diff --git a/include/boost/exception/exception.hpp b/include/boost/exception/exception.hpp
index 37a582c..4c768ee 100644
--- a/include/boost/exception/exception.hpp
+++ b/include/boost/exception/exception.hpp
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
 #define BOOST_EXCEPTION_274DA366004E11DCB1DDFE2E56D89593
 
 #include <boost/config.hpp>
+#include <exception>
 
 #ifdef BOOST_EXCEPTION_MINI_BOOST
 #include  <memory>
@@ -390,6 +391,9 @@ boost
         }
 
     ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
+#if defined(BOOST_NO_EXCEPTIONS)
+    BOOST_NORETURN void throw_exception(std::exception const & e); // user defined
+#endif
 
     namespace
     exception_detail
@@ -466,7 +470,11 @@ boost
             void
             rethrow() const
                 {
+#if defined(BOOST_NO_EXCEPTIONS)
+                boost::throw_exception(*this);
+#else
                 throw*this;
+#endif
                 }
             };
         }