diff --git a/src/gui/unit_tests/unit_tests.sh b/src/gui/unit_tests/unit_tests.sh
index 9d0244c59..e57599f5c 100755
--- a/src/gui/unit_tests/unit_tests.sh
+++ b/src/gui/unit_tests/unit_tests.sh
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ for directory in `find . -maxdepth 1 -type d -regex '\./[A-Za-z0-9\-\_]*'`
 do
     cd $directory
     [ ! -e Makefile ] && qmake -spec $QMAKESPEC
-    $commands
+    $commands || exit 1
     cd -
 done
 
diff --git a/unit_tests.sh b/unit_tests.sh
index b4cf7c06e..2ffdd72b3 100755
--- a/unit_tests.sh
+++ b/unit_tests.sh
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ for directory in $(find . -name unit_tests)
 do
    home=`pwd`
    cd $directory
-   qmake -spec $QMAKESPEC
-   $action
+   qmake -spec $QMAKESPEC || exit 1
+   $action || exit 1
    cd $home
 done
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