diff --git a/pkg/android/phoenix/jni/Android.mk b/pkg/android/phoenix/jni/Android.mk
index 702b06f30b..5125d92e9c 100644
--- a/pkg/android/phoenix/jni/Android.mk
+++ b/pkg/android/phoenix/jni/Android.mk
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ DEFINES += -DHAVE_CHEEVOS
 DEFINES += -DHAVE_SL
 
 LOCAL_CFLAGS   += -Wall -std=gnu99 -pthread -Wno-unused-function -fno-stack-protector -funroll-loops $(DEFINES)
-LOCAL_CPPFLAGS := -fno-exceptions -std=gnu++11 -fno-rtti -Wno-reorder $(DEFINES)
+LOCAL_CPPFLAGS := -fexceptions -std=gnu++11 -fno-rtti -Wno-reorder $(DEFINES)
 
 # Let ndk-build set the optimization flags but remove -O3 like in cf3c3
 LOCAL_CFLAGS := $(subst -O3,-O2,$(LOCAL_CFLAGS))
diff --git a/pkg/android/phoenix/jni/Android2.mk b/pkg/android/phoenix/jni/Android2.mk
index 265d051fd1..f1177b051e 100644
--- a/pkg/android/phoenix/jni/Android2.mk
+++ b/pkg/android/phoenix/jni/Android2.mk
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ DEFINES += -DDEBUG_ANDROID
 DEFINES += -DHAVE_SL
 
 LOCAL_CFLAGS += -Wall -std=gnu99 -pthread -Wno-unused-function -fno-stack-protector -funroll-loops $(DEFINES)
-LOCAL_CPPFLAGS := -std=gnu++11 $(DEFINES)
+LOCAL_CPPFLAGS := -fexceptions -std=gnu++11 -fno-rtti -Wno-reorder $(DEFINES)
 
 ifeq ($(NDK_DEBUG),1)
 LOCAL_CFLAGS += -O0 -g