diff --git a/package/googlefontdirectory/googlefontdirectory.mk b/package/googlefontdirectory/googlefontdirectory.mk
index 076e65494..0e60892bb 100644
--- a/package/googlefontdirectory/googlefontdirectory.mk
+++ b/package/googlefontdirectory/googlefontdirectory.mk
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ define GOOGLEFONTDIRECTORY_INSTALL_TARGET_CMDS
 	for i in $(GOOGLEFONTDIRECTORY_FONTS); \
 	do \
 		$(INSTALL) -d $(TARGET_DIR)/usr/share/fonts/$$i && \
-		$(INSTALL) -m 0644 -t $(TARGET_DIR)/usr/share/fonts/$$i $(@D)/$$i/*.ttf; \
+		$(INSTALL) -m 0644 -t $(TARGET_DIR)/usr/share/fonts/$$i $(@D)/$$i/*.ttf || exit 1; \
 	done
 endef