1 files changed, 5 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/winsup/cygwin/gendevices b/winsup/cygwin/gendevices
index cd7a53b9e..d8a5a5d73 100755
--- a/winsup/cygwin/gendevices
+++ b/winsup/cygwin/gendevices
@@ -55,7 +55,11 @@ close SHILKA;
 
 chdir '/tmp';
 system qw'shilka -length -strip -no-definitions', $shilka;
-exit $? if $?;
+if ($? == -1) {
+    die "$0: shilka command missing? - $!\n";
+} else {
+    exit $? if $?;
+}
 chdir $cwd;
 unlink $shilka;
 open(C, $c) or die "$0: couldn't open $c - $!\n";