diff --git a/scripts/api-extractor.ts b/scripts/api-extractor.ts
index 731bf4ecf9..06e47fe9f8 100644
--- a/scripts/api-extractor.ts
+++ b/scripts/api-extractor.ts
@@ -801,7 +801,7 @@ async function main() {
 
   if (runTsc) {
     await fs.remove(resolvePath(projectRoot, 'dist-types'));
-    spawnSync(
+    const { status } = spawnSync(
       'yarn',
       [
         'tsc',
@@ -815,6 +815,9 @@ async function main() {
         cwd: projectRoot,
       },
     );
+    if (status !== 0) {
+      process.exit(status);
+    }
   }
 
   const packageDirs = selectedPackageDirs ?? (await findPackageDirs());