diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 1d90d779dc..b94caaa448 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+Tue Oct 14 19:09:35 2003  Nobuyoshi Nakada  <nobu@ruby-lang.org>
+
+	* eval.c (ruby_finalize_0): return the given exit status unless
+	  SystemExit got raised.
+
 Tue Oct 14 11:53:49 2003  Nobuyoshi Nakada  <nobu@ruby-lang.org>
 
 	* intern.h (ruby_stop): never return.
diff --git a/eval.c b/eval.c
index de615d29a5..d2963dfd10 100644
--- a/eval.c
+++ b/eval.c
@@ -1309,8 +1309,8 @@ ruby_options(argc, argv)
 void rb_exec_end_proc _((void));
 
 static int
-ruby_finalize_0(exp)
-    int exp;
+ruby_finalize_0(ex)
+    int ex;
 {
     ruby_errinfo = 0;
     PUSH_TAG(PROT_NONE);
@@ -1326,7 +1326,7 @@ ruby_finalize_0(exp)
 	VALUE st = rb_iv_get(ruby_errinfo, "status");
 	return NUM2INT(st);
     }
-    return EXIT_SUCCESS;
+    return ex;
 }
 
 void