diff --git a/bazel/rules_def.bzl b/bazel/rules_def.bzl
index 3a089bb79405..1645514acbcb 100644
--- a/bazel/rules_def.bzl
+++ b/bazel/rules_def.bzl
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ def ptxla_cc_test(
         linkstatic = True,
         copts = copts + [
             "-isystemexternal/torch",  # Required for system includes.
+            "-fexceptions",  # Required for testing crashes.
         ],
         deps = deps + [
             "@pybind11//:pybind11_embed",  # libpython