diff --git a/src/libs/3rdparty/botan/src/src.pro b/src/libs/3rdparty/botan/src/src.pro
index 63646891e05..e90c230fcf3 100644
--- a/src/libs/3rdparty/botan/src/src.pro
+++ b/src/libs/3rdparty/botan/src/src.pro
@@ -5,6 +5,8 @@ PRECOMPILED_HEADER = ../../precompiled_headers/botan_pch.h
 
 include(../../../../qtcreatorlibrary.pri)
 
+CONFIG += exceptions
+
 DEPENDPATH += .
 INCLUDEPATH += $$PWD $$PWD/../build $$PWD/../build/botan
 unix:QMAKE_CXXFLAGS_DEBUG += -O2
diff --git a/src/libs/utils/utils-lib.pri b/src/libs/utils/utils-lib.pri
index 6026acf49eb..69050825cd5 100644
--- a/src/libs/utils/utils-lib.pri
+++ b/src/libs/utils/utils-lib.pri
@@ -7,6 +7,8 @@ dll {
 INCLUDEPATH += $$PWD
 QT += network script
 
+CONFIG += exceptions # used by portlist.cpp, textfileformat.cpp, and ssh/*
+
 win32-msvc* {
     # disable warnings caused by botan headers
     QMAKE_CXXFLAGS += -wd4250 -wd4290
diff --git a/src/libs/zeroconf/zeroconf.pro b/src/libs/zeroconf/zeroconf.pro
index 6c1dffaeee0..0d5c07b31cc 100644
--- a/src/libs/zeroconf/zeroconf.pro
+++ b/src/libs/zeroconf/zeroconf.pro
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 QT       -= gui
 QT       += network
+CONFIG   += exceptions
 
 TARGET = zeroconf
 TEMPLATE = lib
diff --git a/src/plugins/debugger/debugger.pro b/src/plugins/debugger/debugger.pro
index 4fb8aaa4d01..beff0420f23 100644
--- a/src/plugins/debugger/debugger.pro
+++ b/src/plugins/debugger/debugger.pro
@@ -16,6 +16,8 @@ QT += gui \
     network \
     script
 
+CONFIG += exceptions
+
 HEADERS += \
     basewindow.h \
     breakhandler.h \
diff --git a/src/plugins/qmldesigner/qmldesignerplugin.pro b/src/plugins/qmldesigner/qmldesignerplugin.pro
index aeab5d58a50..fcac4a10ad4 100644
--- a/src/plugins/qmldesigner/qmldesignerplugin.pro
+++ b/src/plugins/qmldesigner/qmldesignerplugin.pro
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 TEMPLATE = lib
 TARGET = QmlDesigner
 
+CONFIG += exceptions
+
 INCLUDEPATH += $$PWD
 
 include(../../qtcreatorplugin.pri)
diff --git a/src/plugins/qt4projectmanager/qt-s60/qt-s60.pri b/src/plugins/qt4projectmanager/qt-s60/qt-s60.pri
index fc8f64a1fe2..f25ce876fd6 100644
--- a/src/plugins/qt4projectmanager/qt-s60/qt-s60.pri
+++ b/src/plugins/qt4projectmanager/qt-s60/qt-s60.pri
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+CONFIG += exceptions
+
 SOURCES += $$PWD/s60manager.cpp \
     $$PWD/symbianidevice.cpp \
     $$PWD/symbianideviceconfigwidget.cpp \
diff --git a/src/plugins/texteditor/texteditor.pro b/src/plugins/texteditor/texteditor.pro
index 13de7fb2951..ddd2f866923 100644
--- a/src/plugins/texteditor/texteditor.pro
+++ b/src/plugins/texteditor/texteditor.pro
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ TEMPLATE = lib
 TARGET = TextEditor
 DEFINES += TEXTEDITOR_LIBRARY
 QT += xml network
+CONFIG += exceptions
 greaterThan(QT_MAJOR_VERSION, 4): QT += printsupport
 include(../../qtcreatorplugin.pri)
 include(texteditor_dependencies.pri)
diff --git a/src/plugins/valgrind/valgrind.pro b/src/plugins/valgrind/valgrind.pro
index f88a5e4d147..95d5ec7f85a 100644
--- a/src/plugins/valgrind/valgrind.pro
+++ b/src/plugins/valgrind/valgrind.pro
@@ -8,6 +8,8 @@ include(memcheck/memcheck.pri)
 include(xmlprotocol/xmlprotocol.pri)
 QT *= network
 
+CONFIG += exceptions
+
 INCLUDEPATH *= $$PWD
 
 HEADERS += \