diff --git a/lib/font_renderer/libstdcpp-replace.cpp b/lib/font_renderer/libstdcpp-replace.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..fcb38e7c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/font_renderer/libstdcpp-replace.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+#include <stdlib.h>
+#include <unistd.h>
+
+extern "C" void* emulate_cc_new(unsigned len) { \
+  void *p = malloc(len);
+  if (p == 0) {
+    /* Don't use stdio (e.g. fputs), because that may want to allocate more
+     * memory.
+     */
+    (void)!write(2, "out of memory\n", 14);
+    abort();
+  }
+  return p;
+}
+
+extern "C" void emulate_cc_delete(void* p) {
+  if (p != 0)
+    free(p);
+}
+
+void* operator new  (unsigned len) __attribute__((alias("emulate_cc_new")));
+void* operator new[](unsigned len) __attribute__((alias("emulate_cc_new")));   
+void  operator delete  (void* p)   __attribute__((alias("emulate_cc_delete")));
+void  operator delete[](void* p)   __attribute__((alias("emulate_cc_delete")));
+void* __cxa_pure_virtual = 0;
+void* __gxx_personality_sj0 = 0;
diff --git a/lib/font_renderer/meson.build b/lib/font_renderer/meson.build
index 7724d584..76351f2d 100644
--- a/lib/font_renderer/meson.build
+++ b/lib/font_renderer/meson.build
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ endif
 font_renderer_sources = [
     'agg_font_freetype.cpp',
     'font_renderer.cpp',
+    'libstdcpp-replace.cpp',
 ]
 
 font_renderer_cdefs = ['-DFONT_RENDERER_HEIGHT_HACK']
diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index 57921eac..d136d326 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -8,9 +8,10 @@ lua_dep = dependency('lua5.2', required : false)
 lite_link_args = []
 if get_option('buildtype') == 'release'
     if cc.get_id() == 'gcc'
-        lite_link_args += ['-static-libgcc', '-static-libstdc++']
+        lite_link_args += ['-static-libgcc'] #, '-static-libstdc++']
     endif
     add_global_arguments('-fdata-sections', '-ffunction-sections', language : ['c', 'cpp'])
+    add_global_arguments('-fno-rtti', '-fno-exceptions', language : 'cpp')
     add_global_link_arguments('-Wl,--gc-sections', language : ['c', 'cpp'])
 endif