diff --git a/writerperfect/source/writer/WordPerfectImportFilter.cxx b/writerperfect/source/writer/WordPerfectImportFilter.cxx
index ee0aad258bd9..e70eef6ebd86 100644
--- a/writerperfect/source/writer/WordPerfectImportFilter.cxx
+++ b/writerperfect/source/writer/WordPerfectImportFilter.cxx
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ static bool handleEmbeddedWPGImage(const WPXBinaryData &input, WPXBinaryData &ou
 }
 
 bool SAL_CALL WordPerfectImportFilter::importImpl( const Sequence< ::com::sun::star::beans::PropertyValue >& aDescriptor )
-throw (RuntimeException)
+    throw (RuntimeException, std::exception)
 {
     sal_Int32 nLength = aDescriptor.getLength();
     const PropertyValue *pValue = aDescriptor.getConstArray();
diff --git a/writerperfect/source/writer/WordPerfectImportFilter.hxx b/writerperfect/source/writer/WordPerfectImportFilter.hxx
index 0e9369bb173d..8a1a661d4d92 100644
--- a/writerperfect/source/writer/WordPerfectImportFilter.hxx
+++ b/writerperfect/source/writer/WordPerfectImportFilter.hxx
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ protected:
     ::com::sun::star::uno::Reference< ::com::sun::star::xml::sax::XDocumentHandler > mxHandler;
 
     bool SAL_CALL importImpl( const ::com::sun::star::uno::Sequence< ::com::sun::star::beans::PropertyValue >& aDescriptor )
-    throw (::com::sun::star::uno::RuntimeException);
+        throw (css::uno::RuntimeException, std::exception);
 
 public:
     WordPerfectImportFilter( const ::com::sun::star::uno::Reference< ::com::sun::star::uno::XComponentContext > &rxContext )