diff --git a/pythonforandroid/build.py b/pythonforandroid/build.py
index 4ab2f596d1..9bdb69491e 100644
--- a/pythonforandroid/build.py
+++ b/pythonforandroid/build.py
@@ -235,6 +235,7 @@ def prepare_build_environment(self, user_sdk_dir, user_ndk_dir,
         else:
             error('Could not find `android` or `sdkmanager` binaries in '
                   'Android SDK. Exiting.')
+            exit(1)
         apis = [s for s in targets if re.match(r'^ *API level: ', s)]
         apis = [re.findall(r'[0-9]+', s) for s in apis]
         apis = [int(s[0]) for s in apis if s]