1 files changed, 5 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/java/test/IceXML/encoding/run.py b/java/test/IceXML/encoding/run.py
index 499c2d4d87f..18f9eec36ac 100755
--- a/java/test/IceXML/encoding/run.py
+++ b/java/test/IceXML/encoding/run.py
@@ -35,6 +35,10 @@ if not output:
     sys.exit(1)
 print "ok"
 print output
-clientPipe.close()
+
+clientStatus = clientPipe.close()
+
+if clientStatus:
+    sys.exit(1)
 
 sys.exit(0)