diff --git a/parallel_emerge b/parallel_emerge
index 61e9920efb..9a77ef45c4 100755
--- a/parallel_emerge
+++ b/parallel_emerge
@@ -1733,6 +1733,7 @@ def main():
     os.execvp(os.path.realpath(sys.argv[0]), args)
 
   print "Done"
+  sys.exit(0)
 
 if __name__ == "__main__":
   main()