diff --git a/scripts/generate_deb.sh b/scripts/generate_deb.sh
index 5009f7627b3..c4d50132847 100644
--- a/scripts/generate_deb.sh
+++ b/scripts/generate_deb.sh
@@ -37,5 +37,8 @@ bash generate_tarball.sh ${NAME}.tar.gz
 
 tar -xvzf ${NAME}.tar.gz -C ${PROJECT} 
 dpkg-deb --build ${PROJECT} 
+BUILDSTATUS=$?
 mv ${PROJECT}.deb ${NAME}.deb
 rm -r ${PROJECT}
+
+exit $BUILDSTATUS
diff --git a/scripts/generate_package.sh.in b/scripts/generate_package.sh.in
index 5d8aedebb70..9c190ed7d87 100644
--- a/scripts/generate_package.sh.in
+++ b/scripts/generate_package.sh.in
@@ -35,4 +35,9 @@ else
    echo "Error, unknown package type. Use either ['brew', 'deb', 'rpm']."
    exit -1
 fi
+
+BUILDSTATUS=$?
+
 rm -r tmp
+
+exit $BUILDSTATUS
diff --git a/scripts/generate_rpm.sh b/scripts/generate_rpm.sh
index 35b60a4c816..8d7ebf03caa 100644
--- a/scripts/generate_rpm.sh
+++ b/scripts/generate_rpm.sh
@@ -47,5 +47,8 @@ ${DESC}
 %files -f filenames.txt" &> ${PROJECT}.spec
 
 rpmbuild -bb ${PROJECT}.spec
+BUILDSTATUS=$?
 mv ~/rpmbuild/RPMS/x86_64 ./
 rm -r ${PROJECT} ~/rpmbuild/BUILD/filenames.txt ${PROJECT}.spec
+
+exit $BUILDSTATUS