diff --git a/src/VideoManager/VideoManager.cc b/src/VideoManager/VideoManager.cc
index 01e61211b793de2bef945cf7d2cc382d69b59f58..b38188b00e6eb840a838fc2aa88ef32923e2af6c 100644
--- a/src/VideoManager/VideoManager.cc
+++ b/src/VideoManager/VideoManager.cc
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ VideoManager::~VideoManager()
         }
 #if defined(QGC_GST_STREAMING)
         if (_videoSink[i] != nullptr) {
-            GStreamer::releaseVideoSink(_videoSink[i]);
+            qgcApp()->toolbox()->corePlugin()->releaseVideoSink(_videoSink[i]);
             _videoSink[i] = nullptr;
         }
 #endif
diff --git a/src/api/QGCCorePlugin.cc b/src/api/QGCCorePlugin.cc
index 9c994b18d2b855f58364259a7e64744bec153695..d40477744b1e1ee0c06b84773521d994c7659440 100644
--- a/src/api/QGCCorePlugin.cc
+++ b/src/api/QGCCorePlugin.cc
@@ -485,6 +485,15 @@ void* QGCCorePlugin::createVideoSink(QObject* parent, QQuickItem* widget)
 #endif
 }
 
+void QGCCorePlugin::releaseVideoSink(void* sink)
+{
+#if defined(QGC_GST_STREAMING)
+    GStreamer::releaseVideoSink(sink);
+#else
+    Q_UNUSED(sink)
+#endif
+}
+
 bool QGCCorePlugin::guidedActionsControllerLogging() const
 {
     return GuidedActionsControllerLog().isDebugEnabled();
diff --git a/src/api/QGCCorePlugin.h b/src/api/QGCCorePlugin.h
index 772862bdf97efb6f0c1dc298da433d6a481a0125..83e7b3595f5f234c9192c84314bc9e2f130620d0 100644
--- a/src/api/QGCCorePlugin.h
+++ b/src/api/QGCCorePlugin.h
@@ -119,6 +119,8 @@ public:
     virtual VideoReceiver* createVideoReceiver(QObject* parent);
     /// Allows the plugin to override the creation of VideoSink.
     virtual void* createVideoSink(QObject* parent, QQuickItem* widget);
+    /// Allows the plugin to override the release of VideoSink.
+    virtual void releaseVideoSink(void* sink);
 
     /// Allows the plugin to see all mavlink traffic to a vehicle
     /// @return true: Allow vehicle to continue processing, false: Vehicle should not process message