diff --git a/qt/qt4/config.in b/qt/qt4/config.in
index 00f7f005e..66e4ca8d9 100644
--- a/qt/qt4/config.in
+++ b/qt/qt4/config.in
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 # This copyright note is auto-generated by ./scripts/Create-CopyPatch.
 #
 # Filename: package/.../qt4/config.in
-# Copyright (C) 2006 - 2007 The OpenSDE Project
+# Copyright (C) 2006 - 2010 The OpenSDE Project
 # Copyright (C) 2004 - 2006 The T2 SDE Project
 #
 # More information can be found in the files COPYING and README.
@@ -17,8 +17,10 @@ if pkgcheck qt4 X ; then
  	menu_begin MENU_PKG_QT4 'Qt4 Package Options'
 		text 'Install prefix for Qt4' \
 			SDECFG_PKG_QT4_PREFIX "usr"
-		bool 'Enable exception and STL support' \
-		SDECFG_PKG_QT4_EXCEPTION_STL 0
+		bool 'Disable exceptions on compilers that support it' \
+		SDECFG_PKG_QT4_NO_EXCEPTIONS 0
+		bool 'Do not compile STL support' \
+		SDECFG_PKG_QT4_NO_STL 0
 	menu_end
 fi
 
diff --git a/qt/qt4/qt4.conf b/qt/qt4/qt4.conf
index 1ee7979d0..ce737197f 100644
--- a/qt/qt4/qt4.conf
+++ b/qt/qt4/qt4.conf
@@ -96,8 +96,11 @@ var_append confopt ' ' "-nomake examples"
 [[ $libdir = *lib64* ]] &&
 	var_append confopt ' ' '-platform linux-g++-64'
 
-[ "$SDECFG_PKG_QT4_EXCEPTION_STL" = "0" ] &&
-	var_append confopt " " "-no-exceptions -no-stl"
+[ "$SDECFG_PKG_QT4_NO_EXCEPTIONS" = "1" ] &&
+	var_append confopt " " "-no-exceptions"
+
+[ "$SDECFG_PKG_QT4_NO_STL" = "1" ] &&
+	var_append confopt " " "-no-stl"
 
 # enable QtXmlPatterns by default
 var_append confopt ' ' "-xmlpatterns"