diff --git a/BUILD/build_deb_local.sh b/BUILD/build_deb_local.sh
index 1c8c078de..d918dec3d 100755
--- a/BUILD/build_deb_local.sh
+++ b/BUILD/build_deb_local.sh
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ mkdir _build
 cd _build
 cmake ..  $cmake_flags
 export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=$PWD/log_manager:$PWD/query_classifier
-make
+make || exit 1
 
 if [[ "$cmake_flags" =~ "BUILD_TESTS" ]]
 then
diff --git a/BUILD/build_rpm_local.sh b/BUILD/build_rpm_local.sh
index 66f5c16d7..7ac692532 100755
--- a/BUILD/build_rpm_local.sh
+++ b/BUILD/build_rpm_local.sh
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ cd ./MaxScale
 mkdir _build
 cd _build
 cmake ..  $cmake_flags
-make
+make || exit 1
 
 if [[ "$cmake_flags" =~ "BUILD_TESTS" ]]
 then