diff --git a/src/norm_engine.cpp b/src/norm_engine.cpp
index 3fc54390..6f813346 100644
--- a/src/norm_engine.cpp
+++ b/src/norm_engine.cpp
@@ -415,7 +415,8 @@ void zmq::norm_engine_t::recv_data(NormObjectHandle object)
         if (NULL == rxState)
         {
             // This is a new stream, so create rxState with zmq decoder, etc
-            rxState = new NormRxStreamState(object, options.maxmsgsize);
+            rxState = new (std::nothrow) NormRxStreamState(object, options.maxmsgsize);
+
             if (!rxState->Init())
             {
                 errno_assert(false);
diff --git a/src/socket_base.cpp b/src/socket_base.cpp
index bd013f90..f7b5440f 100644
--- a/src/socket_base.cpp
+++ b/src/socket_base.cpp
@@ -204,9 +204,10 @@ zmq::socket_base_t::socket_base_t (ctx_t *parent_, uint32_t tid_, int sid_, bool
     options.linger = parent_->get (ZMQ_BLOCKY)? -1: 0;
 
     if (thread_safe)
-        mailbox = new mailbox_safe_t(&sync);
+        mailbox = new (std::nothrow) mailbox_safe_t(&sync);
     else {
-        mailbox_t *m = new mailbox_t();
+        mailbox_t *m = new (std::nothrow) mailbox_t();
+
         if (m->get_fd () != retired_fd)
             mailbox = m;
         else {
@@ -1298,7 +1299,7 @@ void zmq::socket_base_t::start_reaping (poller_t *poller_)
     else {
         scoped_optional_lock_t sync_lock(thread_safe ? &sync : NULL);
 
-        reaper_signaler =  new signaler_t();
+        reaper_signaler = new (std::nothrow) signaler_t();
 
         //  Add signaler to the safe mailbox
         fd = reaper_signaler->get_fd();
diff --git a/src/zmq.cpp b/src/zmq.cpp
index 9a0de548..cc9945df 100644
--- a/src/zmq.cpp
+++ b/src/zmq.cpp
@@ -757,7 +757,7 @@ inline int zmq_poller_poll (zmq_pollitem_t *items_, int nitems_, long timeout_)
     // implement zmq_poll on top of zmq_poller
     int rc;
     zmq_poller_event_t *events;
-    events = new zmq_poller_event_t[nitems_];
+    events = new (std::nothrow) zmq_poller_event_t[nitems_];
     alloc_assert(events);
     void *poller = zmq_poller_new ();
     alloc_assert(poller);
diff --git a/src/zmq_utils.cpp b/src/zmq_utils.cpp
index 2b7ac18e..88b90344 100644
--- a/src/zmq_utils.cpp
+++ b/src/zmq_utils.cpp
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@
 #include "atomic_counter.hpp"
 #include "atomic_ptr.hpp"
 #include <assert.h>
+#include <new>
 #include <stdint.h>
 
 #if !defined ZMQ_HAVE_WINDOWS
@@ -75,7 +76,7 @@ unsigned long zmq_stopwatch_stop (void *watch_)
 
 void *zmq_threadstart(zmq_thread_fn* func, void* arg)
 {
-    zmq::thread_t* thread = new zmq::thread_t;
+    zmq::thread_t* thread = new (std::nothrow) zmq::thread_t;
     thread->start(func, arg);
     return thread;
 }
@@ -265,7 +266,7 @@ int zmq_curve_public (char *z85_public_key, const char *z85_secret_key)
 
 void *zmq_atomic_counter_new (void)
 {
-    zmq::atomic_counter_t *counter = new zmq::atomic_counter_t;
+    zmq::atomic_counter_t *counter = new (std::nothrow) zmq::atomic_counter_t;
     alloc_assert (counter);
     return counter;
 }