diff --git a/test/test_circ.cpp b/test/test_circ.cpp
index b42d2a5..af1be9b 100644
--- a/test/test_circ.cpp
+++ b/test/test_circ.cpp
@@ -320,6 +320,30 @@ void Unit::test_prod_cons_performance() {
     test_prod_cons  <3 , 3 >(); // test & verify
 }
 
+#ifndef QVERIFY_EXCEPTION_THROWN
+#define QVERIFY_EXCEPTION_THROWN(expression, exceptiontype) \
+do {\
+    QT_TRY {\
+        QT_TRY {\
+            expression;\
+            QTest::qFail("Expected exception of type " #exceptiontype " to be thrown" \
+                         " but no exception caught", __FILE__, __LINE__);\
+            return;\
+        } QT_CATCH (const exceptiontype &) {\
+        }\
+    } QT_CATCH (const std::exception &e) {\
+        QByteArray msg = QByteArray() + "Expected exception of type " #exceptiontype \
+                         " to be thrown but std::exception caught with message: " + e.what(); \
+        QTest::qFail(msg.constData(), __FILE__, __LINE__);\
+        return;\
+    } QT_CATCH (...) {\
+        QTest::qFail("Expected exception of type " #exceptiontype " to be thrown" \
+                     " but unknown exception caught", __FILE__, __LINE__);\
+        return;\
+    }\
+} while (false)
+#endif/*!QVERIFY_EXCEPTION_THROWN*/
+
 void Unit::test_queue() {
     ipc::circ::queue<msg_t> queue;
     queue.push(1, 2);