diff --git a/src/glog/logging.h b/src/glog/logging.h
index 170ab24e0..d9099774c 100644
--- a/src/glog/logging.h
+++ b/src/glog/logging.h
@@ -1333,7 +1333,7 @@ class GLOG_EXPORT LogMessage {
   LogMessage(const char* file, int line,
              const logging::internal::CheckOpString& result);
 
-  ~LogMessage();
+  ~LogMessage() noexcept(false);
 
   // Flush a buffered message to the sink set in the constructor.  Always
   // called by the destructor, it may also be called from elsewhere if
diff --git a/src/logging.cc b/src/logging.cc
index 5bd146c65..1e6291d5e 100644
--- a/src/logging.cc
+++ b/src/logging.cc
@@ -1723,8 +1723,9 @@ const char* LogMessage::fullname() const noexcept { return data_->fullname_; }
 const char* LogMessage::basename() const noexcept { return data_->basename_; }
 const LogMessageTime& LogMessage::time() const noexcept { return time_; }
 
-LogMessage::~LogMessage() {
+LogMessage::~LogMessage() noexcept(false) {
   Flush();
+  bool fail = data_->severity_ == GLOG_FATAL && exit_on_dfatal;
 #ifdef GLOG_THREAD_LOCAL_STORAGE
   if (data_ == static_cast<void*>(&thread_msg_data)) {
     data_->~LogMessageData();
@@ -1735,7 +1736,10 @@ LogMessage::~LogMessage() {
 #else   // !defined(GLOG_THREAD_LOCAL_STORAGE)
   delete allocated_;
 #endif  // defined(GLOG_THREAD_LOCAL_STORAGE)
-}
+  if (fail) {
+    Fail();
+    } 
+  }
 
 int LogMessage::preserved_errno() const { return data_->preserved_errno_; }