diff --git a/kitty/gl.h b/kitty/gl.h
index 0676fc94a..f06a86396 100644
--- a/kitty/gl.h
+++ b/kitty/gl.h
@@ -622,6 +622,14 @@ DeleteBuffer(PyObject UNUSED *self, PyObject *val) {
     Py_RETURN_NONE;
 }
  
+static PyObject* 
+DeleteVertexArray(PyObject UNUSED *self, PyObject *val) {
+    GLuint tex_id = (GLuint)PyLong_AsUnsignedLong(val);
+    glDeleteVertexArrays(1, &tex_id);
+    CHECK_ERROR;
+    Py_RETURN_NONE;
+}
+ 
 static PyObject* 
 BlendFunc(PyObject UNUSED *self, PyObject *args) {
     int s, d;
@@ -764,6 +772,7 @@ int add_module_gl_constants(PyObject *module) {
     METH(CompileShader, METH_O) \
     METH(DeleteTexture, METH_O) \
     METH(DeleteBuffer, METH_O) \
+    METH(DeleteVertexArray, METH_O) \
     METH(GetString, METH_O) \
     METH(GetIntegerv, METH_O) \
     METH(Clear, METH_O) \