diff --git a/tree/ntuple/test/CustomStruct.hxx b/tree/ntuple/test/CustomStruct.hxx
index 0cde0ccb3e091..350305a28fc6c 100644
--- a/tree/ntuple/test/CustomStruct.hxx
+++ b/tree/ntuple/test/CustomStruct.hxx
@@ -497,8 +497,4 @@ struct AlignmentEnvelope {
    std::array<OverAligned, 2> fArr;
 };
 
-struct VersionedStreamerField {
-   ClassDefNV(VersionedStreamerField, 2);
-};
-
 #endif
diff --git a/tree/ntuple/test/CustomStructLinkDef.h b/tree/ntuple/test/CustomStructLinkDef.h
index c8e6ec796cad9..4786ce21e2860 100644
--- a/tree/ntuple/test/CustomStructLinkDef.h
+++ b/tree/ntuple/test/CustomStructLinkDef.h
@@ -185,6 +185,5 @@
 #pragma link C++ class AlignedAs+;
 #pragma link C++ class OverAligned+;
 #pragma link C++ class AlignmentEnvelope+;
-#pragma link C++ class VersionedStreamerField+;
 
 #endif
diff --git a/tree/ntuple/test/StreamerField.hxx b/tree/ntuple/test/StreamerField.hxx
index cf5d29d4d26bc..dbf957d96cce4 100644
--- a/tree/ntuple/test/StreamerField.hxx
+++ b/tree/ntuple/test/StreamerField.hxx
@@ -101,4 +101,8 @@ struct TemperatureKelvin {
    float fValue;
 };
 
+struct VersionedStreamerField {
+   ClassDefNV(VersionedStreamerField, 2);
+};
+
 #endif // ROOT_RNTuple_Test_StreamerField
diff --git a/tree/ntuple/test/StreamerFieldLinkDef.h b/tree/ntuple/test/StreamerFieldLinkDef.h
index 59010c53264e4..4d5b33de2e90e 100644
--- a/tree/ntuple/test/StreamerFieldLinkDef.h
+++ b/tree/ntuple/test/StreamerFieldLinkDef.h
@@ -26,5 +26,6 @@
 
 #pragma link C++ options = rntupleStreamerMode(true) class TemperatureCelsius + ;
 #pragma link C++ options = rntupleStreamerMode(true) class TemperatureKelvin + ;
+#pragma link C++ options = rntupleStreamerMode(true) class VersionedStreamerField + ;
 
 #endif
diff --git a/tree/ntuple/test/rfield_streamer.cxx b/tree/ntuple/test/rfield_streamer.cxx
index 1a331b5b195fb..41137cedad18e 100644
--- a/tree/ntuple/test/rfield_streamer.cxx
+++ b/tree/ntuple/test/rfield_streamer.cxx
@@ -412,10 +412,26 @@ namespace {
 
 /// Used to create on-disk streamer fields with different field versions
 class RVersionedStreamerField : public RFieldBase {
+private:
+   class RVersionedStreamerFieldDeleter : public RDeleter {
+   private:
+      TClass *fClass = nullptr;
+
+   public:
+      explicit RVersionedStreamerFieldDeleter(TClass *cl) : RDeleter(cl->GetClassAlignment()), fClass(cl) {}
+      void operator()(void *objPtr, bool dtorOnly) final
+      {
+         fClass->Destructor(objPtr, true /* dtorOnly */);
+         RDeleter::operator()(objPtr, dtorOnly);
+      }
+   };
+
+   TClass *fClass = nullptr;
+
 protected:
    std::unique_ptr<RFieldBase> CloneImpl(std::string_view newName) const final
    {
-      return std::make_unique<RVersionedStreamerField>(newName, fCustomVersion);
+      return std::make_unique<RVersionedStreamerField>(newName, fClass->GetName(), fCustomVersion);
    }
 
    const RColumnRepresentations &GetColumnRepresentations() const final
@@ -428,23 +444,27 @@ class RVersionedStreamerField : public RFieldBase {
    void GenerateColumns() final { GenerateColumnsImpl<ROOT::Internal::RColumnIndex, std::byte>(); }
    void GenerateColumns(const ROOT::RNTupleDescriptor &) final {}
 
-   void ConstructValue(void *) const final {}
+   void ConstructValue(void *where) const final { fClass->New(where); }
+   std::unique_ptr<RDeleter> GetDeleter() const final
+   {
+      return std::make_unique<RVersionedStreamerFieldDeleter>(fClass);
+   }
 
    std::size_t AppendImpl(const void *) final { return 0; }
 
 public:
    std::uint32_t fCustomVersion = 0;
 
-   RVersionedStreamerField(std::string_view name, std::uint32_t version)
-      : RFieldBase(name, "VersionedStreamerField", ROOT::ENTupleStructure::kStreamer, /*isSimple=*/false),
-        fCustomVersion(version)
+   RVersionedStreamerField(std::string_view name, std::string_view classname, std::uint32_t version)
+      : RFieldBase(name, classname, ROOT::ENTupleStructure::kStreamer, /*isSimple=*/false),
+        fClass(TClass::GetClass(std::string(classname).c_str())), fCustomVersion(version)
    {
    }
 
    std::uint32_t GetFieldVersion() const final { return fCustomVersion; }
    std::uint32_t GetTypeVersion() const final { return 137; }
-   std::size_t GetValueSize() const final { return 0; }
-   std::size_t GetAlignment() const final { return 0; }
+   std::size_t GetValueSize() const final { return fClass->GetClassSize(); }
+   std::size_t GetAlignment() const final { return fClass->GetClassAlignment(); }
 };
 
 } // anonymous namespace
@@ -455,7 +475,7 @@ TEST(RField, StreamerFieldVersion)
       FileRaii fileGuard("test_ntuple_rfield_streamer_version.root");
       {
          auto model = RNTupleModel::Create();
-         model->AddField(std::make_unique<RVersionedStreamerField>("f", version));
+         model->AddField(std::make_unique<RVersionedStreamerField>("f", "VersionedStreamerField", version));
          auto writer = RNTupleWriter::Recreate(std::move(model), "ntpl", fileGuard.GetPath());
       }
       auto reader = RNTupleReader::Open("ntpl", fileGuard.GetPath());