diff --git a/ruff/__main__.py b/ruff/__main__.py
index fe7135ba1b..947caea0a9 100644
--- a/ruff/__main__.py
+++ b/ruff/__main__.py
@@ -4,4 +4,4 @@ import sysconfig
 
 if __name__ == "__main__":
     ruff = os.path.join(sysconfig.get_path("scripts"), "ruff")
-    os.spawnv(os.P_WAIT, ruff, [ruff, *sys.argv[1:]])
+    sys.exit(os.spawnv(os.P_WAIT, ruff, [ruff, *sys.argv[1:]]))