diff --git a/tests/cli/lib/lib.sh b/tests/cli/lib/lib.sh
index d0d891bf..e22494e8 100755
--- a/tests/cli/lib/lib.sh
+++ b/tests/cli/lib/lib.sh
@@ -64,3 +64,12 @@ check_kernel_cmdline() {
     rlRun -t -c "ssh $SSH_OPTS ${SSH_USER}@${SSH_MACHINE} 'grep custom_cmdline_arg /proc/cmdline'" 0 \
         "System booted from the image contains specified parameter on kernel command line"
 }
+
+# Fail if the compose failed, only call after checking for FINISHED|FAILED
+check_compose_status() {
+    UUID="$1"
+    if "$CLI" compose info "$UUID" | grep FAILED; then
+        rlFail "compose $UUID FAILED"
+        return 1
+    fi
+}
diff --git a/tests/cli/test_compose_ext4-filesystem.sh b/tests/cli/test_compose_ext4-filesystem.sh
index e31fe8d7..7ba1d231 100755
--- a/tests/cli/test_compose_ext4-filesystem.sh
+++ b/tests/cli/test_compose_ext4-filesystem.sh
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ rlJournalStart
                 sleep 10
                 rlLogInfo "Waiting for compose to finish ..."
             done;
+            check_compose_status "$UUID"
         else
             rlFail "Compose UUID is empty!"
         fi
diff --git a/tests/cli/test_compose_google.sh b/tests/cli/test_compose_google.sh
index 7842bf1d..84e5b112 100755
--- a/tests/cli/test_compose_google.sh
+++ b/tests/cli/test_compose_google.sh
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ rlJournalStart
                 sleep 10
                 rlLogInfo "Waiting for compose to finish..."
             done
+            check_compose_status "$UUID"
         else
             flFail "Compose UUID is empty!"
         fi
diff --git a/tests/cli/test_compose_live-iso.sh b/tests/cli/test_compose_live-iso.sh
index 97d64143..61a88ec5 100755
--- a/tests/cli/test_compose_live-iso.sh
+++ b/tests/cli/test_compose_live-iso.sh
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ rlJournalStart
                 sleep 20
                 rlLogInfo "Waiting for compose to finish ..."
             done;
+            check_compose_status "$UUID"
         else
             rlFail "Compose UUID is empty!"
         fi
diff --git a/tests/cli/test_compose_partitioned-disk.sh b/tests/cli/test_compose_partitioned-disk.sh
index b229a52e..ce3e9138 100755
--- a/tests/cli/test_compose_partitioned-disk.sh
+++ b/tests/cli/test_compose_partitioned-disk.sh
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ rlJournalStart
                 sleep 10
                 rlLogInfo "Waiting for compose to finish ..."
             done;
+            check_compose_status "$UUID"
         else
             rlFail "Compose UUID is empty!"
         fi
diff --git a/tests/cli/test_compose_qcow2.sh b/tests/cli/test_compose_qcow2.sh
index 480f1e02..9f462a39 100755
--- a/tests/cli/test_compose_qcow2.sh
+++ b/tests/cli/test_compose_qcow2.sh
@@ -64,6 +64,7 @@ __EOF__
                 sleep 20
                 rlLogInfo "Waiting for compose to finish ..."
             done;
+            check_compose_status "$UUID"
         else
             rlFail "Compose UUID is empty!"
         fi
diff --git a/tests/cli/test_compose_sanity.sh b/tests/cli/test_compose_sanity.sh
index e320871a..d2caf5f4 100755
--- a/tests/cli/test_compose_sanity.sh
+++ b/tests/cli/test_compose_sanity.sh
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ rlJournalStart
                 sleep 5
                 rlLogInfo "Waiting for compose to finish ..."
             done;
+            check_compose_status "$UUID"
 
             rlRun -t -c "$CLI compose image $UUID"
             rlAssertExists "$UUID-root.tar.xz"
diff --git a/tests/cli/test_compose_tar.sh b/tests/cli/test_compose_tar.sh
index ad035a7d..cb163f1a 100755
--- a/tests/cli/test_compose_tar.sh
+++ b/tests/cli/test_compose_tar.sh
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ rlJournalStart
                 sleep 10
                 rlLogInfo "Waiting for compose to finish ..."
             done;
+            check_compose_status "$UUID"
         else
             rlFail "Compose UUID is empty!"
         fi