diff --git a/pkg/cmd/pipelinerun/logs.go b/pkg/cmd/pipelinerun/logs.go
index fd2feb8683..5990f7b8d7 100644
--- a/pkg/cmd/pipelinerun/logs.go
+++ b/pkg/cmd/pipelinerun/logs.go
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
 package pipelinerun
 
 import (
+	"context"
 	"fmt"
 	"os"
 	"strings"
@@ -25,6 +26,8 @@ import (
 	"github.com/tektoncd/cli/pkg/log"
 	"github.com/tektoncd/cli/pkg/options"
 	pipelinerunpkg "github.com/tektoncd/cli/pkg/pipelinerun"
+	tektonv1 "github.com/tektoncd/pipeline/pkg/apis/pipeline/v1"
+	corev1 "k8s.io/api/core/v1"
 	metav1 "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1"
 )
 
@@ -82,6 +85,7 @@ Show the logs of PipelineRun named 'microservice-1' for all Tasks and steps (inc
 	c.Flags().BoolVarP(&opts.Follow, "follow", "f", false, "stream live logs")
 	c.Flags().BoolVarP(&opts.Timestamps, "timestamps", "", false, "show logs with timestamp")
 	c.Flags().BoolVarP(&opts.Prefixing, "prefix", "", true, "prefix each log line with the log source (task name and step name)")
+	c.Flags().BoolVarP(&opts.ExitWithPrError, "exit-with-pipelinerun-error", "E", false, "exit with pipelinerun to the unix shell, 0 if success, 1 if error, 2 if there is an unknown status")
 	c.Flags().StringSliceVarP(&opts.Tasks, "task", "t", []string{}, "show logs for mentioned Tasks only")
 	c.Flags().IntVarP(&opts.Limit, "limit", "", defaultLimit, "lists number of PipelineRuns")
 	return c
@@ -109,9 +113,33 @@ func Run(opts *options.LogOptions) error {
 
 	log.NewWriter(log.LogTypePipeline, opts.Prefixing).Write(opts.Stream, logC, errC)
 
+	// get pipelinerun status
+	if opts.ExitWithPrError {
+		clients, err := opts.Params.Clients()
+		if err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+		ctx := context.Background()
+		pr, err := clients.Tekton.TektonV1().PipelineRuns(opts.Params.Namespace()).Get(ctx, opts.PipelineRunName, metav1.GetOptions{})
+		if err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+		os.Exit(prStatusToUnixStatus(pr))
+	}
+
 	return nil
 }
 
+func prStatusToUnixStatus(pr *tektonv1.PipelineRun) int {
+	if len(pr.Status.Conditions) == 0 {
+		return 2
+	}
+	if pr.Status.Conditions[0].Status == corev1.ConditionFalse {
+		return 1
+	}
+	return 0
+}
+
 func askRunName(opts *options.LogOptions) error {
 	lOpts := metav1.ListOptions{}
 
diff --git a/pkg/cmd/pipelinerun/logs_test.go b/pkg/cmd/pipelinerun/logs_test.go
index e9d2430b53..1528fb3f7f 100644
--- a/pkg/cmd/pipelinerun/logs_test.go
+++ b/pkg/cmd/pipelinerun/logs_test.go
@@ -182,6 +182,65 @@ func TestLog_no_pipelinerun_argument(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }
 
+func TestLog_PrStatusToUnixStatus(t *testing.T) {
+	testCases := []struct {
+		name     string
+		pr       *v1.PipelineRun
+		expected int
+	}{
+		{
+			name: "No conditions",
+			pr: &v1.PipelineRun{
+				Status: v1.PipelineRunStatus{
+					Status: duckv1.Status{
+						Conditions: duckv1.Conditions{},
+					},
+				},
+			},
+			expected: 2,
+		},
+		{
+			name: "Condition status is false",
+			pr: &v1.PipelineRun{
+				Status: v1.PipelineRunStatus{
+					Status: duckv1.Status{
+						Conditions: duckv1.Conditions{
+							{
+								Status: corev1.ConditionFalse,
+							},
+						},
+					},
+				},
+			},
+			expected: 1,
+		},
+		{
+			name: "Condition status true",
+			pr: &v1.PipelineRun{
+				Status: v1.PipelineRunStatus{
+					Status: duckv1.Status{
+						Conditions: duckv1.Conditions{
+							{
+								Status: corev1.ConditionTrue,
+							},
+						},
+					},
+				},
+			},
+			expected: 0,
+		},
+	}
+
+	for _, tc := range testCases {
+		t.Run(tc.name, func(t *testing.T) {
+			result := prStatusToUnixStatus(tc.pr)
+			if result != tc.expected {
+				t.Errorf("Expected %d, got %d", tc.expected, result)
+			}
+		})
+	}
+}
+
 func TestLog_run_found_v1beta1(t *testing.T) {
 	clock := test.FakeClock()
 	pdata := []*v1beta1.Pipeline{
@@ -1673,7 +1732,6 @@ func TestPipelinerunLog_follow_mode_v1beta1(t *testing.T) {
 		cb.UnstructuredV1beta1PR(prs[0], versionv1beta1),
 		cb.UnstructuredV1beta1P(pps[0], versionv1beta1),
 	)
-
 	if err != nil {
 		t.Errorf("unable to create dynamic client: %v", err)
 	}
@@ -1862,7 +1920,6 @@ func TestPipelinerunLog_follow_mode(t *testing.T) {
 		cb.UnstructuredPR(prs[0], version),
 		cb.UnstructuredP(pps[0], version),
 	)
-
 	if err != nil {
 		t.Errorf("unable to create dynamic client: %v", err)
 	}
@@ -2517,7 +2574,6 @@ func TestLog_pipelinerun_still_running_v1beta1(t *testing.T) {
 	updatePRv1beta1(finalPRs, watcher)
 
 	output, err := fetchLogs(prlo)
-
 	if err != nil {
 		t.Errorf("Unexpected error: %v", err)
 	}
@@ -2648,7 +2704,6 @@ func TestLog_pipelinerun_still_running(t *testing.T) {
 	updatePR(finalPRs, watcher)
 
 	output, err := fetchLogs(prlo)
-
 	if err != nil {
 		t.Errorf("Unexpected error: %v", err)
 	}
@@ -3502,7 +3557,6 @@ func TestPipelinerunLog_finally_v1beta1(t *testing.T) {
 		cb.UnstructuredV1beta1PR(prs[0], versionv1beta1),
 		cb.UnstructuredV1beta1P(pps[0], versionv1beta1),
 	)
-
 	if err != nil {
 		t.Errorf("unable to create dynamic client: %v", err)
 	}
@@ -3752,7 +3806,6 @@ func TestPipelinerunLog_finally(t *testing.T) {
 		cb.UnstructuredPR(prs[0], version),
 		cb.UnstructuredP(pps[0], version),
 	)
-
 	if err != nil {
 		t.Errorf("unable to create dynamic client: %v", err)
 	}
diff --git a/pkg/options/logs.go b/pkg/options/logs.go
index 1dce5474f6..8e353570b6 100644
--- a/pkg/options/logs.go
+++ b/pkg/options/logs.go
@@ -51,6 +51,7 @@ type LogOptions struct {
 	Tail            int64
 	Timestamps      bool
 	Prefixing       bool
+	ExitWithPrError bool
 	// ActivityTimeout is the amount of time to wait for some activity
 	// (e.g. Pod ready) before giving up.
 	ActivityTimeout time.Duration