diff --git a/include/wups/config_imports.h b/include/wups/config_imports.h
index c7db809..6214070 100644
--- a/include/wups/config_imports.h
+++ b/include/wups/config_imports.h
@@ -5,6 +5,8 @@
 
 extern "C" int32_t WUPSConfigItem_Create(WUPSConfigItemHandle *out, const char *configID, const char *displayName, WUPSConfigCallbacks_t callbacks, void *context);
 
+extern "C" int32_t WUPSConfigItem_Destroy(WUPSConfigItemHandle handle);
+
 extern "C" int32_t WUPSConfig_Destroy(WUPSConfigHandle handle);
 
 extern "C" int32_t WUPSConfigItem_SetDisplayName(WUPSConfigItemHandle handle, const char *displayName);
diff --git a/libraries/libwups/WUPSConfigItemBoolean.cpp b/libraries/libwups/WUPSConfigItemBoolean.cpp
index e863bc2..262e3ad 100644
--- a/libraries/libwups/WUPSConfigItemBoolean.cpp
+++ b/libraries/libwups/WUPSConfigItemBoolean.cpp
@@ -90,6 +90,7 @@ WUPSConfigItemBoolean_AddToCategoryEx(WUPSConfigCategoryHandle cat, const char *
     }
 
     if (WUPSConfigCategory_AddItem(cat, item->handle) < 0) {
+        WUPSConfigItem_Destroy(item->handle);
         return false;
     }
     return true;
diff --git a/libraries/libwups/WUPSConfigItemIntegerRange.cpp b/libraries/libwups/WUPSConfigItemIntegerRange.cpp
index 2e017f1..1f79b48 100644
--- a/libraries/libwups/WUPSConfigItemIntegerRange.cpp
+++ b/libraries/libwups/WUPSConfigItemIntegerRange.cpp
@@ -98,6 +98,7 @@ extern "C" bool WUPSConfigItemIntegerRange_AddToCategory(WUPSConfigCategoryHandl
     };
 
     if (WUPSConfigCategory_AddItem(cat, item->handle) < 0) {
+        WUPSConfigItem_Destroy(item->handle);
         return false;
     }
     return true;
diff --git a/libraries/libwups/WUPSConfigItemMultipleValues.cpp b/libraries/libwups/WUPSConfigItemMultipleValues.cpp
index f2f4418..6cb1753 100644
--- a/libraries/libwups/WUPSConfigItemMultipleValues.cpp
+++ b/libraries/libwups/WUPSConfigItemMultipleValues.cpp
@@ -127,6 +127,7 @@ WUPSConfigItemMultipleValues_AddToCategory(WUPSConfigCategoryHandle cat, const c
     }
 
     if (WUPSConfigCategory_AddItem(cat, item->handle) < 0) {
+        WUPSConfigItem_Destroy(item->handle);
         return false;
     }
     return true;
diff --git a/libraries/libwups/config.def b/libraries/libwups/config.def
index 797f37c..eb31b2d 100644
--- a/libraries/libwups/config.def
+++ b/libraries/libwups/config.def
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 
 :TEXT
 WUPSConfigItem_Create
+WUPSConfigItem_Destroy
 WUPSConfigItem_SetDisplayName
 WUPSConfigItem_GetDisplayName
 WUPSConfigItem_SetConfigID