diff --git a/tools/build/onos-build-docs b/tools/build/onos-build-docs
index 10feacc..93a73c1 100755
--- a/tools/build/onos-build-docs
+++ b/tools/build/onos-build-docs
@@ -3,6 +3,8 @@
 # Builds the ONOS Java API docs.
 # -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
+set -e
+
 [ ! -d "$ONOS_ROOT" ] && echo "ONOS_ROOT is not defined" >&2 && exit 1
 . $ONOS_ROOT/tools/build/envDefaults