diff --git a/iucvterm/Makefile b/iucvterm/Makefile
index 8c567a1e..4c57644e 100644
--- a/iucvterm/Makefile
+++ b/iucvterm/Makefile
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ clean: clean-recursive
 $(RECURSIVE_TARGETS):
 	@target=`echo $@ |sed s/-recursive//`; \
 	for d in $(SUBDIRS); do \
-		(cd $$d && $(MAKE) $$target) \
+		(cd $$d && $(MAKE) $$target) || exit 1; \
 	done