diff --git a/test/Makefile b/test/Makefile
index 9930aa48..626232da 100644
--- a/test/Makefile
+++ b/test/Makefile
@@ -3,16 +3,26 @@ PHONY=check clean dist distclean test test-unit test-functional rmChangeLog clea
 GIT2CL ?= git2cl
 PYTHON ?= python
 
-# Set COMILE='--compile' to force compilation before check
+# Set COMPILE='--compile' to force compilation before check
 COMPILE ?=
 
 #: Run all tests
 check: check-short check-2.7-ok
 
+## FIXME: there is a bug in our code that I don't
+## find in uncompyle2 that causes this to fail.
+## parsing.
+## the failing program works if run by itself.
+## This leads me to believe the problem is an
+## initialization bug?
+
+#: Check deparsing only, but from a different Python version
+check-bytecode:
+	$(PYTHON) test_pythonlib.py --bytecode-2.5
+
 #: Run quick tests
 check-short:
 	$(PYTHON) test_pythonlib.py --base-2.7 --verify $(COMPILE)
-	$(PYTHON) test_pythonlib.py --bytecode-2.5
 
 #: Run longer Python 2.7's lib files known to be okay
 check-2.7-ok:
diff --git a/test/test_pythonlib.py b/test/test_pythonlib.py
index 77e3f34f..41e7217c 100755
--- a/test/test_pythonlib.py
+++ b/test/test_pythonlib.py
@@ -148,7 +148,14 @@ def do_tests(src_dir, obj_patterns, target_dir, opts):
     print('Source directory: ', src_dir)
     print('Output directory: ', target_dir)
     try:
-        main(src_dir, target_dir, files, [], do_verify=opts['do_verify'])
+        _, _, failed_files, failed_verify = \
+          main(src_dir, target_dir, files, [],
+               do_verify=opts['do_verify'])
+        if failed_files != 0:
+            exit(2)
+        elif failed_verify != 0:
+            exit(3)
+
     except (KeyboardInterrupt, OSError):
         print()
         exit(1)