diff --git a/.travis/test_06_script_b.sh b/.travis/test_06_script_b.sh
index 79bf261d9..939ac2032 100755
--- a/.travis/test_06_script_b.sh
+++ b/.travis/test_06_script_b.sh
@@ -16,6 +16,6 @@ fi
 
 if [ "$RUN_FUNCTIONAL_TESTS" = "true" ]; then
   BEGIN_FOLD functional-tests
-  DOCKER_EXEC LOCAL_NTP=1 ./qa/pull-tester/rpc-tests.py -parallel=1 --coverage
+  DOCKER_EXEC LOCAL_NTP=1 ./qa/pull-tester/rpc-tests.py -parallel=1 --coverage --failfast
   END_FOLD
 fi
diff --git a/qa/pull-tester/rpc-tests.py b/qa/pull-tester/rpc-tests.py
index 0ddc44e58..5ebbf12af 100755
--- a/qa/pull-tester/rpc-tests.py
+++ b/qa/pull-tester/rpc-tests.py
@@ -181,7 +181,7 @@
     'mnemonic.py',
     'sendtoaddress.py',
     'stakeimmaturebalance.py',
-    'rpc-help.py', 
+    'rpc-help.py',
 ]
 #if ENABLE_ZMQ:
 #    testScripts.append('zmq_test.py')
@@ -257,6 +257,12 @@ def runtests():
         print('stderr:\n' if not stderr == '' else '', stderr)
         results += "%s | %s | %s s\n" % (name.ljust(max_len_name), str(passed).ljust(6), duration)
         print("Pass: %s%s%s, Duration: %s s\n" % (BOLD[1], passed, BOLD[0], duration))
+
+        # Check if we need to quit
+        if FAILFAST and not passed:
+            logging.debug("Early exiting after test failure")
+            break
+
     results += BOLD[1] + "\n%s | %s | %s s (accumulated)" % ("ALL".ljust(max_len_name), str(all_passed).ljust(6), time_sum) + BOLD[0]
     print(results)
     print("\nRuntime: %s s" % (int(time.time() - time0)))
diff --git a/qa/rpc-tests/test_framework/test_framework.py b/qa/rpc-tests/test_framework/test_framework.py
index ce6aa3b0c..3292f3b92 100755
--- a/qa/rpc-tests/test_framework/test_framework.py
+++ b/qa/rpc-tests/test_framework/test_framework.py
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@
     stop_node,
     wait_navcoinds,
     enable_coverage,
+    failfast,
     check_json_precision,
     initialize_chain_clean,
     PortSeed,
@@ -120,6 +121,9 @@ def main(self):
                           help="The seed to use for assigning port numbers (default: current process id)")
         parser.add_option("--coveragedir", dest="coveragedir",
                           help="Write tested RPC commands into this directory")
+        parser.add_option('--failfast', action='store_true',
+                          help='stop execution after the first test failure')
+
         self.add_options(parser)
         (self.options, self.args) = parser.parse_args()
 
@@ -131,6 +135,9 @@ def main(self):
         if self.options.coveragedir:
             enable_coverage(self.options.coveragedir)
 
+        if self.options.failfast:
+            failfast(self.options.failfast)
+
         PortSeed.n = self.options.port_seed
 
         os.environ['PATH'] = self.options.srcdir+":"+self.options.srcdir+"/qt:"+os.environ['PATH']
diff --git a/qa/rpc-tests/test_framework/util.py b/qa/rpc-tests/test_framework/util.py
index 505bc7b8b..59171a2cc 100755
--- a/qa/rpc-tests/test_framework/util.py
+++ b/qa/rpc-tests/test_framework/util.py
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@
 from .authproxy import AuthServiceProxy, JSONRPCException
 
 COVERAGE_DIR = None
+FAILFAST = False
 
 # The maximum number of nodes a single test can spawn
 MAX_NODES = 8
@@ -51,7 +52,7 @@ class PortSeed:
 
 def enable_mocktime():
     #For backwared compatibility of the python scripts
-    #with previous versions of the cache, set MOCKTIME 
+    #with previous versions of the cache, set MOCKTIME
     #to Jan 1, 2014 + (201 * 10 * 60)
     global MOCKTIME
     MOCKTIME = 1388534400 + (201 * 10 * 60)
@@ -68,6 +69,11 @@ def enable_coverage(dirname):
     global COVERAGE_DIR
     COVERAGE_DIR = dirname
 
+def failfast(failfast):
+    """Quit the test suite as soon as we have a failed test"""
+    global FAILFAST
+    FAILFAST = failfast
+
 
 def get_rpc_proxy(url, node_number, timeout=None):
     """
diff --git a/qa/rpc-tests/wallet-hd.py b/qa/rpc-tests/wallet-hd.py
index d32e5043e..47275a292 100755
--- a/qa/rpc-tests/wallet-hd.py
+++ b/qa/rpc-tests/wallet-hd.py
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ def run_test (self):
         non_hd_add = self.nodes[0].getnewaddress()
         self.nodes[1].importprivkey(self.nodes[0].dumpprivkey(non_hd_add))
 
-        # This should be enough to keep the master key and the non-HD key 
+        # This should be enough to keep the master key and the non-HD key
         self.nodes[1].backupwallet(tmpdir + "hd.bak")
         #self.nodes[1].dumpwallet(tmpdir + "hd.dump")