diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 858bae5..e524787 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -4,6 +4,12 @@ set(REFCOUNT_USE_THREADS
     ON
     CACHE BOOL "Weather or not RefCount should be thread aware.")
 
+if(REFCOUNT_USE_THREADS)
+  message("Building with thread support, setting CMAKE_C_STANDARD to 11.")
+else()
+  message("Building without thread support, setting CMAKE_C_STANDARD to 99.")
+endif()
+
 if(REFCOUNT_USE_THREADS)
   set(CMAKE_C_STANDARD 11)
 else()
@@ -22,7 +28,7 @@ include(FetchContent)
 FetchContent_Declare(
   ht
   GIT_REPOSITORY https://git.zander.im/Zander671/ht.git
-  GIT_TAG 9a1b271cfdc8ab203f9d6aa6a83cc4523de422be)
+  GIT_TAG c6bdb38bb77d45f9d5083706723c84c37db56c9c)
 
 FetchContent_MakeAvailable(ht)
 
@@ -30,8 +36,8 @@ if(CMAKE_PROJECT_NAME STREQUAL PROJECT_NAME)
   include(CTest)
 endif()
 
-# add_compile_options(-fsanitize=address,leak,undefined)
-# add_link_options(-fsanitize=address,leak,undefined)
+add_compile_options(-fsanitize=address,leak,undefined)
+add_link_options(-fsanitize=address,leak,undefined)
 
 configure_file(include/refcount/config.h.in include/refcount/config.h @ONLY)
 
diff --git a/include/refcount/refcount.h b/include/refcount/refcount.h
index b010784..0be0fb3 100644
--- a/include/refcount/refcount.h
+++ b/include/refcount/refcount.h
@@ -80,8 +80,8 @@ refcount_make_context(size_t entry_offset,
 void refcount_context_destroy(RefcountContext *ctx);
 
 /**
- * Structure holding the required information for a weak reference. That is, a
- * reference that does not prevent an object from being de-allocated.
+ * Opaque structure holding the required information for a weak reference. That
+ * is, a reference that does not prevent an object from being de-allocated.
  */
 typedef struct RefcountWeakref {
 #ifdef REFCOUNT_HAS_THREADS
@@ -94,8 +94,18 @@ typedef struct RefcountWeakref {
 } RefcountWeakref;
 
 /**
- * Opaque struct holding reference data for an object. This should be included
- * as a non-pointer member of the struct you are trying to track, e.g.
+ * Destructor callback type. Called before and object is freed after having its
+ * reference count drop to zero. This function can prevent the given object
+ * from being freed by increasing its reference count.
+ * @param obj The object being destroyed
+ * @param user_data Arbitrary user_provided data
+ */
+typedef void (*refcount_destructor_callback_t)(void *obj, void *user_data);
+
+/**
+ * Opaque struct holding reference data for an object. This should be
+ * included as a non-pointer member of the struct you are trying to track,
+ * e.g.
  * @code
  * struct A {
  *     int my_num;
@@ -106,7 +116,8 @@ typedef struct RefcountWeakref {
  */
 typedef struct RefcountEntry {
     bool is_static; //!< Whether the object is static.
-    RefcountWeakref *weak_ref; //<! Weakref for this entry.
+    RefcountWeakref *weak_ref; //!< Weakref for this entry.
+    HTTable *destructors; //!< Hash table of object destructors.
     union {
         struct {
             uint64_t ref_count; //!< The object's reference count.
@@ -226,6 +237,14 @@ static inline RefcountWeakref *refcount_context_weaken(RefcountContext *ctx,
     return wr;
 }
 
+bool refcount_context_add_destructor(const RefcountContext *ctx, void *obj,
+                                     void *key,
+                                     refcount_destructor_callback_t callback,
+                                     void *user_data);
+
+bool refcount_context_remove_destructor(const RefcountContext *ctx, void *obj,
+                                        void *key);
+
 /**
  * Same as #refcount_context_is_static, but only operates on the global
  * context.
@@ -367,7 +386,7 @@ static inline void *refcount_strengthen(RefcountWeakref *wr) {
 }
 
 /**
- * Same as #refcount_context_weaken, but operates ojn the global context.
+ * Same as #refcount_context_weaken, but operates on the global context.
  * @param obj The object to create a weak reference for then unref
  * @return The newly created weak reference, or NULL if an allocation error
  * occurred. In this case the object is not unrefed.
@@ -376,6 +395,35 @@ static inline RefcountWeakref *refcount_weaken(void *obj) {
     return refcount_context_weaken(refcount_default_context, obj);
 }
 
+/**
+ * Same as #refcount_context_add_destructor, but operates on the global context.
+ * @param obj The object onto which to register the destructor
+ * @param key An arbitrary value that can be later used to unregister the
+ * destructor
+ * @param callback The destructor itself
+ * @param user_data Extra data to pass to the destructor
+ * @return True on success, false on failure. On failure, nothing is registered.
+ */
+static inline bool
+refcount_add_destructor(void *obj, void *key,
+                        refcount_destructor_callback_t callback,
+                        void *user_data) {
+    return refcount_context_add_destructor(refcount_default_context, obj, key,
+                                           callback, user_data);
+}
+
+/**
+ * Same as #refcount_context_remove_destructor, but operates on the global
+ * context.
+ * @param obj The object for which to unregister the destructor
+ * @param key The destructors key
+ * @return True on success, false on error. On error, nothing is unregistered.
+ */
+static inline bool refcount_remove_destructor(void *obj, void *key) {
+    return refcount_context_remove_destructor(refcount_default_context, obj,
+                                              key);
+}
+
 #ifdef __cplusplus
 }
 #endif
diff --git a/src/refcount.c b/src/refcount.c
index 22d2354..bac38f6 100644
--- a/src/refcount.c
+++ b/src/refcount.c
@@ -131,6 +131,44 @@ static bool init_obj_weakref(const RefcountContext *ctx, void *obj) {
     return true;
 }
 
+/**
+ * @struct DestructorEntry
+ * Hash table entry used to hold descructor callback information.
+ */
+struct DestructorEntry {
+    refcount_destructor_callback_t callback; //!< The callback itself.
+    void *user_data; //!< User specified data to pass to the callback.
+};
+
+/**
+ * Free a #DestructorEntry using the given context.
+ * @param entry The entry to free
+ * @param ctx_raw The #RefcountContext
+ */
+static void free_destructor_entry_callback(void *entry, void *ctx_raw) {
+    const RefcountContext *ctx = ctx_raw;
+    refcount_free(&ctx->alloc, entry);
+}
+
+/**
+ * Initialize the destructor table for an object.
+ * @param ctx The #RefcountContext
+ * @param obj The object to initialize
+ * @return True on success
+ */
+static bool init_obj_destructor_table(const RefcountContext *ctx, void *obj) {
+    ENTRY->destructors = ht_new(
+        &(HTTableFunctions) {
+            .equal = ht_intptr_equal_callback,
+            .hash = ht_intptr_hash_callback,
+            .destroy_key = NULL,
+            .destroy_value = free_destructor_entry_callback,
+            .user_data = (void *) ctx,
+        },
+        &ctx->ht_alloc, NULL);
+    return ENTRY->destructors;
+}
+
 /**
  * Initialize the #RefcountEntry member of an object.
  * @param ctx The #RefcountContext
@@ -145,7 +183,13 @@ bool refcount_context_init_obj(const RefcountContext *ctx, void *obj) {
         ENTRY->is_static = false;
         ENTRY->impl.counted.gc_root = NULL;
         ENTRY->impl.counted.ref_count = 0;
-        init_obj_weakref(ctx, obj);
+        if (!init_obj_destructor_table(ctx, obj)) {
+            return false;
+        }
+        if (!init_obj_weakref(ctx, obj)) {
+            ht_free(ENTRY->destructors);
+            return false;
+        }
     }
     return true;
 }
@@ -162,7 +206,11 @@ bool refcount_context_init_static(RefcountContext *ctx, void *obj) {
     }
     bool success = false;
     ENTRY->is_static = true;
+    if (!init_obj_destructor_table(ctx, obj)) {
+        goto end;
+    }
     if (!init_obj_weakref(ctx, obj)) {
+        refcount_free(&ctx->alloc, ENTRY->destructors);
         goto end;
     }
     RefcountList *new_static_objects =
@@ -208,6 +256,40 @@ static void unref_weakref(const RefcountContext *ctx, RefcountWeakref *wr) {
     }
 }
 
+/**
+ * Used to pass two values to #call_object_destructors_foreach_callback.
+ */
+struct ContextAndObject {
+    const RefcountContext *ctx; //!< The #RefcountContext.
+    void *obj; //!< The object to check.
+};
+
+/**
+ * Callback used from #call_object_destructors.
+ * @param key The hash table key
+ * @param entry_raw The #DestructorEntry
+ * @param ctx_and_obj_raw The #ContextAndObject
+ * @return True if the object's refcount is non-zero, false otherwise
+ */
+static bool call_object_destructors_foreach_callback(void *key, void *entry_raw,
+                                                     void *ctx_and_obj_raw) {
+    struct ContextAndObject *ctx_and_obj = ctx_and_obj_raw;
+    const struct DestructorEntry *entry = entry_raw;
+    entry->callback(ctx_and_obj->obj, entry->user_data);
+    // if the refcount has increased past 0, stop looping
+    return refcount_context_num_refs(ctx_and_obj->ctx, ctx_and_obj->obj);
+}
+
+/**
+ * Call descructors for an object.
+ * @param ctx The #RefcountContext
+ * @param obj The object to call descructors for
+ */
+static void call_object_destructors(const RefcountContext *ctx, void *obj) {
+    ht_foreach(ENTRY->destructors, call_object_destructors_foreach_callback,
+               &(struct ContextAndObject) {.ctx = ctx, .obj = obj});
+}
+
 /**
  * Unregister a static object in a context.
  * @param ctx The #RefcountContext
@@ -231,6 +313,8 @@ bool refcount_context_deinit_static(RefcountContext *ctx, void *obj) {
         goto end;
     }
     ENTRY->weak_ref->data = NULL;
+    call_object_destructors(ctx, obj);
+    ht_free(ENTRY->destructors);
     unref_weakref(ctx, ENTRY->weak_ref);
     unlock_entry_mtx(ENTRY);
     ctx->static_objects = refcount_list_remove_full(
@@ -330,7 +414,13 @@ static void *unref_to_queue(RefcountContext *ctx, void *obj,
         return obj;
     }
     if (ENTRY->impl.counted.ref_count <= 1) {
-        *queue = refcount_list_push_full(*queue, obj, &ctx->alloc);
+        ENTRY->impl.counted.ref_count = 0;
+        call_object_destructors(ctx, obj);
+        if (!ENTRY->impl.counted.ref_count) {
+            // if we still have no refs after calling destructors, it's really
+            // time to free this object
+            *queue = refcount_list_push_full(*queue, obj, &ctx->alloc);
+        }
         unlock_entry_mtx(ENTRY);
         return NULL;
     } else {
@@ -373,6 +463,7 @@ static inline void destroy_object(RefcountContext *ctx, void *obj) {
     }
     remove_gc_root(ctx, obj);
     ENTRY->weak_ref->data = NULL;
+    ht_free(ENTRY->destructors);
     unlock_entry_mtx(ENTRY);
     unref_weakref(ctx, ENTRY->weak_ref);
     if (ctx->destroy_callback) {
@@ -381,7 +472,7 @@ static inline void destroy_object(RefcountContext *ctx, void *obj) {
 }
 
 /**
- * Continually release held references and object held in a queue.
+ * Continually release held references and objects held in a queue.
  * @param ctx The #RefcountContext
  * @param queue The queue
  * @param toplevel Toplevel object that triggered the unref
@@ -646,3 +737,50 @@ void *refcount_context_ref_weakref(const RefcountContext *ctx,
     unlock_mutex(&wr->mtx);
     return obj;
 }
+
+/**
+ * Register a destructor to be called right before an object is freed. If the
+ * destructor adds a new reference to the object, the object is not freed. The
+ * destructor will then be run again the next time the object is about to be
+ * freed.
+ *
+ * Note that if a destructor already exists for the given key, it will be
+ * replaced without calling it.
+ * @param ctx The #RefcountContext
+ * @param obj The object onto which to register the destructor
+ * @param key An arbitrary value that can be later used to unregister the
+ * destructor
+ * @param callback The destructor itself
+ * @param user_data Extra data to pass to the destructor
+ * @return True on success, false on failure. On failure, nothing is registered.
+ */
+bool refcount_context_add_destructor(const RefcountContext *ctx, void *obj,
+                                     void *key,
+                                     refcount_destructor_callback_t callback,
+                                     void *user_data) {
+    struct DestructorEntry *entry =
+        refcount_malloc(&ctx->alloc, sizeof(struct DestructorEntry));
+    if (!entry) {
+        return false;
+    }
+    entry->callback = callback;
+    entry->user_data = user_data;
+    if (!ht_insert(ENTRY->destructors, key, entry)) {
+        refcount_free(&ctx->alloc, entry);
+        return false;
+    }
+    return true;
+}
+
+/**
+ * Unregister a destructor from the given object. The destructor will not be
+ * called. If no destructor exists for the given key, this will do nothing.
+ * @param ctx The #RefcountContext
+ * @param obj The object for which to unregister the destructor
+ * @param key The destructors key
+ * @return True on success, false on error. On error, nothing is unregistered.
+ */
+bool refcount_context_remove_destructor(const RefcountContext *ctx, void *obj,
+                                        void *key) {
+    return ht_remove(ENTRY->destructors, key);
+}
diff --git a/test/test_refcount.c b/test/test_refcount.c
index 104f8ae..4b3ce86 100644
--- a/test/test_refcount.c
+++ b/test/test_refcount.c
@@ -32,11 +32,23 @@ void destroy_callback(void *a_raw, void *ignored) {
     counting_free(a);
 }
 
+void reref_destructor(void *a, void *ctx_raw) {
+    const RefcountContext *ctx = ctx_raw;
+    refcount_context_ref(ctx, a);
+}
+
 int main(int argc, const char **argv) {
     RefcountContext *c =
         refcount_make_context(offsetof(A, refcount), held_refs_callback,
                               destroy_callback, NULL, &COUNTING_ALLOCATOR);
 
+    A static_a = {
+        .num = 0,
+        .str = counting_strdup("static"),
+        .next = make_a(c, 0, "in static"),
+    };
+    refcount_context_init_static(c, &static_a);
+
     A *a = make_a(c, 10, "Hello world\n");
     assert(!refcount_context_is_static(c, a));
     assert(refcount_context_num_refs(c, a) == 0);
@@ -148,6 +160,20 @@ int main(int argc, const char **argv) {
     refcount_context_destroy_weakref(c, w);
     refcount_context_destroy_weakref(c, x);
 
+    a = make_a(c, 10, "test destructor");
+    assert(refcount_context_num_refs(c, a) == 0);
+    int key;
+    assert(refcount_context_add_destructor(c, a, &key, reref_destructor, c));
+    assert(refcount_context_num_refs(c, a) == 0);
+    assert(!refcount_context_unref(c, a));
+    assert(refcount_context_num_refs(c, a) == 1);
+    assert(refcount_context_remove_destructor(c, a, &key));
+    assert(refcount_context_num_refs(c, a) == 1);
+    assert(!refcount_context_unref(c, a));
+
+    refcount_context_deinit_static(c, &static_a);
+    counting_free(static_a.str);
+
     refcount_context_destroy(c);
 
     check_allocator_status();