diff --git a/poky/meta/classes/license_image.bbclass b/poky/meta/classes/license_image.bbclass
index 7e1d0e0..3213ea7 100644
--- a/poky/meta/classes/license_image.bbclass
+++ b/poky/meta/classes/license_image.bbclass
@@ -104,6 +104,8 @@
                                        "The license listed %s was not in the "\
                                        "licenses collected for recipe %s"
                                        % (lic, pkg_dic[pkg]["PN"]), d)
+    oe.qa.exit_if_errors(d)
+
     # Two options here:
     # - Just copy the manifest
     # - Copy the manifest and the license directories