diff --git a/package/gptfdisk/gptfdisk.mk b/package/gptfdisk/gptfdisk.mk
index 897dc77ac6..0a73b63637 100644
--- a/package/gptfdisk/gptfdisk.mk
+++ b/package/gptfdisk/gptfdisk.mk
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ endef
 
 define GPTFDISK_INSTALL_TARGET_CMDS
 	for i in $(GPTFDISK_TARGETS_y); do \
-		$(INSTALL) -D -m 0755 $(@D)/$$i $(TARGET_DIR)/usr/sbin/$$i; \
+		$(INSTALL) -D -m 0755 $(@D)/$$i $(TARGET_DIR)/usr/sbin/$$i || exit 1; \
 	done
 endef