https://bitbucket.org/agr/rope/issue/7/

--- ropetest/__init__.py
+++ ropetest/__init__.py
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+import sys
 import unittest
 
 import ropetest.projecttest
@@ -31,4 +32,5 @@
 
 if __name__ == '__main__':
     runner = unittest.TextTestRunner()
-    runner.run(suite())
+    result = runner.run(suite())
+    sys.exit(not result.wasSuccessful())