diff --git a/Changes b/Changes
index 4624fc8c8..30a6b5a14 100644
--- a/Changes
+++ b/Changes
@@ -10,6 +10,8 @@ The contributors that suggested a given feature are shown in []. Thanks!
 
 ****  Fix enum ranges without colons, bug1204. [Mike Popoloski]
 
+****  Fix GCC noreturn compile error, bug1209. [Mike Popoloski]
+
 
 * Verilator 3.910 2017-09-07
 
diff --git a/include/verilatedos.h b/include/verilatedos.h
index f18772da5..ac6a9a1cd 100644
--- a/include/verilatedos.h
+++ b/include/verilatedos.h
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@
 # define VL_FUNC  __func__
 # define VL_LIKELY(x)	__builtin_expect(!!(x), 1)
 # define VL_UNLIKELY(x)	__builtin_expect(!!(x), 0)
+# define VL_UNREACHABLE __builtin_unreachable();
 # define VL_PREFETCH_RD(p) __builtin_prefetch((p),0)
 # define VL_PREFETCH_RW(p) __builtin_prefetch((p),1)
 #elif defined(_MSC_VER)
@@ -57,6 +58,7 @@
 # define VL_FUNC  __FUNCTION__
 # define VL_LIKELY(x)	(!!(x))
 # define VL_UNLIKELY(x)	(!!(x))
+# define VL_UNREACHABLE
 # define VL_PREFETCH_RD(p)
 # define VL_PREFETCH_RW(p)
 #else
@@ -68,6 +70,7 @@
 # define VL_FUNC "__func__"		///< Name of current function for error macros
 # define VL_LIKELY(x)	(!!(x))		///< Boolean expression more often true than false
 # define VL_UNLIKELY(x)	(!!(x))		///< Boolean expression more often false than true
+# define VL_UNREACHABLE			///< Point that may never be reached
 # define VL_PREFETCH_RD(p)		///< Prefetch data with read intent
 # define VL_PREFETCH_RW(p)		///< Prefetch data with read/write intent
 #endif
diff --git a/src/V3Error.h b/src/V3Error.h
index e0c95df7d..faf6ef94b 100644
--- a/src/V3Error.h
+++ b/src/V3Error.h
@@ -254,8 +254,7 @@ class V3Error {
 // Global versions, so that if the class doesn't define a operator, we get the functions anyways.
 inline int debug() { return V3Error::debugDefault(); }
 inline void v3errorEnd(ostringstream& sstr) { V3Error::v3errorEnd(sstr); }
-inline void v3errorEndFatal(ostringstream& sstr) VL_ATTR_NORETURN;
-inline void v3errorEndFatal(ostringstream& sstr) { V3Error::v3errorEnd(sstr); assert(0); }
+inline void v3errorEndFatal(ostringstream& sstr) { V3Error::v3errorEnd(sstr); assert(0); VL_UNREACHABLE }
 
 // Theses allow errors using << operators: v3error("foo"<<"bar");
 // Careful, you can't put () around msg, as you would in most macro definitions
diff --git a/src/V3FileLine.h b/src/V3FileLine.h
index 9ee5a3ee1..b8d76c6e3 100644
--- a/src/V3FileLine.h
+++ b/src/V3FileLine.h
@@ -161,11 +161,13 @@ public:
 
     // OPERATORS
     void v3errorEnd(ostringstream& str);
-    void v3errorEndFatal(ostringstream& str) VL_ATTR_NORETURN;
+    void v3errorEndFatal(ostringstream& str);
     string warnMore() const;
     inline bool operator==(FileLine rhs) const {
 	return (m_lineno==rhs.m_lineno && m_filenameno==rhs.m_filenameno && m_warnOn==rhs.m_warnOn);
     }
+private:
+    void v3errorEndFatalGuts(ostringstream& str);
 };
 ostream& operator<<(ostream& os, FileLine* fileline);