diff --git a/org.eclipse.xtext.xbase.tests/src/org/eclipse/xtext/xbase/tests/validation/JvmGenericTypeValidatorTest.java b/org.eclipse.xtext.xbase.tests/src/org/eclipse/xtext/xbase/tests/validation/JvmGenericTypeValidatorTest.java
index 0e6c7ccae28..1788f349580 100644
--- a/org.eclipse.xtext.xbase.tests/src/org/eclipse/xtext/xbase/tests/validation/JvmGenericTypeValidatorTest.java
+++ b/org.eclipse.xtext.xbase.tests/src/org/eclipse/xtext/xbase/tests/validation/JvmGenericTypeValidatorTest.java
@@ -476,6 +476,39 @@ public void testWildcardSuperType() throws Exception {
 				"reduce", "visibility");
 	}
 
+	@Test public void testIncompatibleThrowsClause() throws Exception {
+		var source = "class Foo extends test.ExceptionThrowing {"
+				+ "def void ioException() throws Exception {} }";
+		var model = parse(source);
+		validationHelper.assertError(model, MY_METHOD, INCOMPATIBLE_THROWS_CLAUSE,
+				source.lastIndexOf("Exception"), "Exception".length(),
+				"Exception", "is not", "compatible", "throws", "clause");
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Two incompatible exceptions from three supertypes;
+	 * the marker is set on the offending exceptions only.
+	 * https://github.com/eclipse/xtext/issues/2912
+	 */
+	@Test public void testIncompatibleThrowsClauseFromMultipleSuperTypes() throws Exception {
+		var source = "class Foo extends test.ExceptionThrowing "
+				+ "implements test.ExceptionThrowingInterface, test.ExceptionThrowingInterface2 {"
+				+ "def void nullPointerException() throws "
+				+ "NullPointerException, java.io.IOException, java.io.FileNotFoundException {} "
+				+ "}";
+		var model = parse(source);
+		var expectedSuffix = " is not compatible with the throws clause in "
+				+ "ExceptionThrowing.nullPointerException(), ExceptionThrowingInterface.nullPointerException() and ExceptionThrowingInterface2.nullPointerException()";
+		validationHelper.assertError(model, MY_METHOD, INCOMPATIBLE_THROWS_CLAUSE,
+				source.indexOf("java.io.IOException"), "java.io.IOException".length(),
+				"declared exception IOException",
+				expectedSuffix);
+		validationHelper.assertError(model, MY_METHOD, INCOMPATIBLE_THROWS_CLAUSE,
+				source.indexOf("java.io.FileNotFoundException"), "java.io.FileNotFoundException".length(),
+				"declared exception FileNotFoundException",
+				expectedSuffix);
+	}
+
 	@Test public void testDuplicateParameter() throws Exception {
 		var source = "class Foo { def void foo(int x, int x) {} }";
 		var model = parse(source);
diff --git a/org.eclipse.xtext.xbase.tests/testdata/test/ExceptionThrowing.java b/org.eclipse.xtext.xbase.tests/testdata/test/ExceptionThrowing.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..71b7e433897
--- /dev/null
+++ b/org.eclipse.xtext.xbase.tests/testdata/test/ExceptionThrowing.java
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+/*******************************************************************************
+ * Copyright (c) 2024 itemis AG (http://www.itemis.eu) and others.
+ * This program and the accompanying materials are made available under the
+ * terms of the Eclipse Public License 2.0 which is available at
+ * http://www.eclipse.org/legal/epl-2.0.
+ *
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier: EPL-2.0
+ *******************************************************************************/
+package test;
+
+import java.io.IOException;
+
+/**
+ * @author Lorenzo Bettini - Initial contribution and API
+ */
+public class ExceptionThrowing {
+
+	public void ioException() throws IOException {
+	}
+
+	public void nullPointerException() throws NullPointerException {
+	}
+
+}
diff --git a/org.eclipse.xtext.xbase.tests/testdata/test/ExceptionThrowingInterface.java b/org.eclipse.xtext.xbase.tests/testdata/test/ExceptionThrowingInterface.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..57c1bd311f3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/org.eclipse.xtext.xbase.tests/testdata/test/ExceptionThrowingInterface.java
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+/*******************************************************************************
+ * Copyright (c) 2024 itemis AG (http://www.itemis.eu) and others.
+ * This program and the accompanying materials are made available under the
+ * terms of the Eclipse Public License 2.0 which is available at
+ * http://www.eclipse.org/legal/epl-2.0.
+ *
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier: EPL-2.0
+ *******************************************************************************/
+package test;
+
+/**
+ * @author Lorenzo Bettini - Initial contribution and API
+ */
+interface ExceptionThrowingInterface {
+
+	void nullPointerException() throws NullPointerException;
+}
diff --git a/org.eclipse.xtext.xbase.tests/testdata/test/ExceptionThrowingInterface2.java b/org.eclipse.xtext.xbase.tests/testdata/test/ExceptionThrowingInterface2.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..d196f80e4a3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/org.eclipse.xtext.xbase.tests/testdata/test/ExceptionThrowingInterface2.java
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+/*******************************************************************************
+ * Copyright (c) 2024 itemis AG (http://www.itemis.eu) and others.
+ * This program and the accompanying materials are made available under the
+ * terms of the Eclipse Public License 2.0 which is available at
+ * http://www.eclipse.org/legal/epl-2.0.
+ *
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier: EPL-2.0
+ *******************************************************************************/
+package test;
+
+/**
+ * @author Lorenzo Bettini - Initial contribution and API
+ */
+interface ExceptionThrowingInterface2 {
+
+	void nullPointerException() throws NullPointerException;
+
+}