diff --git a/tests/cli/lib/lib.sh b/tests/cli/lib/lib.sh
index c9609630..f9367038 100755
--- a/tests/cli/lib/lib.sh
+++ b/tests/cli/lib/lib.sh
@@ -37,6 +37,9 @@ run_beakerlib_tests() {
 }
 
 parse_beakerlib_results() {
+    if [ ! -f "$BEAKERLIB_DIR/TestResults" ]; then
+        exit "$BEAKERLIB_DIR/TestResults not found" 1
+    fi
     . $BEAKERLIB_DIR/TestResults
 
     TESTRESULT_RESULT_ECODE="${TESTRESULT_RESULT_ECODE:-}"