diff --git a/make/subdirs.mk b/make/subdirs.mk
index 0392e1d9..5d9fcf96 100644
--- a/make/subdirs.mk
+++ b/make/subdirs.mk
@@ -1,13 +1,13 @@
 ifdef SUBDIRS
 
 all.dirs:
-	for dir in $(SUBDIRS); do make -C $$dir all; done
+	set -e; for dir in $(SUBDIRS); do make -C $$dir all; done
 install.dirs:
-	for dir in $(SUBDIRS); do make -C $$dir install; done
+	set -e; for dir in $(SUBDIRS); do make -C $$dir install; done
 clean.dirs:
-	for dir in $(SUBDIRS); do make -C $$dir clean; done
+	set -e; for dir in $(SUBDIRS); do make -C $$dir clean; done
 distclean.dirs:
-	for dir in $(SUBDIRS); do make -C $$dir distclean; done
+	set -e; for dir in $(SUBDIRS); do make -C $$dir distclean; done
 
 all: all.dirs
 install: install.dirs