diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index dda7ef0f29395273b3b3e12343767e4297616c5d..179c493d76533f54f3b472d6e6b7bec93bf1008b 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ default: build/system.elf
 INCLUDES = -Iinclude -Iinclude/arch/${arch}
 COMMON_FLAGS = -g -Os -Wall -Wextra
 CFLAGS = -std=c99
-CXXFLAGS = -std=c++14 -fno-rtti -fno-threadsafe-statics
+CXXFLAGS = -std=c++14 -fno-rtti -fno-threadsafe-statics -fno-exceptions
 
 ASM_TARGETS =
 C_TARGETS =