diff --git a/src/nimble.nim b/src/nimble.nim
index 694e2180..26f4a2a4 100644
--- a/src/nimble.nim
+++ b/src/nimble.nim
@@ -1103,7 +1103,7 @@ proc doAction(options: Options) =
       return
     let isPreDefined = options.action.command.normalize == "test"
 
-    var execResult: ExecutionResult[void]
+    var execResult: ExecutionResult[bool]
     if execCustom(options, execResult, failFast=not isPreDefined):
       if execResult.hasTaskRequestedCommand():
         doAction(execResult.getOptionsForCommand(options))
diff --git a/src/nimblepkg/nimscriptapi.nim b/src/nimblepkg/nimscriptapi.nim
index a43aae8f..35115c7a 100644
--- a/src/nimblepkg/nimscriptapi.nim
+++ b/src/nimblepkg/nimscriptapi.nim
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ var
   startCommand = "e"
   endCommand = startCommand
   endProject = ""
+  retVal = true
 
 proc requires*(deps: varargs[string]) =
   ## Call this to set the list of requirements of your Nimble
@@ -92,11 +93,9 @@ proc onExit() =
       output &= "\"command\": \"" & endCommand & "\", "
     if endProject.len != 0:
       output &= "\"project\": \"" & endProject & "\", "
+    output &= "\"retVal\": " & $retVal
 
-    if output.len != 0:
-      echo "{" & output[0 .. ^3] & "}"
-    else:
-      echo "{}"
+    echo "{" & output & "}"
 
 # TODO: New release of Nim will move this `task` template under a
 # `when not defined(nimble)`. This will allow us to override it in the future.
@@ -117,21 +116,23 @@ template task*(name: untyped; description: string; body: untyped): untyped =
 
 template before*(action: untyped, body: untyped): untyped =
   ## Defines a block of code which is evaluated before ``action`` is executed.
-  proc `action Before`*() =
+  proc `action Before`*(): bool =
+    result = true
     body
 
   let params = getParams()
   if astToStr(action) & "Before" in params:
-    `action Before`()
+    retVal = `action Before`()
 
 template after*(action: untyped, body: untyped): untyped =
   ## Defines a block of code which is evaluated after ``action`` is executed.
-  proc `action After`*() =
+  proc `action After`*(): bool =
+    result = true
     body
 
   let params = getParams()
   if astToStr(action) & "After" in params:
-    `action After`()
+    retVal = `action After`()
 
 template builtin = discard
 
diff --git a/src/nimblepkg/nimscriptexecutor.nim b/src/nimblepkg/nimscriptexecutor.nim
index ef5ac458..fad0d1e5 100644
--- a/src/nimblepkg/nimscriptexecutor.nim
+++ b/src/nimblepkg/nimscriptexecutor.nim
@@ -27,9 +27,11 @@ proc execHook*(options: Options, before: bool): bool =
     else: actionName.normalize in pkgInfo.postHooks
   if pkgInfo.isNimScript and hookExists:
     let res = execHook(nimbleFile, actionName, before, options)
+    if res.success:
+      result = res.retVal
 
 proc execCustom*(options: Options,
-                 execResult: var ExecutionResult[void],
+                 execResult: var ExecutionResult[bool],
                  failFast = true): bool =
   ## Executes the custom command using the nimscript backend.
   ##
diff --git a/src/nimblepkg/nimscriptwrapper.nim b/src/nimblepkg/nimscriptwrapper.nim
index 728c5713..55a5b8de 100644
--- a/src/nimblepkg/nimscriptwrapper.nim
+++ b/src/nimblepkg/nimscriptwrapper.nim
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ proc setupNimscript*(scriptName: string, options: Options): tuple[nimsFile, iniF
     else:
       raise newException(NimbleError, "printPkgInfo() failed")
 
-proc execScript*(scriptName, actionName: string, options: Options): ExecutionResult[void] =
+proc execScript*(scriptName, actionName: string, options: Options): ExecutionResult[bool] =
   let
     (nimsFile, iniFile) = setupNimscript(scriptName, options)
 
@@ -71,13 +71,15 @@ proc execScript*(scriptName, actionName: string, options: Options): ExecutionRes
     result.command = $j["command"]
   if "project" in j:
     result.arguments.add $j["project"]
+  if "retVal" in j:
+    result.retVal = j["retVal"].getBool()
   result.flags = newTable[string, seq[string]]()
 
   if lines.len > 1:
     stdout.writeLine lines[0 .. ^2].join("\n")
 
 proc execTask*(scriptName, taskName: string,
-    options: Options): ExecutionResult[void] =
+    options: Options): ExecutionResult[bool] =
   ## Executes the specified task in the specified script.
   ##
   ## `scriptName` should be a filename pointing to the nimscript file.
@@ -87,7 +89,7 @@ proc execTask*(scriptName, taskName: string,
   result = execScript(scriptName, taskName, options)
 
 proc execHook*(scriptName, actionName: string, before: bool,
-    options: Options): ExecutionResult[void] =
+    options: Options): ExecutionResult[bool] =
   ## Executes the specified action's hook. Depending on ``before``, either
   ## the "before" or the "after" hook.
   ##