diff --git a/check-lint b/check-lint
index 9721a2c..d1c1195 100755
--- a/check-lint
+++ b/check-lint
@@ -14,6 +14,9 @@ ALL_FILES=$(git ls-files '*.py')
 # Initialize an array to store files checked with custom configs
 checked_files=()
 
+# Initialize an overall exit status to track pylint failures
+overall_exit_status=0
+
 # Check if the avocado-static-checks.conf file exists
 if [ -f "$CONFIG_FILE" ]; then
     echo "Found configuration file: $CONFIG_FILE"
@@ -74,6 +77,12 @@ if [ -f "$CONFIG_FILE" ]; then
                 echo "** Running $TOOL_NAME on directory '$DIRECTORY_PATH' with config from '$CONFIG_PATH'..."
                 $TOOL_CMD --rcfile="$BASE_DIR/../$CONFIG_PATH" $FILES
 
+                # Capture the exit code
+                exit_code=$?
+                if [ $exit_code -ne 0 ]; then
+                    overall_exit_status=1  # Set to 1 if there were any issues
+                fi
+
                 # Add the files to the custom config list
                 for file in $FILES; do
                     checked_files+=("$file")
@@ -85,7 +94,14 @@ else
     # If the configuration file does not exist, print a message and use default config for all files
     echo "Configuration file '$CONFIG_FILE' not found. Running $TOOL_NAME with default config on all files..."
     $TOOL_CMD --rcfile="$DEFAULT_CONFIG_PATH" $ALL_FILES
-    exit 0
+
+    # Capture the exit code
+    exit_code=$?
+    if [ $exit_code -ne 0 ]; then
+        overall_exit_status=1  # Set to 1 if there were any issues
+    fi
+
+    exit $overall_exit_status
 fi
 
 # Calculate remaining files that weren't checked with a custom config
@@ -100,4 +116,13 @@ done
 if [ ${#remaining_files[@]} -gt 0 ]; then
     echo "** Running $TOOL_NAME with default config on remaining files..."
     $TOOL_CMD --rcfile="$DEFAULT_CONFIG_PATH" "${remaining_files[@]}"
+
+
+    exit_code=$?
+    if [ $exit_code -ne 0 ]; then
+        overall_exit_status=1
+    fi
 fi
+
+# Exit with the overall exit status
+exit $overall_exit_status