diff --git a/build.sh b/build.sh
index 479cdce..8e1ac80 100755
--- a/build.sh
+++ b/build.sh
@@ -45,7 +45,10 @@ buildp_dispatch() {
 			else
 				ex_rtl_log_msg fail "${BUILD_WORKDIR}/${_pkg_name}_stderrout.log:";
 				cat "${BUILD_WORKDIR}/${_pkg_name}_stderrout.log";
-				ex_rtl_log_msg failexit "Build failed in \`${_pkg_name}'.";
+				ex_rtl_log_msg fail "Build failed in \`${_pkg_name}'.";
+				ex_rtl_log_msg fail "Terminating pending builds...";
+				pkill -P "${$}";
+				exit 1;
 			fi; ;;
 	disabled_pkg)	ex_rtl_log_msg vnfo "Skipping disabled package \`${_pkg_name}.'"; ;;
 	skipped_pkg)	ex_rtl_log_msg vnfo "Skipping finished package \`${_pkg_name}.'"; ;;
diff --git a/etc/build.usage b/etc/build.usage
index d314484..c9a0466 100644
--- a/etc/build.usage
+++ b/etc/build.usage
@@ -15,6 +15,8 @@ usage: ./build.sh [-4|6] [-a nt32|nt64] [-b debug|release]
         -P [jobs]               Enables parallelisation at target-level, whenever applicable.
                                 The maximum count of jobs defaults to the number of logical
                                 processors on the host system.
+                                If -R is not specified and at least one (1) package fails to build,
+                                all remaining package builds will be forcibly aborted for convenience.
         -r ALL[:step,..]
         -r name[,..][:step,..]  Restart the all packages/the specified comma-separated package(s)
                                 completely or at optionally specified comma-separated step(s).
diff --git a/subr/ex_pkg_dispatch.subr b/subr/ex_pkg_dispatch.subr
index fea64c8..21fa673 100644
--- a/subr/ex_pkg_dispatch.subr
+++ b/subr/ex_pkg_dispatch.subr
@@ -21,11 +21,6 @@ exp_pkg_dispatch() {
 		"${_dispatch_fn}" start_pkg "${_pkg_name}" "${_tgt_name}";
 		(set -o errexit -o noglob; BUILD_IS_PARENT=0;
 		ex_pkg_env "${_pkg_name}" "${_tgt_name}" "${_restart_at}";
-		trap "if [ \${?} -eq 0 ]; then							\
-			echo \"done ${_pkg_name} ${_tgt_name}\" >&3;				\
-		      else									\
-			echo \"fail ${_pkg_name} ${_tgt_name}\" >&3;				\
-		      fi;" EXIT HUP INT TERM USR1 USR2;
 		ex_pkg_exec "${_pkg_name}" "${_tgt_name}" "${_restart_at}"			\
 			"${_dispatch_fn}";) 1>"${_stderrout_path}" 2>&1 3>"${_pipe_path}" &
 		: $((${_njobs_vname}+=1));
diff --git a/subr/ex_pkg_exec.subr b/subr/ex_pkg_exec.subr
index ceb9579..7629476 100644
--- a/subr/ex_pkg_exec.subr
+++ b/subr/ex_pkg_exec.subr
@@ -24,6 +24,12 @@ exp_pkg_exec_pre() {
 ex_pkg_exec() {
 	local _pkg_name="${1}" _tgt_name="${2}" _restart_at="${3}"			\
 		_step _step_cmd _step_cmd_pfx _step_rc;
+	trap "if [ \${?} -eq 0 ]; then							\
+		echo \"done ${_pkg_name} ${_tgt_name}\" >&3;				\
+	      else									\
+		echo \"fail ${_pkg_name} ${_tgt_name}\" >&3;				\
+		pkill -U "${$}";							\
+	      fi;" EXIT HUP INT TERM USR1 USR2;
 	exp_pkg_exec_pre "${_pkg_name}" "${_tgt_name}" "${_restart_at}";
 	"${_dispatch_fn}" exec_start "${_pkg_name}" "${_tgt_name}";
 	if ex_rtl_test_cmd "pkg_${_pkg_name}_all"; then