diff --git a/recipes/ecj/ecj-bootstrap-native.bb b/recipes/ecj/ecj-bootstrap-native.bb
index a11ba74..72571bf 100644
--- a/recipes/ecj/ecj-bootstrap-native.bb
+++ b/recipes/ecj/ecj-bootstrap-native.bb
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ SRC_URI = "file://ecj.in"
 
 S = "${WORKDIR}"
 
-PR = "r4"
+PR = "r5"
 
 JAR = "ecj-bootstrap.jar"
 
diff --git a/recipes/ecj/files/ecj.in b/recipes/ecj/files/ecj.in
index 0fd4a65..66f4851 100755
--- a/recipes/ecj/files/ecj.in
+++ b/recipes/ecj/files/ecj.in
@@ -1,13 +1,17 @@
 ARGS=${1+"$@"}
 COUNT=5
 END=0
+RETURNCODE=0
 
 while test "${COUNT}" -gt "${END}"
 do
  ${RUNTIME} -Xmx1024m -cp ${ECJ_JAR} org.eclipse.jdt.internal.compiler.batch.Main ${ARGS}
+ RETURNCODE=${?}
  if test "${?}" -eq "${END}"
  then
     break
  fi
  COUNT=$(($COUNT-1))
 done
+
+exit ${RETURNCODE}