diff --git a/src/tools/run-make-support/src/rustc.rs b/src/tools/run-make-support/src/rustc.rs
index 217da36ccc7d7..f3844477ac342 100644
--- a/src/tools/run-make-support/src/rustc.rs
+++ b/src/tools/run-make-support/src/rustc.rs
@@ -183,6 +183,18 @@ impl Rustc {
         output
     }
 
+    #[track_caller]
+    pub fn run_fail_assert_exit_code(&mut self, code: i32) -> Output {
+        let caller_location = std::panic::Location::caller();
+        let caller_line_number = caller_location.line();
+
+        let output = self.cmd.output().unwrap();
+        if output.status.code().unwrap() != code {
+            handle_failed_output(&format!("{:#?}", self.cmd), output, caller_line_number);
+        }
+        output
+    }
+
     /// Inspect what the underlying [`Command`] is up to the current construction.
     pub fn inspect(&mut self, f: impl FnOnce(&Command)) -> &mut Self {
         f(&self.cmd);
diff --git a/src/tools/run-make-support/src/rustdoc.rs b/src/tools/run-make-support/src/rustdoc.rs
index 9607ff02f9686..1fb4b589d76af 100644
--- a/src/tools/run-make-support/src/rustdoc.rs
+++ b/src/tools/run-make-support/src/rustdoc.rs
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 use std::env;
+use std::ffi::OsStr;
 use std::path::Path;
 use std::process::{Command, Output};
 
@@ -58,9 +59,8 @@ impl Rustdoc {
         self
     }
 
-    /// Fallback argument provider. Consider adding meaningfully named methods instead of using
-    /// this method.
-    pub fn arg(&mut self, arg: &str) -> &mut Self {
+    /// Generic command argument provider. Use `.arg("-Zname")` over `.arg("-Z").arg("arg")`.
+    pub fn arg<S: AsRef<OsStr>>(&mut self, arg: S) -> &mut Self {
         self.cmd.arg(arg);
         self
     }
@@ -77,4 +77,16 @@ impl Rustdoc {
         }
         output
     }
+
+    #[track_caller]
+    pub fn run_fail_assert_exit_code(&mut self, code: i32) -> Output {
+        let caller_location = std::panic::Location::caller();
+        let caller_line_number = caller_location.line();
+
+        let output = self.cmd.output().unwrap();
+        if output.status.code().unwrap() != code {
+            handle_failed_output(&format!("{:#?}", self.cmd), output, caller_line_number);
+        }
+        output
+    }
 }
diff --git a/src/tools/tidy/src/allowed_run_make_makefiles.txt b/src/tools/tidy/src/allowed_run_make_makefiles.txt
index dfd30d79abca9..3914feb3499dd 100644
--- a/src/tools/tidy/src/allowed_run_make_makefiles.txt
+++ b/src/tools/tidy/src/allowed_run_make_makefiles.txt
@@ -59,7 +59,6 @@ run-make/emit/Makefile
 run-make/env-dep-info/Makefile
 run-make/error-found-staticlib-instead-crate/Makefile
 run-make/error-writing-dependencies/Makefile
-run-make/exit-code/Makefile
 run-make/export-executable-symbols/Makefile
 run-make/extern-diff-internal-name/Makefile
 run-make/extern-flag-disambiguates/Makefile
diff --git a/tests/run-make/exit-code/Makefile b/tests/run-make/exit-code/Makefile
deleted file mode 100644
index 155e5cd112344..0000000000000
--- a/tests/run-make/exit-code/Makefile
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,12 +0,0 @@
-# ignore-cross-compile
-include ../tools.mk
-
-all:
-	$(RUSTC) success.rs; [ $$? -eq 0 ]
-	$(RUSTC) --invalid-arg-foo; [ $$? -eq 1 ]
-	$(RUSTC) compile-error.rs; [ $$? -eq 1 ]
-	RUSTC_ICE=0 $(RUSTC) -Ztreat-err-as-bug compile-error.rs; [ $$? -eq 101 ]
-	$(RUSTDOC) -o $(TMPDIR)/exit-code success.rs; [ $$? -eq 0 ]
-	$(RUSTDOC) --invalid-arg-foo; [ $$? -eq 1 ]
-	$(RUSTDOC) compile-error.rs; [ $$? -eq 1 ]
-	$(RUSTDOC) lint-failure.rs; [ $$? -eq 1 ]
diff --git a/tests/run-make/exit-code/rmake.rs b/tests/run-make/exit-code/rmake.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..f387626287e3f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/run-make/exit-code/rmake.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+// Test that we exit with the correct exit code for successful / unsuccessful / ICE compilations
+
+extern crate run_make_support;
+
+use run_make_support::{rustc, rustdoc, tmp_dir};
+
+fn main() {
+    rustc()
+        .arg("success.rs")
+        .run();
+
+    rustc()
+        .arg("--invalid-arg-foo")
+        .run_fail_assert_exit_code(1);
+
+    rustc()
+        .arg("compile-error.rs")
+        .run_fail_assert_exit_code(1);
+
+    rustc()
+        .env("RUSTC_ICE", "0")
+        .arg("-Ztreat-err-as-bug")
+        .arg("compile-error.rs")
+        .run_fail_assert_exit_code(101);
+
+    rustdoc()
+        .arg("success.rs")
+        .arg("-o")
+        .arg(tmp_dir().join("exit-code"))
+        .run();
+
+    rustdoc()
+        .arg("--invalid-arg-foo")
+        .run_fail_assert_exit_code(1);
+
+    rustdoc()
+        .arg("compile-error.rs")
+        .run_fail_assert_exit_code(1);
+
+    rustdoc()
+        .arg("lint-failure.rs")
+        .run_fail_assert_exit_code(1);
+}