diff --git a/support/buildbot/bootstrap.pl b/support/buildbot/bootstrap.pl
index 6aee107..19c67d7 100755
--- a/support/buildbot/bootstrap.pl
+++ b/support/buildbot/bootstrap.pl
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ if (!(-f 'OUTPUT/.ambuild2/graph') || !(-f 'OUTPUT/.ambuild2/vars')) {
 		$result = `CC=$ARGV[0] CXX=$ARGV[0] python ../build/configure.py --enable-optimize`;
 	} else {
 		if ($^O eq "linux") {
-			$result = `CC=gcc-4.4 CXX=gcc-4.4 python ../build/configure.py --enable-optimize`;
+			$result = `CC=gcc-4.4 CXX="gcc-4.4 -fno-exceptions -fno-rtti" python ../build/configure.py --enable-optimize`;
 		} elsif ($^O eq "darwin") {
 			$result = `CC=clang CXX=clang python ../build/configure.py --enable-optimize`;
 		} else {