diff --git a/src/Makefile b/src/Makefile
index d9a9b54b..f77db2b6 100644
--- a/src/Makefile
+++ b/src/Makefile
@@ -141,7 +141,7 @@ endif
 
 ### 3.1 Selecting compiler (default = gcc)
 
-CXXFLAGS += -Wall -Wcast-qual -std=c++11 $(EXTRACXXFLAGS)
+CXXFLAGS += -Wall -Wcast-qual -fno-exceptions -std=c++11 $(EXTRACXXFLAGS)
 DEPENDFLAGS += -std=c++11
 LDFLAGS += $(EXTRALDFLAGS)