diff --git a/Makefile.sp b/Makefile.sp
index 3d360371..c7325de2 100644
--- a/Makefile.sp
+++ b/Makefile.sp
@@ -91,7 +91,8 @@ sp-spellcheck:
 sp-spelling: sp-html sp-spellcheck
 
 sp-linkcheck: sp-install
-	. $(VENV) ; $(SPHINXBUILD) -b linkcheck "$(SOURCEDIR)" "$(BUILDDIR)" $(SPHINXOPTS)
+	. $(VENV) ; $(SPHINXBUILD) -b linkcheck "$(SOURCEDIR)" "$(BUILDDIR)" $(SPHINXOPTS) || (grep --color -F "[broken]" "$(BUILDDIR)/output.txt"; exit 1)
+	exit 0
 
 sp-woke: sp-woke-install
 	woke $(ALLFILES) --exit-1-on-failure \