diff --git a/BUILD.bazel b/BUILD.bazel
index 6ead44f5..830da067 100644
--- a/BUILD.bazel
+++ b/BUILD.bazel
@@ -97,6 +97,7 @@ test_sources = glob(
 [cc_test(
     name = src.replace("/", "_").replace(".cc", "").replace("src_", ""),
     srcs = [src],
+    copts = ["-fexceptions"],
     deps = [
         ":common",
         GZ_ROOT + "common/testing",
diff --git a/geospatial/BUILD.bazel b/geospatial/BUILD.bazel
index 5ca2c4d9..317adb24 100644
--- a/geospatial/BUILD.bazel
+++ b/geospatial/BUILD.bazel
@@ -52,6 +52,10 @@ cc_library(
     name = "geospatial",
     srcs = sources,
     hdrs = public_headers,
+    copts = [
+        "-Wno-unused-value",
+        "-fexceptions",
+    ],
     includes = ["include"],
     visibility = GZ_VISIBILITY,
     deps = [
diff --git a/graphics/BUILD.bazel b/graphics/BUILD.bazel
index bd3bb1a0..a2285810 100644
--- a/graphics/BUILD.bazel
+++ b/graphics/BUILD.bazel
@@ -53,6 +53,10 @@ cc_library(
     name = "graphics",
     srcs = sources,
     hdrs = public_headers,
+    copts = [
+        "-Wno-implicit-fallthrough",
+        "-Wno-unused-value",
+    ],
     includes = ["include"],
     visibility = GZ_VISIBILITY,
     deps = [
diff --git a/io/BUILD.bazel b/io/BUILD.bazel
index 5e56e9b5..5a99ada6 100644
--- a/io/BUILD.bazel
+++ b/io/BUILD.bazel
@@ -52,6 +52,9 @@ cc_library(
     name = "io",
     srcs = sources,
     hdrs = public_headers,
+    copts = [
+        "-fexceptions",
+    ],
     includes = ["include"],
     visibility = GZ_VISIBILITY,
     deps = [
diff --git a/profiler/BUILD.bazel b/profiler/BUILD.bazel
index 832750e8..1bbd351e 100644
--- a/profiler/BUILD.bazel
+++ b/profiler/BUILD.bazel
@@ -107,6 +107,7 @@ cc_library(
 cc_test(
     name = "Profiler_Disabled_TEST",
     srcs = ["src/Profiler_Disabled_TEST.cc"],
+    copts = ["-Wno-macro-redefined"],
     defines = [
         "GZ_PROFILER_ENABLE=0",
         "GZ_PROFILER_REMOTERY=0",
diff --git a/testing/BUILD.bazel b/testing/BUILD.bazel
index c81fac89..be0dd2c6 100644
--- a/testing/BUILD.bazel
+++ b/testing/BUILD.bazel
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ cc_library(
         "src/Utils.cc",
     ],
     hdrs = public_headers,
+    copts = ["-fexceptions"],
     includes = ["include"],
     visibility = ["//visibility:public"],
     deps = [