diff --git a/src/Main.cxx b/src/Main.cxx
index 49f3ea731..f96146336 100644
--- a/src/Main.cxx
+++ b/src/Main.cxx
@@ -433,7 +433,8 @@ Instance::OnIdle(unsigned flags)
 
 #ifndef ANDROID
 
-int main(int argc, char *argv[])
+int
+main(int argc, char *argv[]) noexcept
 {
 #ifdef _WIN32
 	return win32_main(argc, argv);
@@ -445,7 +446,8 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
 #endif
 
 static int
-mpd_main_after_fork(const ConfigData &raw_config, const Config &config);
+mpd_main_after_fork(const ConfigData &raw_config,
+		    const Config &config);
 
 static inline int
 MainOrThrow(int argc, char *argv[])
@@ -533,7 +535,7 @@ MainOrThrow(int argc, char *argv[])
 #ifdef ANDROID
 static inline
 #endif
-int mpd_main(int argc, char *argv[])
+int mpd_main(int argc, char *argv[]) noexcept
 {
 	AtScopeExit() { log_deinit(); };
 
diff --git a/src/Main.hxx b/src/Main.hxx
index 9b41abf9f..8fb267919 100644
--- a/src/Main.hxx
+++ b/src/Main.hxx
@@ -38,7 +38,8 @@ extern Instance *instance;
  * On Windows platform this is called from win32_main()
  * after doing some initialization.
  */
-int mpd_main(int argc, char *argv[]);
+int
+mpd_main(int argc, char *argv[]) noexcept;
 
 #endif