diff --git a/Source/Platform.h b/Source/Platform.h
index d2cba272..e1d7eebb 100644
--- a/Source/Platform.h
+++ b/Source/Platform.h
@@ -961,4 +961,6 @@ typedef struct tagVS_FIXEDFILEINFO {
 #endif
 
 
+#define NSIS_CXX_THROWSPEC(ignoredthrowspec) // Ignore c++ exception specifications
+
 #endif
diff --git a/Source/util.cpp b/Source/util.cpp
index 959a1391..b22b5f92 100644
--- a/Source/util.cpp
+++ b/Source/util.cpp
@@ -435,7 +435,7 @@ FILE* my_fopen(const TCHAR *path, const char *mode)
 }
 
 
-void *operator new(size_t size) throw(bad_alloc) {
+void *operator new(size_t size) NSIS_CXX_THROWSPEC(bad_alloc) {
   void *p = malloc(size);
   if (!p)
     throw bad_alloc();