diff --git a/modules/rosapps/applications/net/netreg/CMakeLists.txt b/modules/rosapps/applications/net/netreg/CMakeLists.txt
index ce7e2fc6af3..36425680b72 100644
--- a/modules/rosapps/applications/net/netreg/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/modules/rosapps/applications/net/netreg/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 
-set_cpp(WITH_RUNTIME WITH_STL)
+set_cpp(WITH_RUNTIME WITH_STL WITH_EXCEPTIONS)
 add_executable(netreg netreg.cpp netreg.rc)
 set_module_type(netreg win32cui)
 add_importlibs(netreg advapi32 user32 ws2_32 msvcrt kernel32 ntdll)