diff --git a/ansible-syntax-check b/ansible-syntax-check
index 598149a7fc4fcc32586e1ef09068e37dd7def4d9..e933723bdca7e94662e9cb17bc4b200434a20e64 100755
--- a/ansible-syntax-check
+++ b/ansible-syntax-check
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
-#!/bin/sh -e
+#!/bin/sh
+set -eu
 for playbook in $@
 do
     ansible-playbook --inventory=localhost, --syntax-check "$playbook"