diff --git a/tests/conform/test-launcher.sh.in b/tests/conform/test-launcher.sh.in
index 0be13bda5..5abe2851f 100755
--- a/tests/conform/test-launcher.sh.in
+++ b/tests/conform/test-launcher.sh.in
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ UNIT_TEST=`basename ${UNIT_TEST_PATH}`
 echo "Running: ./test-conformance -p ${UNIT_TEST_PATH} $@"
 echo ""
 @abs_builddir@/test-conformance -p ${UNIT_TEST_PATH} "$@"
+exit_val=$?
 
 echo ""
 echo "NOTE: For debugging purposes, you can run this single test as follows:"
@@ -23,3 +24,5 @@ echo "or:"
 echo "$ env G_SLICE=always-malloc \\"
 echo "  libtool --mode=execute \\"
 echo "          valgrind ./test-conformance -p ${UNIT_TEST_PATH}"
+
+exit $exit_val