diff --git a/utils/pdftohtml.cc b/utils/pdftohtml.cc
index ffd559e..f327a39 100644
--- a/utils/pdftohtml.cc
+++ b/utils/pdftohtml.cc
@@ -189,6 +189,7 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[]) {
   char *p;
   GooString *ownerPW, *userPW;
   Object info;
+  int exit_status = EXIT_SUCCESS;
 
   // parse args
   ok = parseArgs(argDesc, &argc, argv);
@@ -217,7 +218,8 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[]) {
   if (textEncName[0]) {
     globalParams->setTextEncoding(textEncName);
     if( !globalParams->getTextEncoding() )  {
-	goto error;    
+      exit_status = EXIT_FAILURE;
+      goto error;
     }
   }
 
@@ -252,6 +254,7 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[]) {
     delete ownerPW;
   }
   if (!doc->isOk()) {
+    exit_status = EXIT_FAILURE;
     goto error;
   }
 
@@ -259,6 +262,7 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[]) {
   if (!doc->okToCopy()) {
     if (!noDrm) {
       error(errNotAllowed, -1, "Copying of text from this document is not allowed.");
+      exit_status = EXIT_FAILURE;
       goto error;
     }
     fprintf(stderr, "Document has copy-protection bit set.\n");
@@ -288,6 +292,7 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[]) {
     delete tmp;
   } else if (fileName->cmp("fd://0") == 0) {
       error(errCommandLine, -1, "You have to provide an output filename when reading form stdin.");
+      exit_status = EXIT_FAILURE;
       goto error;
   } else {
     p = fileName->getCString() + fileName->getLength() - 4;
@@ -330,6 +335,7 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[]) {
     error(errCommandLine, -1,
           "Wrong page range given: the first page ({0:d}) can not be after the last page ({1:d}).",
           firstPage, lastPage);
+    exit_status = EXIT_FAILURE;
     goto error;
   }
 
@@ -447,7 +453,7 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[]) {
   Object::memCheck(stderr);
   gMemReport(stderr);
 
-  return 0;
+  return exit_status;
 }
 
 static GooString* getInfoString(Dict *infoDict, const char *key) {