diff --git a/include/fmt/core.h b/include/fmt/core.h
index de44556b..4e3a7062 100644
--- a/include/fmt/core.h
+++ b/include/fmt/core.h
@@ -122,12 +122,14 @@
 #if FMT_USE_NOEXCEPT || FMT_HAS_FEATURE(cxx_noexcept) || \
     (FMT_GCC_VERSION >= 408 && FMT_HAS_GXX_CXX11) || FMT_MSC_VER >= 1900
 # define FMT_DETECTED_NOEXCEPT noexcept
+# define FMT_HAS_CXX11_NOEXCEPT 1
 #else
 # define FMT_DETECTED_NOEXCEPT throw()
+# define FMT_HAS_CXX11_NOEXCEPT 0
 #endif
 
 #ifndef FMT_NOEXCEPT
-# if FMT_EXCEPTIONS
+# if FMT_EXCEPTIONS || FMT_HAS_CXX11_NOEXCEPT
 #  define FMT_NOEXCEPT FMT_DETECTED_NOEXCEPT
 # else
 #  define FMT_NOEXCEPT