diff --git a/binding.gyp b/binding.gyp
index 8f87dd13..78770753 100644
--- a/binding.gyp
+++ b/binding.gyp
@@ -167,6 +167,7 @@
       'CLANG_CXX_LIBRARY': 'libc++',
       'MACOSX_DEPLOYMENT_TARGET': '10.7',
       'GCC_ENABLE_CPP_EXCEPTIONS': 'YES',
+      'GCC_ENABLE_CPP_RTTI': 'YES',
       'OTHER_CPLUSPLUSFLAGS': [
         '-fexceptions',
         '-Wall',