diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/Makefile b/tools/testing/selftests/Makefile
index b001c602414b..86b2a3fca04d 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/Makefile
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/Makefile
@@ -143,11 +143,13 @@ else
 endif
 
 all: khdr
-	@for TARGET in $(TARGETS); do		\
-		BUILD_TARGET=$$BUILD/$$TARGET;	\
-		mkdir $$BUILD_TARGET  -p;	\
-		$(MAKE) OUTPUT=$$BUILD_TARGET -C $$TARGET;\
-	done;
+	@ret=1;							\
+	for TARGET in $(TARGETS); do				\
+		BUILD_TARGET=$$BUILD/$$TARGET;			\
+		mkdir $$BUILD_TARGET  -p;			\
+		$(MAKE) OUTPUT=$$BUILD_TARGET -C $$TARGET;	\
+		ret=$$((ret * $$?));				\
+	done; exit $$ret;
 
 run_tests: all
 	@for TARGET in $(TARGETS); do \
@@ -196,10 +198,12 @@ ifdef INSTALL_PATH
 	install -m 744 kselftest/module.sh $(INSTALL_PATH)/kselftest/
 	install -m 744 kselftest/runner.sh $(INSTALL_PATH)/kselftest/
 	install -m 744 kselftest/prefix.pl $(INSTALL_PATH)/kselftest/
-	@for TARGET in $(TARGETS); do \
+	@ret=1;	\
+	for TARGET in $(TARGETS); do \
 		BUILD_TARGET=$$BUILD/$$TARGET;	\
 		$(MAKE) OUTPUT=$$BUILD_TARGET -C $$TARGET INSTALL_PATH=$(INSTALL_PATH)/$$TARGET install; \
-	done;
+		ret=$$((ret * $$?));		\
+	done; exit $$ret;
 
 	@# Ask all targets to emit their test scripts
 	echo "#!/bin/sh" > $(ALL_SCRIPT)