1 files changed, 5 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/NPTest.pm b/NPTest.pm
index f3fb896a..1372d142 100644
--- a/NPTest.pm
+++ b/NPTest.pm
@@ -609,10 +609,13 @@ sub testCmd {
         my $object = $class->new;
         
         my $output = `$command`;
+        $object->return_code($? >> 8);
+        $_ = $? & 127;
+        if ($_) {
+                die "Got signal $_ for command $command";
+        }
         chomp $output;
-        
         $object->output($output);
-        $object->return_code($? >> 8);
 
         if ($ENV{'NPTEST_DEBUG'}) {
                 my ($pkg, $file, $line) = caller(0);