diff --git a/c/cvalues.h b/c/cvalues.h
index 42b822a..42caf51 100644
--- a/c/cvalues.h
+++ b/c/cvalues.h
@@ -1327,7 +1327,8 @@ int numeric_compare(value_t a, value_t b, int eq, int eqnans, char *fname)
     return 1;
 }
 
-static void DivideByZeroError() __attribute__((__noreturn__));
+STATIC_NORETURN(void, DivideByZeroError());
+
 static void DivideByZeroError(void)
 {
     lerror(DivideError, "/: division by zero");
diff --git a/c/dtypes.h b/c/dtypes.h
index 552c36c..8db7a4c 100644
--- a/c/dtypes.h
+++ b/c/dtypes.h
@@ -16,6 +16,22 @@
 #undef BITS32   // TODO
 #define BITS64  // TODO
 
+#ifdef __GNUC__
+#define EXTERN_NORETURN(ret, args) extern ret args __attribute__((__noreturn__))
+#define STATIC_NORETURN(ret, args) static ret args __attribute__((__noreturn__))
+#endif
+
+#ifdef _MSC_VER
+#define EXTERN_NORETURN(ret, args) __declspec(noreturn) extern ret args
+#define STATIC_NORETURN(ret, args) __declspec(noreturn) static ret args
+#endif
+
+#ifdef __WATCOMC__
+#pragma aux noreturn aborts;
+#define EXTERN_NORETURN(ret, args) extern ret __pragma("noreturn") args
+#define STATIC_NORETURN(ret, args) static ret __pragma("noreturn") args
+#endif
+
 #define LLT_ALLOC(n) malloc(n)
 #define LLT_REALLOC(p, n) realloc((p), (n))
 #define LLT_FREE(x) free(x)
diff --git a/c/flisp.h b/c/flisp.h
index 007c13f..dc87e8c 100644
--- a/c/flisp.h
+++ b/c/flisp.h
@@ -190,15 +190,13 @@ extern value_t fl_lasterror;
 #define FL_CATCH_EXTERN \
     else for (l__ca = 1; l__ca; l__ca = 0, fl_restorestate(&_ctx))
 
-void lerrorf(value_t e, char *format, ...) __attribute__((__noreturn__));
-void lerror(value_t e, const char *msg) __attribute__((__noreturn__));
+EXTERN_NORETURN(void, lerrorf(value_t e, char *format, ...));
+EXTERN_NORETURN(void, lerror(value_t e, const char *msg));
 void fl_savestate(struct fl_exception_context *_ctx);
 void fl_restorestate(struct fl_exception_context *_ctx);
-void fl_raise(value_t e) __attribute__((__noreturn__));
-void type_error(char *fname, char *expected, value_t got)
-__attribute__((__noreturn__));
-void bounds_error(char *fname, value_t arr, value_t ind)
-__attribute__((__noreturn__));
+EXTERN_NORETURN(void, fl_raise(value_t e));
+EXTERN_NORETURN(void, type_error(char *fname, char *expected, value_t got));
+EXTERN_NORETURN(void, bounds_error(char *fname, value_t arr, value_t ind));
 extern value_t ArgError, IOError, KeyError, MemoryError, EnumerationError;
 extern value_t UnboundError;