diff --git a/src/zeek-setup.cc b/src/zeek-setup.cc
index 3aaa2dd331..ed8455adea 100644
--- a/src/zeek-setup.cc
+++ b/src/zeek-setup.cc
@@ -820,13 +820,16 @@ SetupResult setup(int argc, char** argv, Options* zopts)
 		// when we actually end up reading interactively from stdin.
 		set_signal_mask(false);
 		run_state::is_parsing = true;
-		yyparse();
+		int yyparse_result = yyparse();
 		run_state::is_parsing = false;
 		set_signal_mask(true);
 
 		RecordVal::DoneParsing();
 		TableVal::DoneParsing();
 
+		if ( yyparse_result != 0 || zeek::reporter->Errors() > 0 )
+			exit(1);
+
 		init_general_global_var();
 		init_net_var();
 		run_bif_initializers();