diff --git a/simulate-travis.py b/simulate-travis.py
index 69a9e4bde7..061b4ef327 100755
--- a/simulate-travis.py
+++ b/simulate-travis.py
@@ -159,4 +159,7 @@ def _remote_or_local(fn, branch='master', remote=False):
 
     # Override env with whatever's in the shell environment
     env.update(os.environ)
-    sp.run(['scripts/travis-run.sh'], env=env, universal_newlines=True, check=True)
+    try:
+        sp.run(['scripts/travis-run.sh'], env=env, universal_newlines=True, check=True)
+    except sp.CalledProcessError:
+        sys.exit(1)