diff --git a/ReactAndroid/src/main/jni/Application.mk b/ReactAndroid/src/main/jni/Application.mk
index c73c0397f5d24d..017ddd7bc469b9 100644
--- a/ReactAndroid/src/main/jni/Application.mk
+++ b/ReactAndroid/src/main/jni/Application.mk
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ NDK_MODULE_PATH := $(APP_MK_DIR)$(HOST_DIRSEP)$(THIRD_PARTY_NDK_DIR)$(HOST_DIRSE
 APP_STL := c++_shared
 
 # Make sure every shared lib includes a .note.gnu.build-id header
-APP_CFLAGS := -Wall -Werror
+APP_CFLAGS := -Wall -Werror -fexceptions -frtti
 APP_CPPFLAGS := -std=c++1y
 APP_LDFLAGS := -Wl,--build-id