diff --git a/commands/simple/chroot.c b/commands/simple/chroot.c
index 3e628a586..f9758de4f 100644
--- a/commands/simple/chroot.c
+++ b/commands/simple/chroot.c
@@ -3,9 +3,13 @@
 #include <stdio.h>
 #include <stdlib.h>
 
+#include <sys/wait.h>
+
 int
 main(int argc, char *argv[])
 {
+	int status;
+
 	if(argc != 3) {
 		fprintf(stderr, "usage: %s <root> <command>\n", argv[0]);
 		return 1;
@@ -16,8 +20,9 @@ main(int argc, char *argv[])
 		return 1;
 	}
 
-	system(argv[2]);
-
-	return 0;
+	status = system(argv[2]);
+	if(WIFEXITED(status))
+		return WEXITSTATUS(status);
+	return 1;
 }
 
diff --git a/commands/simple/tcpd.c b/commands/simple/tcpd.c
index b98afb825..f674923e0 100755
--- a/commands/simple/tcpd.c
+++ b/commands/simple/tcpd.c
@@ -64,6 +64,7 @@ static void usage(void)
 int main(int argc, char **argv)
 {
     tcpport_t port;
+    int last_failed = 0;
     struct nwio_tcpcl tcplistenopt;
     struct nwio_tcpconf tcpconf;
     struct nwio_tcpopt tcpopt;
@@ -179,8 +180,13 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
 		exit(1);
 	    }
 #endif
+	    last_failed = 1;
 	    goto bad;
 	}
+	if(last_failed)
+		fprintf(stderr, "%s %s: %s: Ok\n",
+			arg0, service, tcp_device);
+	last_failed = 0;
 
 	tcpconf.nwtc_flags= NWTC_LP_SET | NWTC_UNSET_RA | NWTC_UNSET_RP;
 	tcpconf.nwtc_locport= port;