diff --git a/binding.gyp b/binding.gyp
index e2752e7..9b75bf0 100644
--- a/binding.gyp
+++ b/binding.gyp
@@ -22,8 +22,8 @@
     {
       "target_name": "imagemagick",
       "sources": [ "src/imagemagick.cc" ],
-      'cflags!': [ '-fno-exceptions' ],
-      'cflags_cc!': [ '-fno-exceptions' ],
+      'cflags!': [ '-fno-exceptions','-fno-rtti' ],
+      'cflags_cc!': [ '-fno-exceptions','-fno-rtti' ],
       "include_dirs" : [
         "<!(node -e \"require('nan')\")"
       ],
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@
         ['OSX_VER == "10.9" or OSX_VER == "10.10" or OSX_VER == "10.11"', {
           'xcode_settings': {
             'GCC_ENABLE_CPP_EXCEPTIONS': 'YES',
+            'GCC_ENABLE_CPP_RTTI': 'YES',
             'OTHER_CFLAGS': [
               '<!@(Magick++-config --cflags)'
             ],
@@ -67,6 +68,7 @@
         ['OS=="mac"', {
           'xcode_settings': {
             'GCC_ENABLE_CPP_EXCEPTIONS': 'YES',
+            'GCC_ENABLE_CPP_RTTI': 'YES',
             'OTHER_CFLAGS': [
               '<!@(Magick++-config --cflags)'
             ]