diff --git a/tests/run.sh.in b/tests/run.sh.in
index 26ad21b..219c3fa 100644
--- a/tests/run.sh.in
+++ b/tests/run.sh.in
@@ -222,7 +222,7 @@ run_test "PKG_CONFIG_PATH='${selfdir}/lib1' ${1} --libs framework-1" \
 run_test "PKG_CONFIG_PATH='${selfdir}/lib1' ${1} --libs framework-2" \
 	"-F/usr/lib -framework framework-2 -framework framework-1"
 
-run_test "PKG_CONFIG_PATH='${selfdir}/lib1' ${1} --exists --print-errors 'foo > 0.6.0 foo < 0.8.0'" \
+run_test "PKG_CONFIG_PATH='${selfdir}/lib1' ${1} --exists --print-errors 'foo > 0.6.0 foo < 0.8.0'; echo \$?" \
 	'1'
 
 # 10) tests for internal getopt implementation with options at the end