diff --git a/src/cli.rs b/src/cli.rs
index 8c90a053..625dd09d 100644
--- a/src/cli.rs
+++ b/src/cli.rs
@@ -151,6 +151,16 @@ pub fn clap() -> clap::Command {
                         .help("if multiple tasks targets are available, execute them all")
                         .action(ArgAction::SetTrue),
                 )
+                .arg(
+                    Arg::new("keep_going")
+                        .help("keep going until N jobs / tasks fail (0 means infinity)")
+                        .short('k')
+                        .long("keep_going")
+                        .env("LAZE_KEEP_GOING")
+                        .num_args(1)
+                        .default_value("1")
+                        .value_parser(clap::value_parser!(usize)),
+                )
                 .arg(jobs())
                 .next_help_heading("What to build")
                 .arg(
diff --git a/src/main.rs b/src/main.rs
index 3ef84c06..5ca42220 100644
--- a/src/main.rs
+++ b/src/main.rs
@@ -74,6 +74,7 @@ fn ninja_run(
     verbose: bool,
     targets: Option<Vec<Utf8PathBuf>>,
     jobs: Option<usize>,
+    keep_going: Option<usize>,
 ) -> Result<i32, Error> {
     let mut ninja_cmd = NinjaCmdBuilder::default();
 
@@ -86,6 +87,10 @@ fn ninja_run(
         ninja_cmd.jobs(jobs);
     }
 
+    if let Some(keep_going) = keep_going {
+        ninja_cmd.keep_going(keep_going);
+    }
+
     let ninja_cmd = ninja_cmd.build().unwrap();
     let ninja_binary = ninja_cmd.binary;
     let ninja_exit = ninja_cmd
@@ -270,6 +275,7 @@ fn try_main() -> Result<i32> {
             };
 
             let jobs = build_matches.get_one::<usize>("jobs").copied();
+            let keep_going = build_matches.get_one::<usize>("keep_going").copied();
 
             let partitioner = build_matches
                 .get_one::<task_partitioner::PartitionerBuilder>("partition")
@@ -390,6 +396,8 @@ fn try_main() -> Result<i32> {
                         verbose > 0,
                         Some(ninja_targets),
                         jobs,
+                        None, // have to fail on build error b/c no way of knowing *which* target
+                              // failed
                     )? != 0
                     {
                         return Err(anyhow!("build error"));
@@ -401,6 +409,7 @@ fn try_main() -> Result<i32> {
                     targets.iter(),
                     args.as_ref(),
                     verbose,
+                    keep_going.unwrap(),
                     project_root.as_std_path(),
                 )?;
 
@@ -440,7 +449,13 @@ fn try_main() -> Result<i32> {
                     )
                 };
 
-                ninja_run(ninja_build_file.as_path(), verbose > 0, targets, jobs)?;
+                ninja_run(
+                    ninja_build_file.as_path(),
+                    verbose > 0,
+                    targets,
+                    jobs,
+                    keep_going,
+                )?;
             }
         }
         Some(("clean", clean_matches)) => {
@@ -456,7 +471,13 @@ fn try_main() -> Result<i32> {
                 false => "clean",
             };
             let clean_target: Option<Vec<Utf8PathBuf>> = Some(vec!["-t".into(), tool.into()]);
-            ninja_run(ninja_build_file.as_path(), verbose > 0, clean_target, None)?;
+            ninja_run(
+                ninja_build_file.as_path(),
+                verbose > 0,
+                clean_target,
+                None,
+                None,
+            )?;
         }
         _ => {}
     };
diff --git a/src/ninja/mod.rs b/src/ninja/mod.rs
index 8fe0bcc0..0afc0378 100644
--- a/src/ninja/mod.rs
+++ b/src/ninja/mod.rs
@@ -9,16 +9,13 @@ use std::process::{Command, ExitStatus, Stdio};
 use camino::{Utf8Path, Utf8PathBuf};
 use indexmap::IndexMap;
 
-#[derive(Debug, PartialEq, Eq, Clone)]
-#[derive(Default)]
+#[derive(Debug, PartialEq, Eq, Clone, Default)]
 pub enum NinjaRuleDeps {
     #[default]
     None,
     GCC(String),
 }
 
-
-
 #[derive(Builder, Debug, PartialEq, Eq, Clone)]
 #[builder(setter(into))]
 pub struct NinjaRule<'a> {
@@ -317,6 +314,9 @@ pub struct NinjaCmd<'a> {
 
     #[builder(default = "None")]
     jobs: Option<usize>,
+
+    #[builder(default = "None")]
+    keep_going: Option<usize>,
 }
 
 impl<'a> NinjaCmd<'a> {
@@ -333,6 +333,11 @@ impl<'a> NinjaCmd<'a> {
             cmd.arg(jobs.to_string());
         }
 
+        if let Some(keep_going) = self.keep_going {
+            cmd.arg("-k");
+            cmd.arg(keep_going.to_string());
+        }
+
         if let Some(targets) = &self.targets {
             for target in targets {
                 cmd.arg(target);
diff --git a/src/task_runner.rs b/src/task_runner.rs
index d3ba7fed..223d8be0 100644
--- a/src/task_runner.rs
+++ b/src/task_runner.rs
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ pub fn run_tasks<'a, I>(
     tasks: I,
     args: std::option::Option<&Vec<&str>>,
     verbose: u8,
+    keep_going: usize,
     project_root: &Path,
 ) -> Result<(Vec<RunTaskResult<'a>>, usize), Error>
 where
@@ -33,16 +34,20 @@ where
         );
 
         let result = task.execute(project_root, args, verbose);
-        if result.is_err() {
-            errors += 1;
-        }
+        let is_error = result.is_err();
 
-        let result = RunTaskResult {
+        results.push(RunTaskResult {
             build,
             task,
             result,
-        };
-        results.push(result);
+        });
+
+        if is_error {
+            errors += 1;
+            if keep_going > 0 && errors >= keep_going {
+                break;
+            }
+        }
     }
 
     Ok((results, errors))