diff --git a/qtcreator.pri b/qtcreator.pri
index f053732cece279674235d2cb35107b27d9209031..03fd4bc16b93d9644151b6a5f4460130e7087817 100644
--- a/qtcreator.pri
+++ b/qtcreator.pri
@@ -157,6 +157,8 @@ osx {
     INSTALL_APP_PATH     = $$QTC_PREFIX/bin
 }
 
+gcc:!clang: QMAKE_CXXFLAGS += -Wno-noexcept-type
+
 RELATIVE_PLUGIN_PATH = $$relative_path($$IDE_PLUGIN_PATH, $$IDE_BIN_PATH)
 RELATIVE_LIBEXEC_PATH = $$relative_path($$IDE_LIBEXEC_PATH, $$IDE_BIN_PATH)
 RELATIVE_DATA_PATH = $$relative_path($$IDE_DATA_PATH, $$IDE_BIN_PATH)
diff --git a/tests/unit/unittest/unittest.pro b/tests/unit/unittest/unittest.pro
index 25ba21f42f89e059eca1d51b57f6068ee53f3077..cb559c8298532d9bee0d4f67187de4a543c49861 100644
--- a/tests/unit/unittest/unittest.pro
+++ b/tests/unit/unittest/unittest.pro
@@ -28,6 +28,8 @@ QMAKE_LFLAGS += -fno-merge-debug-strings -fuse-ld=gold
 CONFIG(release, debug|release):QMAKE_LFLAGS += -Wl,--strip-debug
 }
 
+gcc:!clang: QMAKE_CXXFLAGS += -Wno-noexcept-type
+
 # create fake CppTools.json for the mime type definitions
 dependencyList = "\"Dependencies\" : []"
 cpptoolsjson.input = $$PWD/../../../src/plugins/cpptools/CppTools.json.in