diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index a95aef4..82cad4f 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.0)
 project(quik_stbi LANGUAGES C VERSION 1.0)
 
 if (NOT ("${CMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME}" STREQUAL "Darwin"))
-    add_compile_options(-static-libgcc -static-libstdc++)
+    add_compile_options(-static-libgcc -static-libstdc++ -fno-exceptions)
 endif()
 
 add_library(stbi SHARED "quik_stbi.c")
diff --git a/quik_stbi.h b/quik_stbi.h
index cd2b84b..521fe27 100644
--- a/quik_stbi.h
+++ b/quik_stbi.h
@@ -5,6 +5,9 @@
 
 #define STBIDEF QEXTERN
 
+#define STBI_NO_THREAD_LOCALS 1
+#define STBI_NO_FAILURE_STRINGS 1
+#define STBI_THREAD_LOCAL
 #include "stb/stb_image.h"
 
 #endif