diff --git a/include/nlohmann/json.hpp b/include/nlohmann/json.hpp
index f915cbc0f..765b5dba5 100644
--- a/include/nlohmann/json.hpp
+++ b/include/nlohmann/json.hpp
@@ -5397,7 +5397,11 @@ class basic_json // NOLINT(cppcoreguidelines-special-member-functions,hicpp-spec
     R apply_r(Fn&& f, Args&& ... args)
     {
         R out;
-        apply_cb([&out](R && r) noexcept(noexcept(out = std::forward<decltype(r)>(r)))
+        // dynamic noexcept specifier fails to compile on Clang <3.6
+        apply_cb([&out](R && r)
+#if !defined(__clang__) || (defined(__clang__) && __clang_major__ == 3 && __clang_minor__ > 5)
+                 noexcept(noexcept(out = std::forward<decltype(r)>(r)))
+#endif
         {
             out = std::forward<decltype(r)>(r);
         }, std::forward<Fn>(f), std::forward<Args>(args)...);
@@ -5408,7 +5412,11 @@ class basic_json // NOLINT(cppcoreguidelines-special-member-functions,hicpp-spec
     R apply_r(Fn&& f, Args&& ... args) const
     {
         R out;
-        apply_cb([&out](R && r) noexcept(noexcept(out = std::forward<decltype(r)>(r)))
+        // dynamic noexcept specifier fails to compile on Clang <3.6
+        apply_cb([&out](R && r)
+#if !defined(__clang__) || (defined(__clang__) && __clang_major__ == 3 && __clang_minor__ > 5)
+                 noexcept(noexcept(out = std::forward<decltype(r)>(r)))
+#endif
         {
             out = std::forward<decltype(r)>(r);
         }, std::forward<Fn>(f), std::forward<Args>(args)...);
diff --git a/single_include/nlohmann/json.hpp b/single_include/nlohmann/json.hpp
index d8149a368..a9ff34111 100644
--- a/single_include/nlohmann/json.hpp
+++ b/single_include/nlohmann/json.hpp
@@ -23777,7 +23777,11 @@ class basic_json // NOLINT(cppcoreguidelines-special-member-functions,hicpp-spec
     R apply_r(Fn&& f, Args&& ... args)
     {
         R out;
-        apply_cb([&out](R && r) noexcept(noexcept(out = std::forward<decltype(r)>(r)))
+        // dynamic noexcept specifier fails to compile on Clang <3.6
+        apply_cb([&out](R && r)
+#if !defined(__clang__) || (defined(__clang__) && __clang_major__ == 3 && __clang_minor__ > 5)
+                 noexcept(noexcept(out = std::forward<decltype(r)>(r)))
+#endif
         {
             out = std::forward<decltype(r)>(r);
         }, std::forward<Fn>(f), std::forward<Args>(args)...);
@@ -23788,7 +23792,11 @@ class basic_json // NOLINT(cppcoreguidelines-special-member-functions,hicpp-spec
     R apply_r(Fn&& f, Args&& ... args) const
     {
         R out;
-        apply_cb([&out](R && r) noexcept(noexcept(out = std::forward<decltype(r)>(r)))
+        // dynamic noexcept specifier fails to compile on Clang <3.6
+        apply_cb([&out](R && r)
+#if !defined(__clang__) || (defined(__clang__) && __clang_major__ == 3 && __clang_minor__ > 5)
+                 noexcept(noexcept(out = std::forward<decltype(r)>(r)))
+#endif
         {
             out = std::forward<decltype(r)>(r);
         }, std::forward<Fn>(f), std::forward<Args>(args)...);
diff --git a/tests/src/unit-apply.cpp b/tests/src/unit-apply.cpp
index d01ee1dc2..9486eae72 100644
--- a/tests/src/unit-apply.cpp
+++ b/tests/src/unit-apply.cpp
@@ -336,10 +336,6 @@ TEST_CASE("apply*() functions")
         }
     }
 
-    // apply_cb() (which apply_r() is based on) fails on Clang
-    // due to is_invocable not yielding true as expected
-    // while testing the invocable implementation Clang 3.5 crashed
-#if !defined(__clang__) || (defined(__clang__) && __clang_major__ == 3 && __clang_minor__ < 6)
     SECTION("apply_r()")
     {
         SECTION("value types")
@@ -653,6 +649,8 @@ TEST_CASE("apply*() functions")
                 CHECK(f.bar == 42);
             }
         }
+
+        // add functor
     }
 }