diff --git a/binding.gyp b/binding.gyp
index b3b5683..36a75fb 100644
--- a/binding.gyp
+++ b/binding.gyp
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@
       ],
       'dependencies': ["<!(node -p \"require('node-addon-api').gyp\")"],
       'cflags!': [ '-fPIC' ],
-      'cflags_cc!': [ '-fPIC' ],
+      'cflags_cc!': [ '-fPIC -fexceptions' ],
       'xcode_settings': {
         'GCC_ENABLE_CPP_EXCEPTIONS': 'YES',
         'CLANG_CXX_LIBRARY': 'libc++',