diff --git a/scripts/build-android-armv7a.sh b/scripts/build-android-armv7a.sh
index 9bc9f6d4..e1fb8662 100755
--- a/scripts/build-android-armv7a.sh
+++ b/scripts/build-android-armv7a.sh
@@ -8,5 +8,5 @@ export NDK_HOME=$PWD/android-ndk-r10e/
 CFLAGS="-Os -fdata-sections -ffunction-sections" \
 CXXFLAGS="-Os -fdata-sections -ffunction-sections -fno-exceptions -fno-rtti -fvisibility=hidden" \
 LINKFLAGS="-Wl,--gc-sections -Wl,--strip-all" \
-./waf configure -T release --android=armeabi-v7a-hard,4.9,21 --togles --disable-warns && ./waf build
+CXXFLAGS="-fexceptions" CFLAGS="-fexceptions" ./waf configure -T release --android=armeabi-v7a-hard,4.9,21 --togles --disable-warns && ./waf build