diff --git a/lib/python/qmk/cli/userspace/compile.py b/lib/python/qmk/cli/userspace/compile.py
index 0a42dd5bf5..fb320a16f0 100644
--- a/lib/python/qmk/cli/userspace/compile.py
+++ b/lib/python/qmk/cli/userspace/compile.py
@@ -35,4 +35,4 @@ def userspace_compile(cli):
     if len(keyboard_keymap_targets) > 0:
         build_targets.extend(search_keymap_targets(keyboard_keymap_targets))
 
-    mass_compile_targets(list(set(build_targets)), cli.args.clean, cli.args.dry_run, cli.config.userspace_compile.no_temp, cli.config.userspace_compile.parallel, **build_environment(cli.args.env))
+    return mass_compile_targets(list(set(build_targets)), cli.args.clean, cli.args.dry_run, cli.config.userspace_compile.no_temp, cli.config.userspace_compile.parallel, **build_environment(cli.args.env))