diff --git a/docs/about.md b/docs/about.md
index 88340ead0..72a6cdfda 100644
--- a/docs/about.md
+++ b/docs/about.md
@@ -47,6 +47,7 @@ Whitelist: A confidence rating is given for how close a word is to one in the wh
 | Ignores hidden | Yes                   | Yes                             | ?                               | Yes         | No          |
 | Respect gitignore | Yes                | Yes                             | ?                               | No          | No          |
 | Checks filenames | Yes                 | No                              | ?                               | Yes         | No          |
+| Status via exit code | Yes             | No                              | Yes                             | Yes         | Yes         |
 | API            | Rust / [JSON Lines]   | Rust                            | ?                               | Python      | None        |
 | License        | MIT or Apache         | AGPL                            | MIT                             | GPLv2       | GPLv2       |
 
diff --git a/src/lib.rs b/src/lib.rs
index 0463a3312..7ef5ea5df 100644
--- a/src/lib.rs
+++ b/src/lib.rs
@@ -22,7 +22,9 @@ pub fn process_file(
     ignore_hex: bool,
     binary: bool,
     report: report::Report,
-) -> Result<(), failure::Error> {
+) -> Result<bool, failure::Error> {
+    let mut typos_found = false;
+
     if check_filenames {
         for part in path.components().filter_map(|c| c.as_os_str().to_str()) {
             for ident in tokens::Identifier::parse(part) {
@@ -37,6 +39,7 @@ pub fn process_file(
                         non_exhaustive: (),
                     };
                     report(msg.into());
+                    typos_found = true;
                 }
                 for word in ident.split() {
                     if let Some(correction) = dictionary.correct_word(word) {
@@ -47,6 +50,7 @@ pub fn process_file(
                             non_exhaustive: (),
                         };
                         report(msg.into());
+                        typos_found = true;
                     }
                 }
             }
@@ -62,7 +66,7 @@ pub fn process_file(
                 non_exhaustive: (),
             };
             report(msg.into());
-            return Ok(());
+            return Ok(typos_found);
         }
 
         for (line_idx, line) in buffer.lines().enumerate() {
@@ -82,6 +86,7 @@ pub fn process_file(
                         correction,
                         non_exhaustive: (),
                     };
+                    typos_found = true;
                     report(msg.into());
                 }
                 for word in ident.split() {
@@ -96,6 +101,7 @@ pub fn process_file(
                             correction,
                             non_exhaustive: (),
                         };
+                        typos_found = true;
                         report(msg.into());
                     }
                 }
@@ -103,7 +109,7 @@ pub fn process_file(
         }
     }
 
-    Ok(())
+    Ok(typos_found)
 }
 
 fn is_hex(ident: &str) -> bool {
diff --git a/src/main.rs b/src/main.rs
index f25b9d567..2e662a7b7 100644
--- a/src/main.rs
+++ b/src/main.rs
@@ -249,7 +249,7 @@ pub fn get_logging(level: log::Level) -> env_logger::Builder {
     builder
 }
 
-fn run() -> Result<(), failure::Error> {
+fn run() -> Result<i32, failure::Error> {
     let options = Options::from_args().infer();
 
     let mut builder = get_logging(options.verbose.log_level());
@@ -275,11 +275,11 @@ fn run() -> Result<(), failure::Error> {
         .git_ignore(options.ignore_vcs().unwrap_or(true))
         .git_exclude(options.ignore_vcs().unwrap_or(true))
         .parents(options.ignore_parent().unwrap_or(true));
-    // TODO Add build_parallel for options.threads != 1
+    let mut typos_found = false;
     for entry in walk.build() {
         let entry = entry?;
         if entry.file_type().map(|t| t.is_file()).unwrap_or(true) {
-            typos::process_file(
+            if typos::process_file(
                 entry.path(),
                 &dictionary,
                 check_filenames,
@@ -287,13 +287,20 @@ fn run() -> Result<(), failure::Error> {
                 ignore_hex,
                 binary,
                 options.format.report(),
-            )?;
+            )? {
+                typos_found = true;
+            }
         }
     }
 
-    Ok(())
+    if typos_found {
+        Ok(1)
+    } else {
+        Ok(0)
+    }
 }
 
 fn main() {
-    run().unwrap();
+    let code = run().unwrap();
+    std::process::exit(code);
 }