diff --git a/media-gfx/curaengine/curaengine-4.3.0.ebuild b/media-gfx/curaengine/curaengine-4.3.0.ebuild
index b13c853f36bb2..f42d62c313c56 100644
--- a/media-gfx/curaengine/curaengine-4.3.0.ebuild
+++ b/media-gfx/curaengine/curaengine-4.3.0.ebuild
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ src_configure() {
 src_compile() {
 	cmake-utils_src_make
 	if use doc; then
-		doxygen
+		doxygen || die
 		mv docs/html . || die
 		find html -name '*.md5' -or -name '*.map' -delete || die
 		DOCS+=( html )