diff --git a/znc-buildmod.in b/znc-buildmod.in
index 1aa0e79b..f1c9cccf 100755
--- a/znc-buildmod.in
+++ b/znc-buildmod.in
@@ -55,6 +55,7 @@ do
 
 	if test ! -f "${FILE}"; then
 		echo "${ERROR} Building \"${MOD}\" for ZNC $VERSION... File not found"
+		exit 1
 	else
 		printf "Building \"${MOD}.so\" for ZNC $VERSION... "
 		if ${CXX} ${CXXFLAGS} ${INCLUDES} ${LDFLAGS} ${MODLINK} -o "${MOD}.so" "${FILE}" ${LIBS} ; then