diff --git a/cspell.schema.json b/cspell.schema.json
index c0b5a2a928ac..91fbb9b63530 100644
--- a/cspell.schema.json
+++ b/cspell.schema.json
@@ -1075,6 +1075,11 @@
       },
       "type": "array"
     },
+    "failFast": {
+      "default": false,
+      "description": "Exit with non-zero code as soon as an issue/error encountered (useful for CI or git hooks)",
+      "type": "boolean"
+    },
     "features": {
       "$ref": "#/definitions/Features",
       "description": "Configure CSpell features.\n\n- Added with `v5.16.0`."
diff --git a/packages/cspell-lib/src/__snapshots__/index.test.ts.snap b/packages/cspell-lib/src/__snapshots__/index.test.ts.snap
index 4aff7c1178af..a4e2792c5be6 100644
--- a/packages/cspell-lib/src/__snapshots__/index.test.ts.snap
+++ b/packages/cspell-lib/src/__snapshots__/index.test.ts.snap
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ Object {
     "enableGlobDot": "enableGlobDot",
     "enabled": "enabled",
     "enabledLanguageIds": "enabledLanguageIds",
+    "failFast": "failFast",
     "features": "features",
     "files": "files",
     "flagWords": "flagWords",
diff --git a/packages/cspell-types/cspell.schema.json b/packages/cspell-types/cspell.schema.json
index c0b5a2a928ac..91fbb9b63530 100644
--- a/packages/cspell-types/cspell.schema.json
+++ b/packages/cspell-types/cspell.schema.json
@@ -1075,6 +1075,11 @@
       },
       "type": "array"
     },
+    "failFast": {
+      "default": false,
+      "description": "Exit with non-zero code as soon as an issue/error encountered (useful for CI or git hooks)",
+      "type": "boolean"
+    },
     "features": {
       "$ref": "#/definitions/Features",
       "description": "Configure CSpell features.\n\n- Added with `v5.16.0`."
diff --git a/packages/cspell-types/src/CSpellSettingsDef.ts b/packages/cspell-types/src/CSpellSettingsDef.ts
index 0727194e9681..2a1debe158cd 100644
--- a/packages/cspell-types/src/CSpellSettingsDef.ts
+++ b/packages/cspell-types/src/CSpellSettingsDef.ts
@@ -266,6 +266,11 @@ export interface CommandLineSettings {
      * Define cache settings.
      */
     cache?: CacheSettings;
+    /**
+     * Exit with non-zero code as soon as an issue/error encountered (useful for CI or git hooks)
+     * @default false
+     */
+    failFast?: boolean;
 }
 
 /**
diff --git a/packages/cspell-types/src/configFields.ts b/packages/cspell-types/src/configFields.ts
index 5b449056bd0d..cd8085aa2b8b 100644
--- a/packages/cspell-types/src/configFields.ts
+++ b/packages/cspell-types/src/configFields.ts
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ export const ConfigFields: CSpellUserSettingsFields = {
     enabledLanguageIds: 'enabledLanguageIds',
     enableFiletypes: 'enableFiletypes',
     enableGlobDot: 'enableGlobDot',
+    failFast: 'failFast',
     features: 'features',
     files: 'files',
     flagWords: 'flagWords',
diff --git a/packages/cspell/samples/fail-fast/cspell.json b/packages/cspell/samples/fail-fast/cspell.json
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..9c4337806c60
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/cspell/samples/fail-fast/cspell.json
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+{
+    "$schema": "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/streetsidesoftware/cspell/main/cspell.schema.json",
+    "version": "0.2",
+    "language": "en",
+    "files": ["**/*.txt"]
+}
diff --git a/packages/cspell/samples/fail-fast/fail-fast-cspell.json b/packages/cspell/samples/fail-fast/fail-fast-cspell.json
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..0429921995e3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/cspell/samples/fail-fast/fail-fast-cspell.json
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+{
+    "$schema": "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/streetsidesoftware/cspell/main/cspell.schema.json",
+    "import": "./cspell.json",
+    "failFast": true
+}
diff --git a/packages/cspell/samples/fail-fast/first-fail.txt b/packages/cspell/samples/fail-fast/first-fail.txt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..e44a66c2115a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/cspell/samples/fail-fast/first-fail.txt
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+iamtypo
diff --git a/packages/cspell/samples/fail-fast/second-fail.txt b/packages/cspell/samples/fail-fast/second-fail.txt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..963891671617
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/cspell/samples/fail-fast/second-fail.txt
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+iamtypotoo
diff --git a/packages/cspell/src/lint/lint.test.ts b/packages/cspell/src/lint/lint.test.ts
index 04e1682590f6..9e4d0335e6dd 100644
--- a/packages/cspell/src/lint/lint.test.ts
+++ b/packages/cspell/src/lint/lint.test.ts
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ import { runLint } from './lint';
 const root = path.resolve(__dirname, '../..');
 const samples = path.resolve(root, 'samples');
 const latexSamples = path.resolve(samples, 'latex');
+const failFastSamples = path.resolve(samples, 'fail-fast');
 const hiddenSamples = path.resolve(samples, 'hidden-test');
 const filesToCheck = path.resolve(root, 'fixtures/features/file-list/files-to-check.txt');
 const filesToCheckWithMissing = path.resolve(root, 'fixtures/features/file-list/files-to-check-missing.txt');
@@ -27,6 +28,8 @@ describe('Linter Validation Tests', () => {
     test.each`
         files               | options                                                                                                | expectedRunResult              | expectedReport
         ${[]}               | ${{ root: latexSamples }}                                                                              | ${oc({ errors: 0, files: 4 })} | ${oc({ errorCount: 0, errors: [], issues: [oc({ text: 'Tufte' })] })}
+        ${['*.txt']}        | ${{ root: failFastSamples }}                                                                           | ${oc({ errors: 0, files: 2 })} | ${oc({ errorCount: 0, errors: [], issues: oc({ length: 2 }) })}
+        ${['*.txt']}        | ${{ root: failFastSamples, config: j(samples, 'fail-fast', 'fail-fast-cspell.json') }}                 | ${oc({ errors: 0, files: 1 })} | ${oc({ errorCount: 0, errors: [], issues: oc({ length: 1 }) })}
         ${['**/ebook.tex']} | ${{ root: latexSamples }}                                                                              | ${oc({ errors: 0, files: 1 })} | ${oc({ errorCount: 0, errors: [], issues: [] })}
         ${['**/ebook.tex']} | ${{ root: latexSamples, gitignore: true }}                                                             | ${oc({ errors: 0, files: 1 })} | ${oc({ errorCount: 0, errors: [], issues: [] })}
         ${['**/hidden.md']} | ${{ root: hiddenSamples }}                                                                             | ${oc({ errors: 0, files: 0 })} | ${oc({ errorCount: 0, errors: [], issues: [] })}
diff --git a/packages/cspell/src/lint/lint.ts b/packages/cspell/src/lint/lint.ts
index 362e8c3c9e5c..02beb3e2be97 100644
--- a/packages/cspell/src/lint/lint.ts
+++ b/packages/cspell/src/lint/lint.ts
@@ -160,6 +160,9 @@ export async function runLint(cfg: LintRequest): Promise<RunResult> {
                 status.filesWithIssues.add(filename);
                 status.issues += result.issues.length;
                 status.errors += result.errors;
+                if (configInfo.config.failFast === true) {
+                    return status;
+                }
             }
             status.errors += result.configErrors;
         }