diff --git a/make/py-mod.mk b/make/py-mod.mk
index b9ef4a23..88f0cb58 100644
--- a/make/py-mod.mk
+++ b/make/py-mod.mk
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ ifneq ($(PYTHON_VERSION),3)
 else
 __pycache__/%.cpython-37.pyc: %.py
 endif
-	$(PYTHON) -c "import py_compile; py_compile.compile(\"$<\")"
+	$(PYTHON) -c "import py_compile; py_compile.compile(\"$<\", doraise=True)"
 
 ifeq ($(PYTHON),python3)
 $(PY_INSTALL_DIR_PY)/__pycache__/%.cpython-37.pyc: __pycache__/%.cpython-37.pyc