diff --git a/include/spdlog/common.h b/include/spdlog/common.h
index 8208b832..d10a1d3b 100644
--- a/include/spdlog/common.h
+++ b/include/spdlog/common.h
@@ -27,12 +27,21 @@
 #include<initializer_list>
 #include<chrono>
 
+//visual studio does not support noexcept yet
+#ifndef _MSC_VER
+#define SPDLOG_NOEXCEPT noexcept
+#else
+#define SPDLOG_NOEXCEPT
+#endif
+
 namespace spdlog
 {
 
 class formatter;
 
-namespace sinks { class sink;}
+namespace sinks {
+class sink;
+}
 
 // Common types across the lib
 using log_clock = std::chrono::system_clock;
@@ -71,8 +80,8 @@ inline const char* to_str(spdlog::level::level_enum l)
 class spdlog_ex : public std::exception
 {
 public:
-    spdlog_ex(const std::string& msg) :_msg(msg) {};
-    const char* what() const throw() override
+    spdlog_ex(const std::string& msg) :_msg(msg) {}
+    const char* what() const SPDLOG_NOEXCEPT override
     {
         return _msg.c_str();
     }
diff --git a/include/spdlog/details/file_helper.h b/include/spdlog/details/file_helper.h
index 9a045bd6..fbc48e70 100644
--- a/include/spdlog/details/file_helper.h
+++ b/include/spdlog/details/file_helper.h
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ public:
     explicit file_helper(bool auto_flush):
         _fd(nullptr),
         _auto_flush(auto_flush)
-    {};
+    {}
 
     file_helper(const file_helper&) = delete;
     file_helper& operator=(const file_helper&) = delete;
diff --git a/include/spdlog/sinks/base_sink.h b/include/spdlog/sinks/base_sink.h
index a1384819..f1647ae0 100644
--- a/include/spdlog/sinks/base_sink.h
+++ b/include/spdlog/sinks/base_sink.h
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ public:
     {
         std::lock_guard<Mutex> lock(_mutex);
         _sink_it(msg);
-    };
+    }
 
 
 protected:
diff --git a/include/spdlog/sinks/syslog_sink.h b/include/spdlog/sinks/syslog_sink.h
index b6bb5eca..0b8b36ba 100644
--- a/include/spdlog/sinks/syslog_sink.h
+++ b/include/spdlog/sinks/syslog_sink.h
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ public:
     void log(const details::log_msg &msg) override
     {
         ::syslog(syslog_prio_from_level(msg), "%s", msg.formatted.str().c_str());
-    };
+    }