diff --git a/src/test-finalizers.cpp b/src/test-finalizers.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..488f9e4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test-finalizers.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,70 @@
+#ifdef LOCAL_TEST
+#include "delegate.hpp"
+#include "macros.hpp"
+
+DECLARE_CLASS(FinalizerTests, Plain, "System", "Object", sizeof(Il2CppObject)){};
+DEFINE_TYPE(FinalizerTests, Plain);
+
+DECLARE_CLASS(FinalizerTests, Named, "System", "Object", sizeof(Il2CppObject)) {
+    DECLARE_DTOR(Finalize);
+};
+DEFINE_TYPE(FinalizerTests, Named);
+void FinalizerTests::Named::Finalize() {
+    this->~Named();
+}
+
+DECLARE_CLASS(FinalizerTests, Renamed, "System", "Object", sizeof(Il2CppObject)) {
+    DECLARE_DTOR(Cleanup);
+};
+DEFINE_TYPE(FinalizerTests, Renamed);
+void FinalizerTests::Renamed::Cleanup() {
+    this->~Renamed();
+}
+
+DECLARE_CLASS(FinalizerTests, Simple, "System", "Object", sizeof(Il2CppObject)) {
+    DECLARE_SIMPLE_DTOR();
+};
+DEFINE_TYPE(FinalizerTests, Simple);
+
+DECLARE_CLASS_CUSTOM(FinalizerTests, Inherited, FinalizerTests::Renamed){};
+DEFINE_TYPE(FinalizerTests, Inherited);
+
+DECLARE_CLASS_CUSTOM(FinalizerTests, OverrideInherited, FinalizerTests::Renamed) {
+    DECLARE_OVERRIDE_METHOD(void, CleanupAgain, i2c::find_method(i2c::class_of<FinalizerTests::Renamed*>(), {"Cleanup", 0}));
+};
+DEFINE_TYPE(FinalizerTests, OverrideInherited);
+void FinalizerTests::OverrideInherited::CleanupAgain() {
+    this->~OverrideInherited();
+}
+
+// Merely having a method named Finalize must not opt a class into finalization.
+DECLARE_CLASS(FinalizerTests, NonVirtual, "System", "Object", sizeof(Il2CppObject)) {
+    DECLARE_INSTANCE_METHOD(void, Finalize);
+};
+DEFINE_TYPE(FinalizerTests, NonVirtual);
+void FinalizerTests::NonVirtual::Finalize() {}
+
+namespace {
+    void CheckFinalizer(Il2CppClass* klass, bool expected) {
+        if (!klass || bool(klass->has_finalize) != expected) {
+            custom_types::logger.critical("Finalizer regression: {} expected has_finalize={}", klass ? klass->name : "<null>", expected);
+            SAFE_ABORT();
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+// Invoke explicitly after AutoRegister in a LOCAL_TEST build. Referencing the
+// delegate registration objects also ensures both template types are registered.
+void testFinalizers() {
+    CheckFinalizer(i2c::class_of<FinalizerTests::Plain*>(), false);
+    CheckFinalizer(i2c::class_of<FinalizerTests::Named*>(), true);
+    CheckFinalizer(i2c::class_of<FinalizerTests::Renamed*>(), true);
+    CheckFinalizer(i2c::class_of<FinalizerTests::Simple*>(), true);
+    CheckFinalizer(i2c::class_of<FinalizerTests::Inherited*>(), true);
+    CheckFinalizer(i2c::class_of<FinalizerTests::OverrideInherited*>(), true);
+    CheckFinalizer(i2c::class_of<FinalizerTests::NonVirtual*>(), false);
+    CheckFinalizer(custom_types::DelegateWrapperStatic<void>::__registration_instance_DelegateWrapperStatic.klass(), true);
+    CheckFinalizer(custom_types::DelegateWrapperInstance<void, Il2CppObject*>::__registration_instance_DelegateWrapperInstance.klass(), true);
+    custom_types::logger.info("Finalizer registration: all 9 regression cases passed");
+}
+#endif
diff --git a/src/type-registration.cpp b/src/type-registration.cpp
index 44dda45..553b114 100644
--- a/src/type-registration.cpp
+++ b/src/type-registration.cpp
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+#include "beatsaber-hook/shared/find.hpp"
 #include "extra-typedefs.hpp"
 #include "logging.hpp"
 #include "register.hpp"
@@ -610,8 +611,10 @@ namespace custom_types {
         for (size_t i = 0; i < offsets.size(); i++) {
             k->interfaceOffsets[i] = offsets[i];
         }
-        // If any method exists that has a Finalize name, should use it
-        k->has_finalize = false;
+        // Finalization follows the System.Object.Finalize slot, regardless of the
+        // override's name. The completed vtable also includes inherited finalizers.
+        static auto* const objectFinalize = THROW_UNLESS(logger, i2c::find_method({"System", "Object"}, {"Finalize", 0}));
+        k->has_finalize = k->vtable[objectFinalize->slot].method != objectFinalize;
         // TODO: Allow cctor to exist someday
         k->has_cctor = false;
 
@@ -623,9 +626,6 @@ namespace custom_types {
             m->get()->klass = k;
             // TODO: Populate other fields as necessary
             k->methods[i] = m->get();
-            if (!k->has_finalize && checkVirtualsForMatch(methods[i], "System", "Object", "Finalize", 0)) {
-                k->has_finalize = true;
-            }
         }
     }