diff --git a/absl/types/BUILD.bazel b/absl/types/BUILD.bazel
index 60d6a60fa..c2f033870 100644
--- a/absl/types/BUILD.bazel
+++ b/absl/types/BUILD.bazel
@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@ cc_test(
     name = "span_test",
     size = "small",
     srcs = ["span_test.cc"],
-    copts = ABSL_TEST_COPTS + ["-fexceptions"],
+    copts = ABSL_TEST_COPTS + ABSL_EXCEPTIONS_FLAG,
     deps = [
         ":span",
         "//absl/base:config",