_CreateRenderer(SDL_Window *, int, Uint32) __attribute__((visibility("default")));
+void SDL_DestroyRenderer(SDL_Renderer *) __attribute__((visibility("default")));
 int SDL_CreateWindowAndRenderer(int, int, Uint32, SDL_Window **, SDL_Renderer **) __attribute__((visibility("default")));
 int SDL_GetRendererInfo(SDL_Renderer *, SDL_RendererInfo *) __attribute__((visibility("default")));
 int SDL_GetRendererOutputSize(SDL_Renderer *, int *, int *) __attribute__((visibility("default")));