diff --git a/include/boost/exception/detail/attribute_noreturn.hpp b/include/boost/exception/detail/attribute_noreturn.hpp
index 90a0306..1cb0763 100644
--- a/include/boost/exception/detail/attribute_noreturn.hpp
+++ b/include/boost/exception/detail/attribute_noreturn.hpp
@@ -10,6 +10,8 @@
 
 #if defined(BOOST_MSVC)
 #define BOOST_ATTRIBUTE_NORETURN __declspec(noreturn)
+#elif defined(__GNUC__)
+#define BOOST_ATTRIBUTE_NORETURN __attribute__((noreturn))
 #else
 #define BOOST_ATTRIBUTE_NORETURN
 #endif