diff --git a/Lib/guile/std_except.i b/Lib/guile/std_except.i
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+// TODO: STL exception handling
+// Note that the generic std_except.i file did not work
+%{
+#include <stdexcept>
+%}
+
+namespace std {
+  %ignore exception;
+  struct exception {
+  };
+}
+