diff --git a/xml/setup.py b/xml/setup.py
index 1ae5d2f..23a9539 100644
--- a/xml/setup.py
+++ b/xml/setup.py
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@
             #       configurable via the package config in the bitbake recipes.
             for chip in ('p10', 'explorer'):
                 subprocess.run([ './parse_chip_data_xml', '--json',
-                                 '-i', chip, '-o', data_dir ])
+                                 '-i', chip, '-o', data_dir ], check=True)
 
         # Call the superclass run() to ensure everything else builds.
         super().run()