diff --git a/include/boost/lexical_cast.hpp b/include/boost/lexical_cast.hpp
index 3fc0072..ed2291d 100644
--- a/include/boost/lexical_cast.hpp
+++ b/include/boost/lexical_cast.hpp
@@ -1616,6 +1616,11 @@ namespace boost {
                 // does not support such conversions. Try updating it.
                 BOOST_STATIC_ASSERT((boost::is_same<char, CharT>::value));
 #endif
+
+#ifndef BOOST_NO_EXCEPTIONS
+                out_stream.exceptions(std::ios::badbit);
+                try {
+#endif
                 bool const result = !(out_stream << input).fail();
                 const buffer_t* const p = static_cast<buffer_t*>(
                     static_cast<std::basic_streambuf<CharT, Traits>*>(out_stream.rdbuf())
@@ -1623,6 +1628,11 @@ namespace boost {
                 start = p->pbase();
                 finish = p->pptr();
                 return result;
+#ifndef BOOST_NO_EXCEPTIONS
+                } catch (const ::std::ios_base::failure& /*f*/) {
+                    return false;
+                }
+#endif
             }
 
             template <class T>
@@ -1996,6 +2006,10 @@ namespace boost {
 #endif // BOOST_NO_STD_LOCALE
 #endif // BOOST_NO_STRINGSTREAM
 
+#ifndef BOOST_NO_EXCEPTIONS
+                stream.exceptions(std::ios::badbit);
+                try {
+#endif
                 stream.unsetf(std::ios::skipws);
                 lcast_set_precision(stream, static_cast<InputStreamable*>(0));
 
@@ -2010,6 +2024,12 @@ namespace boost {
 #else
                 Traits::eof();
 #endif
+
+#ifndef BOOST_NO_EXCEPTIONS
+                } catch (const ::std::ios_base::failure& /*f*/) {
+                    return false;
+                }
+#endif
             }
 
             template<class T>
diff --git a/test/lexical_cast_arrays_test.cpp b/test/lexical_cast_arrays_test.cpp
index cb590d2..013f401 100644
--- a/test/lexical_cast_arrays_test.cpp
+++ b/test/lexical_cast_arrays_test.cpp
@@ -222,7 +222,8 @@ static void testing_template_array_output_on_char_value()
         BOOST_CHECK(&res3[0] == u16ethalon);
     }
     
-    BOOST_CHECK_THROW(lexical_cast<u16short_arr_type>(val), boost::bad_lexical_cast);
+    // Some compillers may throw std::bad_alloc here
+    BOOST_CHECK_THROW(lexical_cast<u16short_arr_type>(val), std::exception); 
 #endif
 
 #ifdef BOOST_LC_RUNU32
@@ -248,7 +249,8 @@ static void testing_template_array_output_on_char_value()
         BOOST_CHECK(&res3[0] == u32ethalon);
     }
     
-    BOOST_CHECK_THROW(lexical_cast<u32short_arr_type>(val), boost::bad_lexical_cast);
+    // Some compillers may throw std::bad_alloc here
+    BOOST_CHECK_THROW(lexical_cast<u32short_arr_type>(val), std::exception);
 #endif
 }