diff --git a/include/evmc/evmc.hpp b/include/evmc/evmc.hpp
index 7d2344c..58bf3cd 100644
--- a/include/evmc/evmc.hpp
+++ b/include/evmc/evmc.hpp
@@ -80,11 +80,32 @@ public:
 class vm
 {
 public:
+    vm() noexcept = default;
+
     /// Converting constructor from evmc_instance.
     explicit vm(evmc_instance* instance) noexcept : m_instance{instance} {}
 
     /// Destructor responsible for automatically destroying the VM instance.
-    ~vm() noexcept { m_instance->destroy(m_instance); }
+    ~vm() noexcept
+    {
+        if (m_instance)
+            m_instance->destroy(m_instance);
+    }
+
+    vm(const vm&) = delete;
+    vm& operator=(const vm&) = delete;
+
+    /// Move constructor.
+    vm(vm&& other) noexcept : m_instance{other.m_instance} { other.m_instance = nullptr; }
+
+    /// Move assignment operator.
+    vm& operator=(vm&& other) noexcept
+    {
+        this->~vm();
+        m_instance = other.m_instance;
+        other.m_instance = nullptr;
+        return *this;
+    }
 
     /// The constructor that captures a VM instance and configures the instance
     /// with provided list of options.
@@ -128,7 +149,7 @@ public:
     }
 
 private:
-    evmc_instance* const m_instance = nullptr;
+    evmc_instance* m_instance = nullptr;
 };
 
 /// The EVMC Host interface
diff --git a/test/unittests/test_cpp.cpp b/test/unittests/test_cpp.cpp
index 8069120..68c0887 100644
--- a/test/unittests/test_cpp.cpp
+++ b/test/unittests/test_cpp.cpp
@@ -70,6 +70,42 @@ TEST(cpp, vm_set_option)
     EXPECT_EQ(vm.set_option("1", "2"), EVMC_SET_OPTION_INVALID_NAME);
 }
 
+TEST(cpp, vm_move)
+{
+    static int destroy_counter = 0;
+    const auto template_instance =
+        evmc_instance{EVMC_ABI_VERSION, "",      "",      [](evmc_instance*) { ++destroy_counter; },
+                      nullptr,          nullptr, nullptr, nullptr};
+
+    EXPECT_EQ(destroy_counter, 0);
+    {
+        auto v1 = template_instance;
+        auto v2 = template_instance;
+
+        auto vm1 = evmc::vm{&v1};
+        vm1 = evmc::vm{&v2};
+        (void)vm1;
+    }
+    EXPECT_EQ(destroy_counter, 2);
+    {
+        auto v1 = template_instance;
+
+        auto vm1 = evmc::vm{&v1};
+        vm1 = evmc::vm{};
+        (void)vm1;
+    }
+    EXPECT_EQ(destroy_counter, 3);
+    {
+        auto v1 = template_instance;
+
+        auto vm1 = evmc::vm{&v1};
+        auto vm2 = std::move(vm1);
+        auto vm3 = std::move(vm2);
+        (void)vm3;
+    }
+    EXPECT_EQ(destroy_counter, 4);
+}
+
 TEST(cpp, host)
 {
     // Use example host to execute all methods from the C++ host wrapper.