diff --git a/iocage/lib/Resource.py b/iocage/lib/Resource.py
index 0cdd7df9..741382eb 100644
--- a/iocage/lib/Resource.py
+++ b/iocage/lib/Resource.py
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@
 # POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
 import typing
 import os.path
+import abc
 
 import libzfs
 
@@ -41,7 +42,7 @@
 import iocage.lib.Config.File  # noqa: F401
 
 
-class Resource:
+class Resource(metaclass=abc.ABCMeta):
     """
     iocage resource
 
@@ -124,6 +125,10 @@ def __init__(
         elif dataset is not None:
             self.dataset = dataset
 
+    @abc.abstractmethod
+    def destroy(self):
+        pass
+
     @property
     def pool(self) -> libzfs.ZFSPool:
         return self.zfs.get_pool(self.dataset_name)
@@ -321,6 +326,9 @@ def __init__(
             logger=logger
         )
 
+    def destroy(self):
+        raise NotImplementedError("destroy unimplemented for DefaultResource")
+
     def save(self) -> None:
         self.write_config(self.config.user_data)
 
@@ -349,6 +357,9 @@ def __init__(
 
         self.filters = filters
 
+    def destroy(self):
+        raise NotImplementedError("destroy unimplemented for ListableResource")
+
     def __iter__(
         self
     ) -> typing.Generator['iocage.lib.Resource.Resource', None, None]: