diff --git a/Test/ExceptionTests.cpp b/Test/ExceptionTests.cpp
index db5786cb..5fba0da8 100644
--- a/Test/ExceptionTests.cpp
+++ b/Test/ExceptionTests.cpp
@@ -17,9 +17,13 @@
 
 namespace
 {
+    ATTRIBUTE_NORETURN
+    int thisThrows();
+    
     int thisThrows()
     {
         throw std::domain_error( "expected exception" );
+        /*NOTREACHED*/    
     }
 
     int thisDoesntThrow()
@@ -42,9 +46,10 @@ TEST_CASE( "./failing/exceptions/explicit", "When checked exceptions are thrown
     CHECK_NOTHROW( thisThrows() );
 }
 
-TEST_CASE( "./failing/exceptions/implicit", "When unchecked exceptions are thrown they are always failures" )
+INTERNAL_CATCH_TESTCASE_NORETURN( "./failing/exceptions/implicit", "When unchecked exceptions are thrown they are always failures" )
 {
     throw std::domain_error( "unexpected exception" );
+    /*NOTREACHED*/    
 }
 
 TEST_CASE( "./succeeding/exceptions/implicit", "When unchecked exceptions are thrown, but caught, they do not affect the test" )
diff --git a/catch.hpp b/catch.hpp
index 11897d95..440ec253 100644
--- a/catch.hpp
+++ b/catch.hpp
@@ -53,6 +53,7 @@
 #define SECTION( name, description ) INTERNAL_CATCH_SECTION( name, description )
 
 #define TEST_CASE( name, description ) INTERNAL_CATCH_TESTCASE( name, description )
+#define TEST_CASE_NORETURN( name, description ) INTERNAL_CATCH_TESTCASE_NORETURN( name, description )
 #define ANON_TEST_CASE() INTERNAL_CATCH_TESTCASE( "", "Anonymous test case" )
 #define METHOD_AS_TEST_CASE( method, name, description ) CATCH_METHOD_AS_TEST_CASE( method, name, description )
 
diff --git a/internal/catch_common.h b/internal/catch_common.h
index ac60aaa4..47c32bb0 100644
--- a/internal/catch_common.h
+++ b/internal/catch_common.h
@@ -55,5 +55,10 @@ namespace Catch
     }
     
 }
+#ifdef __GNUC__
+#define ATTRIBUTE_NORETURN __attribute__ ((noreturn))
+#else
+#define ATTRIBUTE_NORETURN
+#endif
 
 #endif // TWOBLUECUBES_CATCH_COMMON_H_INCLUDED
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/internal/catch_section.hpp b/internal/catch_section.hpp
index 4cc63931..6a0b8032 100644
--- a/internal/catch_section.hpp
+++ b/internal/catch_section.hpp
@@ -58,6 +58,6 @@ namespace Catch
     
 } // end namespace Catch
 
-#define INTERNAL_CATCH_SECTION( name, desc ) if( Catch::Section catch_internal_Section = Catch::Section( name, desc ) )
+#define INTERNAL_CATCH_SECTION( name, desc ) if( Catch::Section INTERNAL_CATCH_UNIQUE_NAME( catch_internal_Section ) = Catch::Section( name, desc ) )
 
 #endif // TWOBLUECUBES_CATCH_SECTION_HPP_INCLUDED
diff --git a/internal/catch_test_registry.hpp b/internal/catch_test_registry.hpp
index 47085da1..9fdc21d1 100644
--- a/internal/catch_test_registry.hpp
+++ b/internal/catch_test_registry.hpp
@@ -83,6 +83,11 @@ struct FixtureWrapper{};
     namespace{ Catch::AutoReg INTERNAL_CATCH_UNIQUE_NAME( autoRegistrar )( &INTERNAL_CATCH_UNIQUE_NAME(  catch_internal_TestFunction ), Name, Desc ); }\
     static void INTERNAL_CATCH_UNIQUE_NAME(  catch_internal_TestFunction )()
 
+#define INTERNAL_CATCH_TESTCASE_NORETURN( Name, Desc ) \
+    static void INTERNAL_CATCH_UNIQUE_NAME( catch_internal_TestFunction )() ATTRIBUTE_NORETURN; \
+    namespace{ Catch::AutoReg INTERNAL_CATCH_UNIQUE_NAME( autoRegistrar )( &INTERNAL_CATCH_UNIQUE_NAME(  catch_internal_TestFunction ), Name, Desc ); }\
+    static void INTERNAL_CATCH_UNIQUE_NAME(  catch_internal_TestFunction )()
+
 #define CATCH_METHOD_AS_TEST_CASE( QualifiedMethod, Name, Desc ) \
     namespace{ Catch::AutoReg INTERNAL_CATCH_UNIQUE_NAME( autoRegistrar )( &QualifiedMethod, Name, Desc ); }