diff --git a/hledger-install/hledger-install.sh b/hledger-install/hledger-install.sh
index fbf789ef8..114e6867f 100755
--- a/hledger-install/hledger-install.sh
+++ b/hledger-install/hledger-install.sh
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 # This is based on get-stack.sh which is copyright (c) 2015-2017, Stack contributors.
 
 set -e
+set -o pipefail
 
 usage() {
   cat <<HERE