diff --git a/meta/recipes-core/libxml/libxml2.inc b/meta/recipes-core/libxml/libxml2.inc
index 9ec507b..8794247 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-core/libxml/libxml2.inc
+++ b/meta/recipes-core/libxml/libxml2.inc
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ do_configure_prepend () {
 	sed -i -e '/.*ansidecl.h.*/d' ${S}/configure.in
 }
 
-EXTRA_OECONF = "--without-python --without-debug --without-legacy --without-catalog --without-docbook --with-c14n --without-lzma"
+EXTRA_OECONF = "--without-python --without-debug --without-legacy --without-catalog --without-docbook --with-c14n --without-lzma --with-fexceptions"
 EXTRA_OECONF_class-native = "--with-python=${STAGING_BINDIR}/python --without-legacy --with-catalog --without-docbook --with-c14n --without-lzma"
 EXTRA_OECONF_class-nativesdk = "--with-python=${STAGING_BINDIR}/python --without-legacy --with-catalog --without-docbook --with-c14n --without-lzma"
 EXTRA_OECONF_linuxstdbase = "--without-python --with-debug --with-legacy --with-catalog --with-docbook --with-c14n --without-lzma"