diff -Naur kstars-2.9.6/CMakeLists.txt kstars-2.9.6.fix/CMakeLists.txt
--- kstars-2.9.6/CMakeLists.txt	2018-05-26 08:33:31.000000000 +0200
+++ kstars-2.9.6.fix/CMakeLists.txt	2018-07-19 09:07:06.206283586 +0200
@@ -357,6 +357,9 @@
     SET(CMAKE_SHARED_LINKER_FLAGS "${CMAKE_SHARED_LINKER_FLAGS} -fsanitize=address,undefined -fno-omit-frame-pointer")
 ENDIF ()
 
+SET(CMAKE_C_FLAGS "${CMAKE_C_FLAGS} -fexceptions -fPIC")
+SET(CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS "${CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS} -fexceptions -fPIC")
+
 # Unity build support
 SET(UNITY_BUILD OFF CACHE BOOL "Enable Unity Build")
 INCLUDE(UnityBuild)