diff --git a/pkgs/glib/glib-build.sh b/pkgs/glib/glib-build.sh
index d76a3bbc91b1..3ec77b96d8e6 100755
--- a/pkgs/glib/glib-build.sh
+++ b/pkgs/glib/glib-build.sh
@@ -2,8 +2,8 @@
 
 export PATH=$pkgconfig/bin:/bin:/usr/bin
 
-tar xvfj $src
-cd glib-*
-LDFLAGS=-s ./configure --prefix=$out
-make
-make install
+tar xvfj $src || exit 1
+cd glib-* || exit 1
+LDFLAGS=-s ./configure --prefix=$out || exit 1
+make || exit 1
+make install || exit 1