diff --git a/.github/workflows/gcc-versions.yml b/.github/workflows/gcc-versions.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..9c365a24
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/gcc-versions.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+# the purpose of this github action is to test that simplecpp source code can be compiled using old gcc versions.
+# the gcc images we use here are copied from the official gcc images on docker hub
+
+name: gcc-versions
+
+on: [push, pull_request]
+
+permissions:
+  contents: read
+
+jobs:
+  build:
+
+    strategy:
+      matrix:
+        #image: ["ghcr.io/cppcheck-opensource/gcc:5.4", "ghcr.io/cppcheck-opensource/gcc:6.5", "ghcr.io/cppcheck-opensource/gcc:7.5", "ghcr.io/cppcheck-opensource/gcc:8.5", "ghcr.io/cppcheck-opensource/gcc:9.5"]
+        image: ["ghcr.io/cppcheck-opensource/gcc:5.4"]
+      fail-fast: false
+
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        with:
+          persist-credentials: false
+
+      - name: Build and run tests
+        run: |
+          docker run --rm -v ${{ github.workspace }}:/simplecpp -w /simplecpp ${{ matrix.image }} make -j$(nproc) simplecpp testrunner
+          docker run --rm -v ${{ github.workspace }}:/simplecpp -w /simplecpp ${{ matrix.image }} ./testrunner
diff --git a/simplecpp.cpp b/simplecpp.cpp
index 748ea6a9..35980cbe 100644
--- a/simplecpp.cpp
+++ b/simplecpp.cpp
@@ -3131,8 +3131,8 @@ simplecpp::FileDataCache::FileDataCache()
 {}
 
 simplecpp::FileDataCache::~FileDataCache() = default;
-simplecpp::FileDataCache::FileDataCache(FileDataCache &&) noexcept = default;
-simplecpp::FileDataCache &simplecpp::FileDataCache::operator=(simplecpp::FileDataCache &&) noexcept = default;
+simplecpp::FileDataCache::FileDataCache(FileDataCache &&) SIMPLECPP_NOEXCEPT = default;
+simplecpp::FileDataCache &simplecpp::FileDataCache::operator=(simplecpp::FileDataCache &&) SIMPLECPP_NOEXCEPT = default;
 
 static bool getFileId(const std::string &path, FileID &id);
 
diff --git a/simplecpp.h b/simplecpp.h
index ee2eb100..27c538ea 100644
--- a/simplecpp.h
+++ b/simplecpp.h
@@ -60,6 +60,15 @@
 #  endif
 #endif
 
+#if defined(__GNUC__) && !defined(__clang__) && __GNUC__ <= 9
+// Hack to workaround GCC bug.
+// Details: https://trac.cppcheck.net/ticket/14850
+// seen on g++ before 10.x
+#define  SIMPLECPP_NOEXCEPT
+#else
+#define  SIMPLECPP_NOEXCEPT  noexcept
+#endif
+
 namespace simplecpp {
     /** C code standard */
     enum cstd_t : std::int8_t { CUnknown=-1, C89, C99, C11, C17, C23, C2Y };
@@ -454,10 +463,10 @@ namespace simplecpp {
         ~FileDataCache();
 
         FileDataCache(const FileDataCache &) = delete;
-        FileDataCache(FileDataCache &&) noexcept;
+        FileDataCache(FileDataCache &&) SIMPLECPP_NOEXCEPT;
 
         FileDataCache &operator=(const FileDataCache &) = delete;
-        FileDataCache &operator=(FileDataCache &&) noexcept;
+        FileDataCache &operator=(FileDataCache &&) SIMPLECPP_NOEXCEPT;
 
         /** Get the cached data for a file, or load and then return it if it isn't cached.
          *  returns the file data and true if the file was loaded, false if it was cached. */