diff --git a/src/video/Xext/XME/xme.c b/src/video/Xext/XME/xme.c
index ea0946694..c0ec95fb0 100644
--- a/src/video/Xext/XME/xme.c
+++ b/src/video/Xext/XME/xme.c
@@ -408,4 +408,14 @@ XiGMiscFullScreen(Display * dpy, int screen, XID window, XID cmap)
     return (rep.success ? xTrue : xFalse);
 }
 
+/* SDL addition from Ryan: free memory used by xme. */
+void
+XiGMiscDestroy(void)
+{
+    if (xigmisc_info) {
+        XextDestroyExtension(xigmisc_info);
+        xigmisc_info = NULL;
+    }
+}
+
 /* vi: set ts=4 sw=4 expandtab: */
diff --git a/src/video/Xext/extensions/xme.h b/src/video/Xext/extensions/xme.h
index d86f46d4a..386a66388 100644
--- a/src/video/Xext/extensions/xme.h
+++ b/src/video/Xext/extensions/xme.h
@@ -38,5 +38,9 @@ extern int XiGMiscQueryResolutions(Display * dpy, int screen, int view,
                                    XiGMiscResolutionInfo ** presolutions);
 extern void XiGMiscChangeResolution(Display * dpy, int screen, int view,
                                     int width, int height, int refresh);
+
+/* SDL addition from Ryan: free memory used by xme. */
+extern void XiGMiscDestroy(void);
+
 #endif /* _XME_H_INCLUDED */
 /* vi: set ts=4 sw=4 expandtab: */