diff --git a/src/checkstyle/com/puppycrawl/tools/checkstyle/Checker.java b/src/checkstyle/com/puppycrawl/tools/checkstyle/Checker.java
index 5d2964775..9e821ab2e 100644
--- a/src/checkstyle/com/puppycrawl/tools/checkstyle/Checker.java
+++ b/src/checkstyle/com/puppycrawl/tools/checkstyle/Checker.java
@@ -208,6 +208,7 @@ public class Checker extends AutomaticBean
         for (int i = 0; i < mFileSetChecks.size(); i++) {
             FileSetCheck fileSetCheck = (FileSetCheck) mFileSetChecks.get(i);
             fileSetCheck.process(aFiles);
+            fileSetCheck.destroy();
         }
         int errorCount = mCounter.getCount();
         fireAuditFinished();
diff --git a/src/tests/com/puppycrawl/tools/checkstyle/FileSetCheckLifecycleTest.java b/src/tests/com/puppycrawl/tools/checkstyle/FileSetCheckLifecycleTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..4bd9bc98f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/tests/com/puppycrawl/tools/checkstyle/FileSetCheckLifecycleTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,50 @@
+package com.puppycrawl.tools.checkstyle;
+
+import java.io.File;
+
+import com.puppycrawl.tools.checkstyle.api.AbstractFileSetCheck;
+import com.puppycrawl.tools.checkstyle.api.Configuration;
+
+public class FileSetCheckLifecycleTest     extends BaseCheckTestCase
+{
+    protected DefaultConfiguration createCheckerConfig(Configuration aCheckConfig)
+    {
+        final DefaultConfiguration dc = new DefaultConfiguration("root");
+        dc.addChild(aCheckConfig);
+        return dc;
+    }
+
+    public static class TestFileSetCheck extends AbstractFileSetCheck
+    {
+        private static boolean destroyed = false;
+
+        public void destroy()
+        {
+            destroyed = true;
+        }
+
+        public static boolean isDestroyed()
+        {
+            return destroyed;
+        }
+
+        public void process(File[] aFiles)
+        {
+        }
+    }
+
+    public void testTranslation()
+         throws Exception
+    {
+        Configuration checkConfig = createCheckConfig(TestFileSetCheck.class);
+        Checker c = createChecker(checkConfig);
+        final String filepath = getPath("InputScopeAnonInner.java");
+
+        final String[] expected = {
+        };
+        verify(c, filepath, filepath, expected);
+
+        assertTrue("destroy() not called by Checker", TestFileSetCheck.isDestroyed());
+    }
+
+}