diff --git a/src/backends/policy_engine/souffle/BUILD b/src/backends/policy_engine/souffle/BUILD
index cf0d34674..9a9bedc05 100644
--- a/src/backends/policy_engine/souffle/BUILD
+++ b/src/backends/policy_engine/souffle/BUILD
@@ -23,6 +23,8 @@ package(
 cc_binary(
     name = "check_policy_compliance",
     srcs = ["check_policy_compliance.cc"],
+    copts = ["-fexceptions"],
+    features = ["-use_header_modules"],
     deps = [
         ":souffle_policy_checker",
         "//src/backends/policy_engine:policy",