diff --git a/lib/checkexceptionsafety.cpp b/lib/checkexceptionsafety.cpp
index ac6fc8707..4f8a6b948 100644
--- a/lib/checkexceptionsafety.cpp
+++ b/lib/checkexceptionsafety.cpp
@@ -270,7 +270,9 @@ void CheckExceptionSafety::unhandledExceptionSpecification()
     for (std::size_t i = 0; i < functions; ++i) {
         const Scope * scope = symbolDatabase->functionScopes[i];
         // only check functions without exception epecification
-        if (scope->function && !scope->function->isThrow) {
+        if (scope->function && !scope->function->isThrow &&
+            scope->className != "main" && scope->className != "wmain" &&
+            scope->className != "_tmain" && scope->className != "WinMain") {
             for (const Token *tok = scope->function->functionScope->classStart->next();
                  tok != scope->function->functionScope->classEnd; tok = tok->next()) {
                 if (tok->str() == "try") {
diff --git a/test/testexceptionsafety.cpp b/test/testexceptionsafety.cpp
index 401808197..da419b13c 100644
--- a/test/testexceptionsafety.cpp
+++ b/test/testexceptionsafety.cpp
@@ -44,7 +44,8 @@ private:
         TEST_CASE(catchExceptionByValue);
         TEST_CASE(noexceptThrow);
         TEST_CASE(nothrowThrow);
-        TEST_CASE(unhandledExceptionSpecification); // #4800
+        TEST_CASE(unhandledExceptionSpecification1); // #4800
+        TEST_CASE(unhandledExceptionSpecification2);
         TEST_CASE(nothrowAttributeThrow);
         TEST_CASE(nothrowAttributeThrow2); // #5703
     }
@@ -344,7 +345,7 @@ private:
         ASSERT_EQUALS("", errout.str());
     }
 
-    void unhandledExceptionSpecification() { // #4800
+    void unhandledExceptionSpecification1() { // #4800
         check("void myThrowingFoo() throw(MyException) {\n"
               "  throw MyException();\n"
               "}\n"
@@ -359,6 +360,15 @@ private:
         ASSERT_EQUALS("[test.cpp:5] -> [test.cpp:1]: (warning) Unhandled exception specification when calling function myThrowingFoo().\n", errout.str());
     }
 
+    void unhandledExceptionSpecification2() {
+        check("void f() const throw (std::runtime_error);\n"
+              "int main()\n"
+              "{\n"
+              "    f();\n"
+              "}\n");
+        ASSERT_EQUALS("", errout.str());
+    }
+
     void nothrowAttributeThrow() {
         check("void func1() throw(int) { throw 1; }\n"
               "void func2() __attribute((nothrow)); void func1() { throw 1; }\n"