diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index ee684d7e..612e1605 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -10,6 +10,12 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 (unreleased)=
 ## [Unreleased](https://github.com/jeertmans/manim-slides/compare/v5.5.1...HEAD)
 
+(unreleased-added)=
+### Added
+
+- `manim-slides render` now exits with the same return code as the one returned by `manim render` or `manimgl`.
+  [@chrjabs](https://github.com/chrjabs) [#545](https://github.com/jeertmans/manim-slides/pull/545)
+
 (unreleased-chore)=
 ### Chore
 
diff --git a/manim_slides/render.py b/manim_slides/render.py
index 6bb8720a..dfdb1194 100644
--- a/manim_slides/render.py
+++ b/manim_slides/render.py
@@ -48,6 +48,7 @@ def render(ce: bool, gl: bool, args: tuple[str, ...]) -> None:
     if ce and gl:
         raise click.UsageError("You cannot specify both --CE and --GL renderers.")
     if gl:
-        subprocess.run([sys.executable, "-m", "manimlib", "-w", *args])
+        completed = subprocess.run([sys.executable, "-m", "manimlib", "-w", *args])
     else:
-        subprocess.run([sys.executable, "-m", "manim", "render", *args])
+        completed = subprocess.run([sys.executable, "-m", "manim", "render", *args])
+    sys.exit(completed.returncode)
diff --git a/tests/data/slides.py b/tests/data/slides.py
index 4dc84ad9..be3e48d7 100644
--- a/tests/data/slides.py
+++ b/tests/data/slides.py
@@ -42,3 +42,8 @@ def construct(self):
 
 class BasicSlideSkipReversing(BasicSlide):
     skip_reversing = True
+
+
+class FailingSlide(Slide):
+    def construct(self):
+        self.play("this fails to render")
diff --git a/tests/test_slide.py b/tests/test_slide.py
index 1724953c..121484a5 100644
--- a/tests/test_slide.py
+++ b/tests/test_slide.py
@@ -113,6 +113,37 @@ def test_render_basic_slide(
         assert local_presentation_config.resolution == presentation_config.resolution
 
 
+@pytest.mark.parametrize(
+    "renderer",
+    [
+        "--CE",
+        pytest.param(
+            "--GL",
+            marks=pytest.mark.skipif(
+                sys.version_info < (3, 10),
+                reason="See https://github.com/3b1b/manim/issues/2263.",
+            ),
+        ),
+        "--CE --renderer=opengl",
+    ],
+    ids=("CE", "GL", "CE(GL)"),
+)
+def test_render_failing_slide(
+    renderer: str,
+    slides_file: Path,
+    manimgl_config: Path,
+) -> None:
+    runner = CliRunner()
+
+    with runner.isolated_filesystem() as tmp_dir:
+        shutil.copy(manimgl_config, tmp_dir)
+        results = runner.invoke(
+            render, [*renderer.split(" "), str(slides_file), "FailingSlide", "-ql"]
+        )
+
+        assert results.exit_code != 0, results
+
+
 def test_clear_cache(
     slides_file: Path,
 ) -> None: