diff --git a/tests/scripts/test020-proxycache b/tests/scripts/test020-proxycache
index 633e4a464d..c4779f33bf 100755
--- a/tests/scripts/test020-proxycache
+++ b/tests/scripts/test020-proxycache
@@ -94,6 +94,12 @@ for i in 0 1 2 3 4 5; do
 	sleep 5
 done
 
+if test $RC != 0 ; then
+	echo "ldapsearch failed ($RC)!"
+	test $KILLSERVERS != no && kill -HUP $KILLPIDS
+	exit $RC
+fi
+
 echo "Making queries on the proxy cache..." 
 echo "Query 1: filter:(sn=Jon) attrs: all" 
 $LDAPSEARCH -x -S "" -b "$BASEDN" -h $LOCALHOST -p $PORT2 \