diff --git a/binding.gyp b/binding.gyp
index 5ad4bea..500b460 100755
--- a/binding.gyp
+++ b/binding.gyp
@@ -15,13 +15,17 @@
           'xcode_settings': {
             'OTHER_CFLAGS': [
               '<!@(pkg-config --cflags opencv)'
-            ],
+            ]
+            , "GCC_ENABLE_CPP_RTTI": "YES"
+            , "GCC_ENABLE_CPP_EXCEPTIONS": "YES"
           }
         }, {
           'cflags': [
             '<!@(pkg-config --cflags opencv)'
             , 'Wall'
           ]
+          , 'cflags!' : [ '-fno-exceptions']
+          , 'cflags_cc!': [ '-fno-rtti',  '-fno-exceptions']
         }]        
       ]
   }]