diff --git a/js/npm.templates/kotlin-compiler/bin/kotlinc-js-runner.js b/js/npm.templates/kotlin-compiler/bin/kotlinc-js-runner.js
index be7e2ba38e8..6dd199b5fdd 100644
--- a/js/npm.templates/kotlin-compiler/bin/kotlinc-js-runner.js
+++ b/js/npm.templates/kotlin-compiler/bin/kotlinc-js-runner.js
@@ -20,4 +20,6 @@ var spawn = require('child_process').spawn;
 var execPath = __dirname + '/kotlinc-js';
 var args = process.argv.slice(2);
 
-spawn('"' + execPath + '"', args, { stdio: "inherit", shell: true });
+spawn('"' + execPath + '"', args, { stdio: "inherit", shell: true }).on('exit', function(exitCode) {
+    process.exit(exitCode);
+});