diff --git a/package/qtopia4/qtopia4.mk b/package/qtopia4/qtopia4.mk
index 37bf27883c..a2ba324ae4 100644
--- a/package/qtopia4/qtopia4.mk
+++ b/package/qtopia4/qtopia4.mk
@@ -293,7 +293,7 @@ QTOPIA4_CONFIGURE+= -no-sql-sqlite
 endif
 
 ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_QTOPIA4_XMLPATTERNS),y)
-QTOPIA4_CONFIGURE+= -xmlpatterns
+QTOPIA4_CONFIGURE+= -xmlpatterns -exceptions
 else
 QTOPIA4_CONFIGURE+= -no-xmlpatterns
 endif