diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index a519686a4..56f5e3112 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ ifndef VERBOSE
 endif
 
 # set default shell
-SHELL=/bin/bash -o pipefail
+SHELL=/bin/bash -o pipefail -o errexit
 
 # Use the 0.0 tag for testing, it shouldn't clobber any release builds
 TAG ?= 0.29.0