diff --git a/src/xmlpatterns/xmlpatterns.pro b/src/xmlpatterns/xmlpatterns.pro
index f9cefaf3eccd8038a9b19bfe1e667624292d6ac0..baf5b7d240bab857c28c68aad5c9e9a97c5fc1b3 100644
--- a/src/xmlpatterns/xmlpatterns.pro
+++ b/src/xmlpatterns/xmlpatterns.pro
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ load(qt_module)
 TARGET     = QtXmlPatterns
 QPRO_PWD   = $$PWD
 
-CONFIG += module
+CONFIG += module exceptions
 MODULE_PRI += ../../modules/qt_xmlpatterns.pri
 
 QT = core-private network