diff --git a/bin/puppet b/bin/puppet
index c84b2d4ae..1f4842ac5 100755
--- a/bin/puppet
+++ b/bin/puppet
@@ -1,8 +1,9 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env ruby
 
 begin
   require 'puppet/util/command_line'
   Puppet::Util::CommandLine.new.execute
 rescue LoadError => e
   $stderr.puts e.message
+  exit(1)
 end