diff --git a/src/main/java/net/openhft/chronicle/map/ChronicleMapBuilder.java b/src/main/java/net/openhft/chronicle/map/ChronicleMapBuilder.java
index dcc181616..17158bb00 100755
--- a/src/main/java/net/openhft/chronicle/map/ChronicleMapBuilder.java
+++ b/src/main/java/net/openhft/chronicle/map/ChronicleMapBuilder.java
@@ -1465,7 +1465,7 @@ public final class ChronicleMapBuilder<K, V> implements
         try {
             xStreamClass =
                     Class.forName("net.openhft.xstream.MapHeaderSerializationXStream");
-        } catch (ClassNotFoundException e) {
+        } catch (ClassNotFoundException | NoClassDefFoundError e) {
             xStreamClass = null;
         }
         if (xStreamClass == null) {