diff --git a/mininet/test/runner.py b/mininet/test/runner.py
index dcfff66..32f6174 100755
--- a/mininet/test/runner.py
+++ b/mininet/test/runner.py
@@ -21,7 +21,8 @@ def runTests( testDir, verbosity=1 ):
     # discover all tests in testDir
     testSuite = defaultTestLoader.discover( testDir )
     # run tests
-    TextTestRunner( verbosity=verbosity ).run( testSuite )
+    success = TextTestRunner( verbosity=verbosity ).run( testSuite ).wasSuccessful()
+    sys.exit( 0 if success else 1 )
 
 if __name__ == '__main__':
     setLogLevel( 'warning' )