diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -59,6 +59,7 @@
     - OUTDIR=$BASE_OUTDIR/$TRAVIS_PULL_REQUEST/$TRAVIS_JOB_NUMBER-$HOST
     - BITCOIN_CONFIG_ALL="--disable-dependency-tracking --prefix=$TRAVIS_BUILD_DIR/depends/$HOST --bindir=$OUTDIR/bin --libdir=$OUTDIR/lib"
     - depends/$HOST/native/bin/ccache --max-size=$CCACHE_SIZE
+    - set -e
     - test -n "$USE_SHELL" && eval '"$USE_SHELL" -c "./autogen.sh"' || ./autogen.sh
     - mkdir build && cd build
     - ../configure --cache-file=config.cache $BITCOIN_CONFIG_ALL $BITCOIN_CONFIG || ( cat config.log && false)
@@ -69,6 +70,7 @@
     - export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=$TRAVIS_BUILD_DIR/depends/$HOST/lib
     - if [ "$RUN_TESTS" = "true" ]; then make $MAKEJOBS check VERBOSE=1; fi
     - if [ "$RUN_TESTS" = "true" ]; then qa/pull-tester/rpc-tests.py --coverage; fi
+    - set +e
 after_script:
     - echo $TRAVIS_COMMIT_RANGE
     - echo $TRAVIS_COMMIT_LOG