diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 0129b7c..696441b 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -89,6 +89,17 @@ script:
   - colorls --tree=1
   - LC_ALL=C colorls spec/fixtures/
   - LC_ALL=C colorls --git spec/fixtures/
+  - |
+    if colorls does-not-exist; then
+      echo "expected error!"
+      exit 1
+    else
+      ret=$?
+      if [ $ret -ne 2 ]; then
+        echo "unexpected error: $ret"
+        exit 1
+      fi
+    fi
 
 deploy:
   provider: rubygems
diff --git a/exe/colorls b/exe/colorls
index 6f5fac9..1c5e87a 100755
--- a/exe/colorls
+++ b/exe/colorls
@@ -23,4 +23,4 @@ require 'colorls'
 $loading = false
 # rubocop:enable Style/GlobalVars
 
-ColorLS::Flags.new(*ARGV).process
+exit ColorLS::Flags.new(*ARGV).process
diff --git a/lib/colorls/flags.rb b/lib/colorls/flags.rb
index c964666..17811a7 100644
--- a/lib/colorls/flags.rb
+++ b/lib/colorls/flags.rb
@@ -40,8 +40,13 @@ module ColorLS
       init_locale
 
       @args = ['.'] if @args.empty?
+      exit_status_code = 0
       @args.sort!.each_with_index do |path, i|
-        next $stderr.puts "\n   Specified path '#{path}' doesn't exist.".colorize(:red) unless File.exist?(path)
+        unless File.exist?(path)
+          $stderr.puts "\n   Specified path '#{path}' doesn't exist.".colorize(:red)
+          exit_status_code = 2
+          next
+        end
 
         puts '' if i.positive?
         puts "\n#{path}:" if Dir.exist?(path) && @args.size > 1
@@ -49,6 +54,7 @@ module ColorLS
       rescue SystemCallError => e
         $stderr.puts "#{path}: #{e}".colorize(:red)
       end
+      exit_status_code
     end
 
     def options
diff --git a/man/colorls.1 b/man/colorls.1
index c95c897..22c0e91 100644
--- a/man/colorls.1
+++ b/man/colorls.1
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 .\" generated with Ronn/v0.7.3
 .\" http://github.com/rtomayko/ronn/tree/0.7.3
 .
-.TH "COLORLS" "1" "May 2020" "colorls 1.4.2" "colorls Manual"
+.TH "COLORLS" "1" "September 2020" "colorls 1.4.2" "colorls Manual"
 .
 .SH "NAME"
 \fBcolorls\fR \- list directory contents with colors and icons
diff --git a/spec/color_ls/flags_spec.rb b/spec/color_ls/flags_spec.rb
index d6b1cd8..4425bd4 100644
--- a/spec/color_ls/flags_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/color_ls/flags_spec.rb
@@ -308,4 +308,13 @@ RSpec.describe ColorLS::Flags do
       expect { subject }.to output(/Unrecognized files\s+: 3/).to_stdout
     end
   end
+
+  context 'with non-existent path' do
+    let(:args) { ['not_exist_file'] }
+
+    it 'should exit with status code 2' do
+      expect {subject}.to output(/   Specified path 'not_exist_file' doesn't exist./).to_stderr
+      expect(subject).to eq 2
+    end
+  end
 end