diff --git a/i18npool/inc/defaultnumberingprovider.hxx b/i18npool/inc/defaultnumberingprovider.hxx
index 2ec0c0a2e049..572b1d296d08 100644
--- a/i18npool/inc/defaultnumberingprovider.hxx
+++ b/i18npool/inc/defaultnumberingprovider.hxx
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ private:
     com::sun::star::uno::Reference < com::sun::star::container::XHierarchicalNameAccess > xHierarchicalNameAccess;
     TransliterationImpl* translit;
     OUString SAL_CALL makeNumberingIdentifier( sal_Int16 index )
-        throw(com::sun::star::uno::RuntimeException);
+        throw(com::sun::star::uno::RuntimeException, std::exception);
     bool SAL_CALL isScriptFlagEnabled(const OUString& aName )
         throw(com::sun::star::uno::RuntimeException);
 };
diff --git a/i18npool/source/defaultnumberingprovider/defaultnumberingprovider.cxx b/i18npool/source/defaultnumberingprovider/defaultnumberingprovider.cxx
index a38cb75c05c1..5e4d58291438 100644
--- a/i18npool/source/defaultnumberingprovider/defaultnumberingprovider.cxx
+++ b/i18npool/source/defaultnumberingprovider/defaultnumberingprovider.cxx
@@ -944,7 +944,7 @@ static const Supported_NumberingType aSupportedTypes[] =
 static const sal_Int32 nSupported_NumberingTypes = sizeof(aSupportedTypes) / sizeof(Supported_NumberingType);
 
 OUString DefaultNumberingProvider::makeNumberingIdentifier(sal_Int16 index)
-                                throw(RuntimeException)
+                                throw(RuntimeException, std::exception)
 {
     if (aSupportedTypes[index].cSymbol)
         return OUString(aSupportedTypes[index].cSymbol, strlen(aSupportedTypes[index].cSymbol), RTL_TEXTENCODING_UTF8);