diff --git a/src/rustllvm/RustWrapper.cpp b/src/rustllvm/RustWrapper.cpp
index 2def9c1c030..d336b43313d 100644
--- a/src/rustllvm/RustWrapper.cpp
+++ b/src/rustllvm/RustWrapper.cpp
@@ -345,6 +345,7 @@ LLVMRustExecuteJIT(void* mem,
 
   std::string Err;
   TargetOptions Options;
+  Options.JITExceptionHandling = true;
   Options.JITEmitDebugInfo = true;
   Options.NoFramePointerElim = true;
   Options.EnableSegmentedStacks = EnableSegmentedStacks;