diff --git a/examples/elf/tests/helloxx/Makefile b/examples/elf/tests/helloxx/Makefile
index 90124073c..19ec33152 100644
--- a/examples/elf/tests/helloxx/Makefile
+++ b/examples/elf/tests/helloxx/Makefile
@@ -110,10 +110,11 @@ $(BIN3): $(OBJS3)
 	$(Q) $(LD) $(LDELFFLAGS) $(LDLIBPATH) -o $@ $(ARCHCRT0OBJ) $^ $(LDLIBS)
 
 # BIN4 is similar to BIN3 except that it uses the streams code from libstdc++
-#
+# Both BIN4 and BIN5 use exceptions
 # NOTE:  libstdc++ is not available for NuttX as of this writing
 #
 ifeq ($(CONFIG_EXAMPLES_ELF_CXX),y)
+ifeq ($(CXX_EXCEPTION),y) 
 $(BIN4): $(OBJS4)
 	@echo "LD: $<"
 	$(Q) $(LD) $(LDELFFLAGS) $(LDLIBPATH) -o $@ $(ARCHCRT0OBJ) $^ $(LDLIBS)
@@ -122,6 +123,7 @@ $(BIN5): $(OBJS5)
 	$(Q) $(LD) $(LDELFFLAGS) $(LDLIBPATH) -o $@ $(ARCHCRT0OBJ) $^ $(LDLIBS)
 endif
 endif
+endif
 
 $(FSIMG_DIR)/$(BIN1): $(BIN1)
 	$(Q) mkdir -p $(FSIMG_DIR)