diff --git a/package/kde/qt/qt.conf b/package/kde/qt/qt.conf
index 4e2657d53..22bb38d66 100644
--- a/package/kde/qt/qt.conf
+++ b/package/kde/qt/qt.conf
@@ -32,8 +32,9 @@ qt_main() {
 	export QTDIR LD_LIBRARY_PATH PATH
 
 	# Qt only supports some selected options ...
-	confopt="-prefix $root/$prefix -thread -stl -qt-gif -system-zlib \
-	         -system-libmng -system-libpng -system-libjpeg -xft -xrender"
+	confopt="-prefix $root/$prefix -thread -qt-gif -system-zlib \
+	         -system-libmng -system-libpng -system-libjpeg -xft -xrender \
+	         -no-g++-exceptions -no-stl"
 
 	pkginstalled mysql && var_append confopt " " "-plugin-sql-mysql \
 		-I$pkg_mysql_prefix/include/mysql -L$pkg_mysql_prefix/lib"