diff --git a/linuxdeployqt/main.cpp b/linuxdeployqt/main.cpp
index 3e2d81c..f0644cf 100644
--- a/linuxdeployqt/main.cpp
+++ b/linuxdeployqt/main.cpp
@@ -207,7 +207,10 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
         stripAppBinary(appDirPath);
 
     if (appimage) {
-        createAppImage(appDirPath);
+        int result = createAppImage(appDirPath);
+        if(result =! 0){
+            exit(result);
+        }
     }
 
     return 0;
diff --git a/shared/shared.cpp b/shared/shared.cpp
index 5ddac2d..b689798 100644
--- a/shared/shared.cpp
+++ b/shared/shared.cpp
@@ -1110,7 +1110,7 @@ bool checkAppImagePrerequisites(const QString &appDirPath)
     return true;
 }
 
-void createAppImage(const QString &appDirPath)
+int createAppImage(const QString &appDirPath)
 {
     QString appImagePath = appDirPath + ".AppImage";
 
@@ -1129,4 +1129,5 @@ void createAppImage(const QString &appDirPath)
     }
     QString appImageCommand = "AppImageAssistant '" + appDirPath +"' '" + appImagePath + "'";
     int ret = system(appImageCommand.toUtf8().constData());
+    return ret;
 }
diff --git a/shared/shared.h b/shared/shared.h
index 15aa249..60c0fd9 100644
--- a/shared/shared.h
+++ b/shared/shared.h
@@ -120,7 +120,7 @@ void runStrip(const QString &binaryPath);
 void stripAppBinary(const QString &bundlePath);
 QString findAppBinary(const QString &appDirPath);
 QStringList findAppLibraries(const QString &appDirPath);
-void createAppImage(const QString &appBundlePath);
+int createAppImage(const QString &appBundlePath);
 bool checkAppImagePrerequisites(const QString &appBundlePath);
 
 #endif