diff --git a/contrib/libcxxrt/cxxabi.h b/contrib/libcxxrt/cxxabi.h
index e843599c66da..e021f85c905a 100644
--- a/contrib/libcxxrt/cxxabi.h
+++ b/contrib/libcxxrt/cxxabi.h
@@ -203,6 +203,14 @@ __cxa_eh_globals *__cxa_get_globals_fast(void);
 
 std::type_info * __cxa_current_exception_type();
 
+
+void *__cxa_allocate_exception(size_t thrown_size);
+
+void __cxa_free_exception(void* thrown_exception);
+
+__cxa_exception *__cxa_init_primary_exception(
+		void *object, std::type_info* tinfo, void (*dest)(void *));
+
 /**
  * Throws an exception returned by __cxa_current_primary_exception().  This
  * exception may have been caught in another thread.
diff --git a/contrib/libcxxrt/exception.cc b/contrib/libcxxrt/exception.cc
index 6c5196876b10..b1659c902f56 100644
--- a/contrib/libcxxrt/exception.cc
+++ b/contrib/libcxxrt/exception.cc
@@ -162,6 +162,7 @@ struct __cxa_thread_info
 	terminate_handler terminateHandler;
 	/** The unexpected exception handler for this thread. */
 	unexpected_handler unexpectedHandler;
+#ifndef LIBCXXRT_NO_EMERGENCY_MALLOC
 	/**
 	 * The number of emergency buffers held by this thread.  This is 0 in
 	 * normal operation - the emergency buffers are only used when malloc()
@@ -170,6 +171,7 @@ struct __cxa_thread_info
 	 * in ABI spec [3.3.1]).
 	 */
 	int emergencyBuffersHeld;
+#endif
 	/**
 	 * The exception currently running in a cleanup.
 	 */
@@ -445,6 +447,23 @@ extern "C" __cxa_eh_globals *ABI_NAMESPACE::__cxa_get_globals_fast(void)
 	return &(thread_info_fast()->globals);
 }
 
+#ifdef LIBCXXRT_NO_EMERGENCY_MALLOC
+static char *alloc_or_die(size_t size)
+{
+	char *buffer = static_cast<char*>(calloc(1, size));
+
+	if (buffer == nullptr)
+	{
+		fputs("Out of memory attempting to allocate exception\n", stderr);
+		std::terminate();
+	}
+	return buffer;
+}
+static void free_exception(char *e)
+{
+	free(e);
+}
+#else
 /**
  * An emergency allocation reserved for when malloc fails.  This is treated as
  * 16 buffers of 1KB each.
@@ -584,6 +603,7 @@ static void free_exception(char *e)
 		free(e);
 	}
 }
+#endif
 
 /**
  * Allocates an exception structure.  Returns a pointer to the space that can
@@ -773,6 +793,21 @@ static void throw_exception(__cxa_exception *ex)
 	report_failure(err, ex);
 }
 
+extern "C" __cxa_exception *__cxa_init_primary_exception(
+		void *object, std::type_info* tinfo, void (*dest)(void *)) {
+	__cxa_exception *ex = reinterpret_cast<__cxa_exception*>(object) - 1;
+
+	ex->referenceCount = 0;
+	ex->exceptionType = tinfo;
+
+	ex->exceptionDestructor = dest;
+
+	ex->unwindHeader.exception_class = exception_class;
+	ex->unwindHeader.exception_cleanup = exception_cleanup;
+
+	return ex;
+}
+
 
 /**
  * ABI function for throwing an exception.  Takes the object to be thrown (the
@@ -783,15 +818,8 @@ extern "C" void __cxa_throw(void *thrown_exception,
                             std::type_info *tinfo,
                             void(*dest)(void*))
 {
-	__cxa_exception *ex = reinterpret_cast<__cxa_exception*>(thrown_exception) - 1;
-
+	__cxa_exception *ex = __cxa_init_primary_exception(thrown_exception, tinfo, dest);
 	ex->referenceCount = 1;
-	ex->exceptionType = tinfo;
-	
-	ex->exceptionDestructor = dest;
-	
-	ex->unwindHeader.exception_class = exception_class;
-	ex->unwindHeader.exception_cleanup = exception_cleanup;
 
 	throw_exception(ex);
 }
diff --git a/lib/libcxxrt/Version.map b/lib/libcxxrt/Version.map
index 0d2dccbe2670..a54b6a4daad5 100644
--- a/lib/libcxxrt/Version.map
+++ b/lib/libcxxrt/Version.map
@@ -283,6 +283,10 @@ CXXABI_1.3.9 {
     };
 } CXXABI_1.3.6;
 
+CXXABI_1.3.11 {
+    __cxa_init_primary_exception;
+} CXXABI_1.3.9;
+
 CXXRT_1.0 {
 
     extern "C++" {