diff --git a/include/string_view b/include/string_view
index c5cc255eb..3e112eba6 100644
--- a/include/string_view
+++ b/include/string_view
@@ -216,7 +216,7 @@ public:
 	basic_string_view& operator=(const basic_string_view&) _NOEXCEPT = default;
 
 	_LIBCPP_CONSTEXPR _LIBCPP_INLINE_VISIBILITY
-	basic_string_view(const _CharT* __s, size_type __len)
+	basic_string_view(const _CharT* __s, size_type __len) _NOEXCEPT
 		: __data(__s), __size(__len)
 	{
 // #if _LIBCPP_STD_VER > 11
diff --git a/test/std/strings/string.view/string.view.cons/default.pass.cpp b/test/std/strings/string.view/string.view.cons/default.pass.cpp
index ca332801e..79fadf619 100644
--- a/test/std/strings/string.view/string.view.cons/default.pass.cpp
+++ b/test/std/strings/string.view/string.view.cons/default.pass.cpp
@@ -21,6 +21,8 @@ template<typename T>
 void test () {
 #if TEST_STD_VER > 11
     {
+    ASSERT_NOEXCEPT(T());
+
     constexpr T sv1;
     static_assert ( sv1.size() == 0, "" );
     static_assert ( sv1.empty(), "");
diff --git a/test/std/strings/string.view/string.view.cons/from_literal.pass.cpp b/test/std/strings/string.view/string.view.cons/from_literal.pass.cpp
index 6c9939340..c98a8bd67 100644
--- a/test/std/strings/string.view/string.view.cons/from_literal.pass.cpp
+++ b/test/std/strings/string.view/string.view.cons/from_literal.pass.cpp
@@ -30,7 +30,11 @@ size_t StrLen ( const CharT *s ) {
 
 template<typename CharT>
 void test ( const CharT *s ) {
-    std::basic_string_view<CharT> sv1 ( s );
+    typedef std::basic_string_view<CharT> SV;
+//  I'd love to do this, but it would require traits::length() to be noexcept
+//  LIBCPP_ASSERT_NOEXCEPT(SV(s));
+
+    SV sv1 ( s );
     assert ( sv1.size() == StrLen( s ));
     assert ( sv1.data() == s );
     }
diff --git a/test/std/strings/string.view/string.view.cons/from_ptr_len.pass.cpp b/test/std/strings/string.view/string.view.cons/from_ptr_len.pass.cpp
index da4d264ae..2e4faab95 100644
--- a/test/std/strings/string.view/string.view.cons/from_ptr_len.pass.cpp
+++ b/test/std/strings/string.view/string.view.cons/from_ptr_len.pass.cpp
@@ -23,7 +23,10 @@
 template<typename CharT>
 void test ( const CharT *s, size_t sz ) {
     {
-    std::basic_string_view<CharT> sv1 ( s, sz );
+    typedef std::basic_string_view<CharT> SV;
+    LIBCPP_ASSERT_NOEXCEPT(SV(s, sz));
+
+    SV sv1 ( s, sz );
     assert ( sv1.size() == sz );
     assert ( sv1.data() == s );
     }
diff --git a/test/std/strings/string.view/string.view.cons/from_string.pass.cpp b/test/std/strings/string.view/string.view.cons/from_string.pass.cpp
index 3ca6ea16f..5fad2bfaa 100644
--- a/test/std/strings/string.view/string.view.cons/from_string.pass.cpp
+++ b/test/std/strings/string.view/string.view.cons/from_string.pass.cpp
@@ -24,7 +24,10 @@ struct dummy_char_traits : public std::char_traits<char> {};
 
 template<typename CharT, typename Traits>
 void test ( const std::basic_string<CharT, Traits> &str ) {
-    std::basic_string_view<CharT, Traits> sv1 ( str );
+    typedef std::basic_string_view<CharT, Traits> SV;
+    ASSERT_NOEXCEPT(SV(str));
+
+    SV sv1 ( str );
     assert ( sv1.size() == str.size());
     assert ( sv1.data() == str.data());
 }