diff --git a/common/hooks/do-fetch/00-distfiles.sh b/common/hooks/do-fetch/00-distfiles.sh
index 0be4ab71e6..1bbb97298d 100644
--- a/common/hooks/do-fetch/00-distfiles.sh
+++ b/common/hooks/do-fetch/00-distfiles.sh
@@ -102,4 +102,8 @@ hook() {
 		fi
 		dfcount=$(($dfcount + 1))
 	done
+
+	if [ "$rval" -ne 0 ]; then
+		msg_error "$pkgver: couldn't verify distfiles, exiting...\n"
+	fi
 }