diff --git a/lib/acts_as_having_image.rb b/lib/acts_as_having_image.rb
index 9ddea12..7c695c7 100644
--- a/lib/acts_as_having_image.rb
+++ b/lib/acts_as_having_image.rb
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ module ActsAsHavingImage
 
   module ClassMethods
     def acts_as_having_image
-      belongs_to :image
+      belongs_to :image, dependent: :destroy
       scope :with_image, :conditions => [ "#{table_name}.image_id IS NOT NULL" ]
       scope :without_image, :conditions => [ "#{table_name}.image_id IS NULL" ]
       self.send(:include, ActsAsHavingImage)
@@ -19,4 +19,4 @@ module ActsAsHavingImage
 
 end
 
-ActiveRecord::Base.extend(ActsAsHavingImage::ClassMethods)
+ActiveRecord::Base.extend(ActsAsHavingImage::ClassMethods)
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/test/unit/profile_test.rb b/test/unit/profile_test.rb
index 1b9665a..02d039d 100644
--- a/test/unit/profile_test.rb
+++ b/test/unit/profile_test.rb
@@ -110,6 +110,16 @@ class ProfileTest < ActiveSupport::TestCase
     assert_equal total - mine, Article.count
   end
 
+  should 'remove images when removing profile' do
+    profile = build(Profile, :image_builder => {:uploaded_data => fixture_file_upload('/files/rails.png', 'image/png')})
+    image = profile.image
+    image.save!
+    profile.destroy
+    assert_raise ActiveRecord::RecordNotFound do
+      image.reload
+    end
+  end
+
   def test_should_avoid_reserved_identifiers
     Profile::RESERVED_IDENTIFIERS.each do |identifier|
       assert_invalid_identifier identifier
--
libgit2 0.21.2