diff --git a/buildscript b/buildscript
index f39897aa..da096193 100755
--- a/buildscript
+++ b/buildscript
@@ -1,6 +1,9 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-3.0-or-later
 
+set -e
+set -o pipefail
+
 builddir=./build
 
 # OpenWrt: package hashes correspond to core repo version