diff --git a/include/cppunit/TestAssert.h b/include/cppunit/TestAssert.h
index 1ab3643..ab787b5 100644
--- a/include/cppunit/TestAssert.h
+++ b/include/cppunit/TestAssert.h
@@ -422,7 +422,6 @@ void assertGreaterEqual(int expected, unsigned long long actual, SourceLine sour
 # define CPPUNIT_ASSERT_ASSERTION_PASS_MESSAGE(message, assertion)    \
    CPPUNIT_ASSERT_NO_THROW_MESSAGE(message, assertion)
 
-#define CPPUNIT_VA_SELECT(_2, _1, NAME, ...) NAME
 
 /*
  * Variadic macros for message/no-message signatures
@@ -455,6 +454,8 @@ void assertGreaterEqual(int expected, unsigned long long actual, SourceLine sour
 
 #define assert_doubles_equal(expected, actual, tolerance, ...) CPPUNIT_ASSERT_BODY(__VA_ARGS__) (CPPUNIT_ASSERT_DOUBLES_EQUAL, __VA_ARGS__, expected, actual, tolerance)
 
+#define assert_throw(expected, expression, ...) CPPUNIT_ASSERT_BODY(__VA_ARGS__) (CPPUNIT_ASSERT_THROW, __VA_ARGS__, expression, expected)
+#define assert_no_throw(expression, ...) CPPUNIT_ASSERT_BODY(__VA_ARGS__) (CPPUNIT_ASSERT_NO_THROW, __VA_ARGS__, expression)
 
 CPPUNIT_NS_END
 
diff --git a/test/cppunit_test.cpp b/test/cppunit_test.cpp
index 16765d0..46d9385 100644
--- a/test/cppunit_test.cpp
+++ b/test/cppunit_test.cpp
@@ -58,6 +58,12 @@ class FooTest : public CppUnit::TestFixture
 		assert_doubles_equal(42.0, 42.0, 0.001);
 	}
 
+	void testThrow()
+	{
+		assert_no_throw(42);
+		assert_throw(int, throw 42);
+	}
+
 	void testMessage()
 	{
 		assert_true(true, "message");
@@ -72,6 +78,9 @@ class FooTest : public CppUnit::TestFixture
 		assert_greater_equal(4, 8, "message");
 
 		assert_doubles_equal(4.2, 4.2, 0.1, "message");
+
+		assert_no_throw(42, "message");
+		assert_throw(int, throw 42, "message");
 	}
 
 	static CppUnit::Test* suite()
@@ -83,6 +92,7 @@ class FooTest : public CppUnit::TestFixture
 		CPPUNIT_ADD_TEST(suite, testStrings);
 		CPPUNIT_ADD_TEST(suite, testIntegers);
 		CPPUNIT_ADD_TEST(suite, testDoubles);
+		CPPUNIT_ADD_TEST(suite, testThrow);
 
 		CPPUNIT_ADD_TEST(suite, testMessage);
 
diff --git a/test/cppunit_test.rb b/test/cppunit_test.rb
index dd2ae82..5f8f306 100644
--- a/test/cppunit_test.rb
+++ b/test/cppunit_test.rb
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ def testCppUnit
     Dir.chdir(File.join(File.dirname(__FILE__), '..', 'build', 'test', ENV['CONFIGURATION'].to_s)) {
       output = `./cppunit_test`
       assert_equal 1, $?.exitstatus
-      assert_match /Run:\s+6\s+Failures:\s+1\s+Errors:\s+0/, output
+      assert_match /Run:\s+7\s+Failures:\s+1\s+Errors:\s+0/, output
     }
   end