diff --git a/src/acpi/mcfg/mcfg.c b/src/acpi/mcfg/mcfg.c
index 331c24f..39ae697 100644
--- a/src/acpi/mcfg/mcfg.c
+++ b/src/acpi/mcfg/mcfg.c
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@ static void compare_config_space(
 {
 	fwts_list *lspci_output;
 	fwts_list_link *item;
+	int status;
 
 	char command[PATH_MAX];
 	char compare_line[50];
@@ -54,7 +55,7 @@ static void compare_config_space(
 	snprintf(command, sizeof(command), "%s -vxxx -s %" PRIu16 ":%" PRIu32,
 		fw->lspci, segment, device);
 
-	if (fwts_pipe_exec(command, &lspci_output) == FWTS_EXEC_ERROR) {
+	if (fwts_pipe_exec(command, &lspci_output, &status) != FWTS_OK) {
 		fwts_log_warning(fw, "Could not execute %s", command);
 		return;
 	}
diff --git a/src/acpi/s3/s3.c b/src/acpi/s3/s3.c
index a1b7848..182db43 100644
--- a/src/acpi/s3/s3.c
+++ b/src/acpi/s3/s3.c
@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@ static int s3_do_suspend_resume(fwts_framework *fw,
 	/* Do S3 here */
 	fwts_progress_message(fw, percent, "(Suspending)");
 	time(&t_start);
-	status = fwts_pipe_exec(command, &output);
+	(void)fwts_pipe_exec(command, &output, &status);
 	time(&t_end);
 	fwts_progress_message(fw, percent, "(Resumed)");
 	fwts_text_list_free(output);
diff --git a/src/acpi/s3power/s3power.c b/src/acpi/s3power/s3power.c
index a8a7c25..0b98df1 100644
--- a/src/acpi/s3power/s3power.c
+++ b/src/acpi/s3power/s3power.c
@@ -191,8 +191,7 @@ static int s3power_test(fwts_framework *fw)
 	/* Do S3 here */
 	fwts_progress_message(fw, 100, "(Suspending)");
 	time(&t_start);
-	status = 0;
-	status = fwts_pipe_exec(PM_SUSPEND, &output);
+	(void)fwts_pipe_exec(PM_SUSPEND, &output, &status);
 	time(&t_end);
 	fwts_progress_message(fw, 100, "(Resumed)");
 	fwts_text_list_free(output);
diff --git a/src/acpi/s4/s4.c b/src/acpi/s4/s4.c
index 728062d..bea7fce 100644
--- a/src/acpi/s4/s4.c
+++ b/src/acpi/s4/s4.c
@@ -137,7 +137,7 @@ static int s4_hibernate(fwts_framework *fw,
 
 	/* Do s4 here */
 	fwts_progress_message(fw, percent, "(Hibernating)");
-	status = fwts_pipe_exec(command, &output);
+	(void)fwts_pipe_exec(command, &output, &status);
 	fwts_progress_message(fw, percent, "(Resumed)");
 	fwts_text_list_free(output);
 	free(command);
diff --git a/src/bios/mtrr/mtrr.c b/src/bios/mtrr/mtrr.c
index 6dbc8e2..62a91c7 100644
--- a/src/bios/mtrr/mtrr.c
+++ b/src/bios/mtrr/mtrr.c
@@ -199,11 +199,12 @@ static bool is_prefetchable(fwts_framework *fw, char *device, uint64_t address)
 	char line[4096];
 	fwts_list *lspci_output;
 	fwts_list_link *item;
+	int status;
 
 	memset(line,0,4096);
 
 	snprintf(line, sizeof(line), "%s -v -s %s", fw->lspci, device);
-	fwts_pipe_exec(line, &lspci_output);
+	fwts_pipe_exec(line, &lspci_output, &status);
 	if (lspci_output == NULL)
 		return pref;
 
diff --git a/src/hotkey/hotkey/hotkey.c b/src/hotkey/hotkey/hotkey.c
index 267b69e..59a6829 100644
--- a/src/hotkey/hotkey/hotkey.c
+++ b/src/hotkey/hotkey/hotkey.c
@@ -182,9 +182,10 @@ static char *hotkey_find_keymap(char *device)
 
 	char buffer[1024];
 	char *keymap = NULL;
+	int status;
 
 	snprintf(buffer, sizeof(buffer), "udevadm test /class/%s 2>&1", device);
-	if (fwts_pipe_exec(buffer, &output) != FWTS_OK)
+	if (fwts_pipe_exec(buffer, &output, &status) != FWTS_OK)
 		return NULL;
 
 	snprintf(buffer, sizeof(buffer), "keymap %s", device);
diff --git a/src/lib/include/fwts_pipeio.h b/src/lib/include/fwts_pipeio.h
index f1875da..04f4dea 100644
--- a/src/lib/include/fwts_pipeio.h
+++ b/src/lib/include/fwts_pipeio.h
@@ -31,6 +31,6 @@
 int   fwts_pipe_open(const char *command, pid_t *childpid);
 char *fwts_pipe_read(const int fd, ssize_t *length);
 int   fwts_pipe_close(const int fd, const pid_t pid);
-int   fwts_pipe_exec(const char *command, fwts_list **list);
+int   fwts_pipe_exec(const char *command, fwts_list **list, int *status);
 
 #endif
diff --git a/src/lib/src/fwts_efi_module.c b/src/lib/src/fwts_efi_module.c
index 26e5740..c92a091 100644
--- a/src/lib/src/fwts_efi_module.c
+++ b/src/lib/src/fwts_efi_module.c
@@ -57,7 +57,9 @@ int fwts_lib_efi_runtime_load_module(fwts_framework *fw)
 	}
 
 	if (!module_already_loaded) {
-		if (fwts_pipe_exec("modprobe efi_runtime", &output) != FWTS_OK) {
+		int status;
+
+		if (fwts_pipe_exec("modprobe efi_runtime", &output, &status) != FWTS_OK) {
 			fwts_log_error(fw, "Load efi_runtime module error.");
 			return FWTS_ERROR;
 		} else {
@@ -94,7 +96,9 @@ int fwts_lib_efi_runtime_unload_module(fwts_framework *fw)
 		return FWTS_ERROR;
 	}
 	if (module_already_loaded) {
-		if (fwts_pipe_exec("modprobe -r efi_runtime", &output) != FWTS_OK) {
+		int status;
+
+		if (fwts_pipe_exec("modprobe -r efi_runtime", &output, &status) != FWTS_OK) {
 			fwts_log_error(fw, "Unload efi_runtime module error.");
 			return FWTS_ERROR;
 		} else {
diff --git a/src/lib/src/fwts_hwinfo.c b/src/lib/src/fwts_hwinfo.c
index 4365c64..3fcac80 100644
--- a/src/lib/src/fwts_hwinfo.c
+++ b/src/lib/src/fwts_hwinfo.c
@@ -33,15 +33,17 @@ int fwts_hwinfo_get(fwts_framework *fw, fwts_hwinfo *hwinfo)
 {
 	FWTS_UNUSED(fw);
 
-	fwts_pipe_exec("lspci | grep Network", &hwinfo->network);
-	fwts_pipe_exec("lspci | grep Ethernet", &hwinfo->ethernet);
-	fwts_pipe_exec("ifconfig -a | grep -A1 '^\\w'", &hwinfo->ifconfig);
-	fwts_pipe_exec("iwconfig | grep -A1 '^\\w'", &hwinfo->iwconfig);
-	fwts_pipe_exec("hciconfig -a | grep -A2 '^\\w", &hwinfo->hciconfig);
-	fwts_pipe_exec("lspci | grep VGA", &hwinfo->videocard);
-	fwts_pipe_exec("xinput list", &hwinfo->xinput);
-	fwts_pipe_exec("pactl list | grep Sink | grep -v Latency", &hwinfo->pactl);
-	fwts_pipe_exec("pactl list | grep Source | grep -v Latency", &hwinfo->pactl);
+	int status;
+
+	fwts_pipe_exec("lspci | grep Network", &hwinfo->network, &status);
+	fwts_pipe_exec("lspci | grep Ethernet", &hwinfo->ethernet, &status);
+	fwts_pipe_exec("ifconfig -a | grep -A1 '^\\w'", &hwinfo->ifconfig, &status);
+	fwts_pipe_exec("iwconfig | grep -A1 '^\\w'", &hwinfo->iwconfig, &status);
+	fwts_pipe_exec("hciconfig -a | grep -A2 '^\\w", &hwinfo->hciconfig, &status);
+	fwts_pipe_exec("lspci | grep VGA", &hwinfo->videocard, &status);
+	fwts_pipe_exec("xinput list", &hwinfo->xinput, &status);
+	fwts_pipe_exec("pactl list | grep Sink | grep -v Latency", &hwinfo->pactl, &status);
+	fwts_pipe_exec("pactl list | grep Source | grep -v Latency", &hwinfo->pactl, &status);
 
 	return FWTS_OK;
 }
diff --git a/src/lib/src/fwts_pipeio.c b/src/lib/src/fwts_pipeio.c
index 68abee9..5af817b 100644
--- a/src/lib/src/fwts_pipeio.c
+++ b/src/lib/src/fwts_pipeio.c
@@ -133,14 +133,15 @@ int fwts_pipe_close(const int fd, const pid_t pid)
  *  fwts_pipe_exec()
  *	execute a command, return a list containing lines
  *	of the stdout output from the command.
+ *	Return FWTS_OK if the exec worked, FWTS_EXEC_ERROR if
+ *	it failed.  status contains the child exit status.
  */
-int fwts_pipe_exec(const char *command, fwts_list **list)
+int fwts_pipe_exec(const char *command, fwts_list **list, int *status)
 {
 	pid_t 	pid;
 	int	fd;
 	ssize_t	len;
 	char 	*text;
-	int	ret;
 
 	if ((fd = fwts_pipe_open(command, &pid)) < 0)
 		return FWTS_ERROR;
@@ -149,12 +150,11 @@ int fwts_pipe_exec(const char *command, fwts_list **list)
 	*list = fwts_list_from_text(text);
 	free(text);
 
-	ret = fwts_pipe_close(fd, pid);
-
-	if (ret == FWTS_EXEC_ERROR) {
+	*status = fwts_pipe_close(fd, pid);
+	if (*status) {
 		fwts_list_free(*list, free);
 		*list = NULL;
-		return FWTS_ERROR;
+		return FWTS_EXEC_ERROR;
 	}
 	return FWTS_OK;
 }
diff --git a/src/pci/aspm/aspm.c b/src/pci/aspm/aspm.c
index 1a6cc27..a2cda8c 100644
--- a/src/pci/aspm/aspm.c
+++ b/src/pci/aspm/aspm.c
@@ -229,10 +229,11 @@ static int pcie_check_aspm_registers(fwts_framework *fw)
 	struct pci_device *head = NULL, *cur = NULL, *device = NULL;
 	char command[PATH_MAX];
 	int ret = FWTS_OK;
+	int status;
 
 	snprintf(command, sizeof(command), "%s", fw->lspci);
 
-	if (fwts_pipe_exec(command, &lspci_output) == FWTS_EXEC_ERROR) {
+	if (fwts_pipe_exec(command, &lspci_output, &status) != FWTS_OK) {
 		fwts_log_warning(fw, "Could not execute %s", command);
 		return FWTS_ERROR;
 	}
@@ -267,10 +268,11 @@ static int pcie_check_aspm_registers(fwts_framework *fw)
 	for (cur = head; cur; cur = cur->next) {
 		int reg_loc = 0, reg_val = 0;
 		int i;
+		int status;
 
 		snprintf(command, sizeof(command), "%s -s %02X:%02X.%02X -xxx",
 			fw->lspci, cur->bus, cur->dev, cur->func);
-		if (fwts_pipe_exec(command, &lspci_output) == FWTS_EXEC_ERROR) {
+		if (fwts_pipe_exec(command, &lspci_output, &status) != FWTS_OK) {
 			fwts_log_warning(fw, "Could not execute %s", command);
 			pci_device_list_free(head);
 			return FWTS_ERROR;
diff --git a/src/pci/maxreadreq/maxreadreq.c b/src/pci/maxreadreq/maxreadreq.c
index e5ace46..92af83f 100644
--- a/src/pci/maxreadreq/maxreadreq.c
+++ b/src/pci/maxreadreq/maxreadreq.c
@@ -37,10 +37,12 @@ static fwts_list *lspci_text;
 
 static int maxreadreq_init(fwts_framework *fw)
 {
+	int status;
+
 	if (fwts_check_executable(fw, fw->lspci, "lspci"))
 		return FWTS_ERROR;
 
-	if (fwts_pipe_exec("lspci -vvv", &lspci_text)) {
+	if (fwts_pipe_exec("lspci -vvv", &lspci_text, &status) != FWTS_OK) {
 		fwts_log_error(fw, "Failed to execute lspci -vvv.");
 		return FWTS_ERROR;
 	}