gistfile1.txt

diff --git a/proton-j/src/test/java/org/apache/qpid/proton/test/JythonTest.java b/proton-j/src/test/java/org/apache/qpid/proton/test/JythonTest.java
index f549dfe..d2071ba 100644
--- a/proton-j/src/test/java/org/apache/qpid/proton/test/JythonTest.java
+++ b/proton-j/src/test/java/org/apache/qpid/proton/test/JythonTest.java
@@ -22,6 +22,8 @@ package org.apache.qpid.proton.test;
 
 import org.junit.Test;
 import static org.junit.Assert.*;
+
+import org.python.core.PyException;
 import org.python.util.PythonInterpreter;
 import java.io.File;
 
@@ -64,7 +66,15 @@ public class JythonTest
         "sys.path.insert(0,\""+classesDir.getCanonicalPath()+"\")\n"+
         "sys.path.insert(0,\""+testDir.getCanonicalPath()+"\")\n"
         );
-        interp.execfile(new File(testDir, "proton-test").getCanonicalPath());
+        try {
+            interp.execfile(new File(testDir, "proton-test").getCanonicalPath());
+        } catch (PyException e) {
+            if( e.type.toString().equals("<type 'exceptions.SystemExit'>") && e.value.toString().equals("0") ) {
+                // Build succeeded.
+            } else {
+                throw e;
+            }
+        }
 
     }
 
diff --git a/tests/proton-test b/tests/proton-test
index a2ceba3..2a163bc 100755
--- a/tests/proton-test
+++ b/tests/proton-test
@@ -623,7 +623,7 @@ if not list_only:
 if xmlr:
    xmlr.end()
 
-if failed or skipped:
+if failed:
   sys.exit(1)
 else:
   sys.exit(0)