diff --git a/binding.gyp b/binding.gyp
index 70f10f14..8a358ea6 100644
--- a/binding.gyp
+++ b/binding.gyp
@@ -47,10 +47,6 @@
         '-Wno-deprecated-copy'
       ],
       'msvs_settings': {
-        'VCCLCompilerTool': {
-          # PREfast requires too much memory for Github Actions
-          'EnablePREfast': 'false'
-        },
         'VCLinkerTool': {
           'AdditionalLibraryDirectories': '<(module_root_dir)/deps/ImageMagick-Windows/VisualMagick/lib'
         }
diff --git a/except.gypi b/except.gypi
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..e2fb2c5a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/except.gypi
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+{
+  'defines': [ 'NAPI_CPP_EXCEPTIONS' ],
+  'cflags!': [ '-fno-exceptions' ],
+  'cflags_cc!': [ '-fno-exceptions' ],
+  'conditions': [
+    ["OS=='win'", {
+      "defines": [
+        "_HAS_EXCEPTIONS=1"
+      ],
+      "msvs_settings": {
+        "VCCLCompilerTool": {
+          "ExceptionHandling": 1,
+          'EnablePREfast': 'true',
+        },
+      },
+    }],
+    ["OS=='mac'", {
+      'xcode_settings': {
+        'GCC_ENABLE_CPP_EXCEPTIONS': 'YES',
+        'CLANG_CXX_LIBRARY': 'libc++',
+        'MACOSX_DEPLOYMENT_TARGET': '10.7',
+      },
+    }],
+  ],
+}