diff --git a/libguile/__scm.h b/libguile/__scm.h
index e75f1a9..486825e 100644
--- a/libguile/__scm.h
+++ b/libguile/__scm.h
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@
  *   1) int foo (char arg) SCM_NORETURN;
  */
 #ifdef __GNUC__
-#define SCM_NORETURN __attribute__ ((noreturn))
+#define SCM_NORETURN __attribute__ ((__noreturn__))
 #else
 #define SCM_NORETURN
 #endif