diff --git a/PHPCI/Builder.php b/PHPCI/Builder.php
index 2df00bd9..440c0d53 100644
--- a/PHPCI/Builder.php
+++ b/PHPCI/Builder.php
@@ -163,6 +163,7 @@ class Builder implements LoggerAwareInterface, BuildLogger
         $this->build->setStarted(new \DateTime());
         $this->store->save($this->build);
         $this->build->sendStatusPostback();
+        $this->success = true;
 
         try {
             // Set up the build:
@@ -170,7 +171,7 @@ class Builder implements LoggerAwareInterface, BuildLogger
 
             // Run the core plugin stages:
             foreach (array('setup', 'test', 'complete') as $stage) {
-                $this->pluginExecutor->executePlugins($this->config, $stage);
+                $this->success &= $this->pluginExecutor->executePlugins($this->config, $stage);
             }
 
             // Failed build? Execute failure plugins and then mark the build as failed.
diff --git a/PHPCI/Plugin/Util/Executor.php b/PHPCI/Plugin/Util/Executor.php
index 7ea194eb..5bec1820 100644
--- a/PHPCI/Plugin/Util/Executor.php
+++ b/PHPCI/Plugin/Util/Executor.php
@@ -27,12 +27,14 @@ class Executor
      * Execute a the appropriate set of plugins for a given build stage.
      * @param array $config PHPCI configuration
      * @param string $stage
+     * @return bool
      */
     public function executePlugins(&$config, $stage)
     {
+        $success = true;
         // Ignore any stages for which we don't have plugins set:
         if (!array_key_exists($stage, $config) || !is_array($config[$stage])) {
-            return;
+            return $success;
         }
 
         foreach ($config[$stage] as $plugin => $options) {
@@ -54,12 +56,14 @@ class Executor
                 // If we're in the "test" stage and the plugin is not allowed to fail,
                 // then mark the build as failed:
                 if ($stage == 'test' && !$options['allow_failures']) {
-                    $this->success = false;
+                    $success = false;
                 }
 
                 $this->logger->logFailure('PLUGIN STATUS: FAILED');
             }
         }
+
+        return $success;
     }
 
     /**