diff --git a/tests/run_console_tests.py b/tests/run_console_tests.py
index 926998ff65..13308706b8 100755
--- a/tests/run_console_tests.py
+++ b/tests/run_console_tests.py
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@ print "Tests skipped: %s" % c.skipped
 print "Tests with errors: %s" % c.errors
 
 if (len(c.failures)+len(c.errors)+len(c.skipped)) != 0:
-	raise Exception("Build failed")
-
+	sys.exit(1)
 
+else:
+	sys.exit(0)