diff --git a/std/getopt.d b/std/getopt.d
index d177c2962..1f5154de7 100644
--- a/std/getopt.d
+++ b/std/getopt.d
@@ -45,6 +45,12 @@ $(UL
 */
 class GetOptException : Exception
 {
+    @safe pure nothrow
+    this(string msg, string file = __FILE__,
+        size_t line = __LINE__)
+    {
+        super(msg, file, line);
+    }
     @safe pure nothrow
     this(string msg, Exception next, string file = __FILE__,
         size_t line = __LINE__)
@@ -53,6 +59,9 @@ class GetOptException : Exception
     }
 }
 
+static assert(is(typeof(new GetOptException("message"))));
+static assert(is(typeof(new GetOptException("message", Exception.init))));
+
 /**
    Parse and remove command line options from an string array.