1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/meta/classes/populate_sdk_ext.bbclass b/meta/classes/populate_sdk_ext.bbclass
index a824ca4e4a..85bbaa505c 100644
--- a/meta/classes/populate_sdk_ext.bbclass
+++ b/meta/classes/populate_sdk_ext.bbclass
@@ -219,7 +219,7 @@ SDK_PRE_INSTALL_COMMAND_task-populate-sdk-ext = "${sdk_ext_preinst}"
 sdk_ext_postinst() {
         printf "\nExtracting buildtools...\n"
         cd $target_sdk_dir
-        printf "buildtools\ny" | ./*buildtools-nativesdk-standalone* > /dev/null
+        printf "buildtools\ny" | ./*buildtools-nativesdk-standalone* > /dev/null || ( printf 'ERROR: buildtools installation failed\n' ; exit 1 )
 
         # Make sure when the user sets up the environment, they also get
         # the buildtools-tarball tools in their path.