diff --git a/src/Amalgam/Amalgam.h b/src/Amalgam/Amalgam.h
index a2cab244..5b5e5d0f 100644
--- a/src/Amalgam/Amalgam.h
+++ b/src/Amalgam/Amalgam.h
@@ -73,4 +73,7 @@ extern "C"
 	AMALGAM_EXPORT bool IsSBFDataStoreEnabled();
 	AMALGAM_EXPORT size_t GetMaxNumThreads();
 	AMALGAM_EXPORT void SetMaxNumThreads(size_t max_num_threads);
+
+	//for APIs that pass strings back, that memory needs to be cleaned up by the caller
+	AMALGAM_EXPORT void DeleteString(char *p);
 }
diff --git a/src/Amalgam/AmalgamAPI.cpp b/src/Amalgam/AmalgamAPI.cpp
index 1776c4b3..3180f22f 100644
--- a/src/Amalgam/AmalgamAPI.cpp
+++ b/src/Amalgam/AmalgamAPI.cpp
@@ -43,6 +43,11 @@ extern "C"
 	// helper functions (not in API)
 	// ************************************
 
+	// WARNING: when using StringToCharPtr & StringToWCharPtr, ownership
+	//          of the memory is returned to caller. When sending strings
+	//          across the library boundary, the callers must free the
+	//          memory using 'DeleteString', otherwise a leak occurs.
+
 	char* StringToCharPtr(std::string& value)
 	{
 		char* out = new char[value.length() + 1];
@@ -405,6 +410,11 @@ extern "C"
 		return ct;
 	}
 
+	void DeleteString(char *p)
+	{
+		delete[] p;
+	}
+
 	// ************************************
 	// Amalgam Engine Flags
 	// ************************************