diff --git a/src/api/tesseractmain.cpp b/src/api/tesseractmain.cpp
index 543d59938..edf6637e1 100644
--- a/src/api/tesseractmain.cpp
+++ b/src/api/tesseractmain.cpp
@@ -622,7 +622,12 @@ static void PreloadRenderers(
 int main(int argc, char** argv) {
 #if defined(__USE_GNU)
   // Raise SIGFPE.
+#if defined(__clang__)
+  // clang creates code which causes some FP exceptions, so don't enable those.
+  feenableexcept(FE_DIVBYZERO);
+#else
   feenableexcept(FE_DIVBYZERO | FE_OVERFLOW | FE_INVALID);
+#endif
 #endif
   const char* lang = nullptr;
   const char* image = nullptr;