diff --git a/src/V3FileLine.h b/src/V3FileLine.h
index 1ff0c06a4..328b682cd 100644
--- a/src/V3FileLine.h
+++ b/src/V3FileLine.h
@@ -247,7 +247,7 @@ public:
 
     // OPERATORS
     void v3errorEnd(std::ostringstream& str, const string& extra = "");
-    void v3errorEndFatal(std::ostringstream& str);
+    void v3errorEndFatal(std::ostringstream& str) VL_ATTR_NORETURN;
     /// When building an error, prefix for printing continuation lines
     /// e.g. information referring to the same FileLine as before
     string warnMore() const;