diff --git a/package/x11/qt/qt.conf b/package/x11/qt/qt.conf
index d9d4768c9..919c56555 100644
--- a/package/x11/qt/qt.conf
+++ b/package/x11/qt/qt.conf
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@ qt_pass() {
 		 -docdir $docdir -sysconfdir $sysconfdir"
 
 	# config options used by all qt versions
+	var_append confopt " " "-no-exceptions"
 	var_append confopt " " "-qt-gif"
 	pkginstalled nas && var_append confopt " " "-system-nas-sound"
 	pkginstalled mysql && var_append confopt " " "-plugin-sql-mysql \