diff --git a/tools/distrib/run_clang_tidy.py b/tools/distrib/run_clang_tidy.py
index 72d7956b68e..bc61d4e79a7 100755
--- a/tools/distrib/run_clang_tidy.py
+++ b/tools/distrib/run_clang_tidy.py
@@ -69,4 +69,5 @@ for filename in args.files:
         shortname=filename,
     ))  #verbose_success=True))
 
-jobset.run(jobs, maxjobs=args.jobs)
+num_fails, res_set = jobset.run(jobs, maxjobs=args.jobs)
+sys.exit(num_fails)