diff --git a/libraries/config/templates/mesosphere.mk b/libraries/config/templates/mesosphere.mk
index 542d6e970..a8a36c9e6 100644
--- a/libraries/config/templates/mesosphere.mk
+++ b/libraries/config/templates/mesosphere.mk
@@ -7,9 +7,9 @@ include  $(dir $(abspath $(lastword $(MAKEFILE_LIST))))/../common.mk
 # options for code generation
 #---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 export DEFINES     := $(ATMOSPHERE_DEFINES) -DATMOSPHERE_IS_MESOSPHERE
-export SETTINGS    := $(ATMOSPHERE_SETTINGS) -O2 -mgeneral-regs-only -ffixed-x18 -Werror
+export SETTINGS    := $(ATMOSPHERE_SETTINGS) -O2 -mgeneral-regs-only -ffixed-x18 -Werror -fno-non-call-exceptions
 export CFLAGS      := $(ATMOSPHERE_CFLAGS) $(SETTINGS) $(DEFINES) $(INCLUDE)
-export CXXFLAGS    := $(CFLAGS) $(ATMOSPHERE_CXXFLAGS)
+export CXXFLAGS    := $(CFLAGS) $(ATMOSPHERE_CXXFLAGS) -fno-use-cxa-atexit
 export ASFLAGS     := $(ATMOSPHERE_ASFLAGS) $(SETTINGS) $(DEFINES)
 
 export LDFLAGS	=	-specs=$(TOPDIR)/$(notdir $(TOPDIR)).specs -nostdlib -nostartfiles -g $(SETTINGS) -Wl,-Map,$(notdir $*.map) -Wl,-z,relro,-z,now
diff --git a/libraries/libmesosphere/Makefile b/libraries/libmesosphere/Makefile
index e3047967b..d8799a192 100644
--- a/libraries/libmesosphere/Makefile
+++ b/libraries/libmesosphere/Makefile
@@ -7,9 +7,9 @@ include  $(dir $(abspath $(lastword $(MAKEFILE_LIST))))/../config/common.mk
 # options for code generation
 #---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 DEFINES     := $(ATMOSPHERE_DEFINES) -DATMOSPHERE_IS_MESOSPHERE
-SETTINGS    := $(ATMOSPHERE_SETTINGS) -O2 -mgeneral-regs-only -ffixed-x18 -Werror
+SETTINGS    := $(ATMOSPHERE_SETTINGS) -O2 -mgeneral-regs-only -ffixed-x18 -Werror -fno-non-call-exceptions
 CFLAGS      := $(ATMOSPHERE_CFLAGS) $(SETTINGS) $(DEFINES) $(INCLUDE)
-CXXFLAGS    := $(CFLAGS) $(ATMOSPHERE_CXXFLAGS) -flto
+CXXFLAGS    := $(CFLAGS) $(ATMOSPHERE_CXXFLAGS) -fno-use-cxa-atexit -flto
 ASFLAGS     := $(ATMOSPHERE_ASFLAGS) $(SETTINGS)
 
 LIBS        :=
diff --git a/libraries/libmesosphere/source/libc/kern_cxx.c b/libraries/libmesosphere/source/libc/kern_cxx.cpp
similarity index 91%
rename from libraries/libmesosphere/source/libc/kern_cxx.c
rename to libraries/libmesosphere/source/libc/kern_cxx.cpp
index 9d3dbd0de..9262db6f8 100644
--- a/libraries/libmesosphere/source/libc/kern_cxx.c
+++ b/libraries/libmesosphere/source/libc/kern_cxx.cpp
@@ -19,8 +19,7 @@
 extern "C" {
 #endif
 
-void __dso_handle() { /* ... */ }
-void __cxa_atexit() { /* ... */ }
+/* cxx implementation details to be stubbed here, as needed. */
 
 #ifdef __cplusplus
 } /* extern "C" */