diff --git a/Changes b/Changes
index e7e34cb15..9ec04f4ca 100644
--- a/Changes
+++ b/Changes
@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@ The contributors that suggested a given feature are shown in []. Thanks!
 
 * Verilator 4.015 devel
 
+***   Add --quiet-exit, bug1436. [Todd Strader]
+
 ****  Support VerilatedFstC set_time_unit, bug1433. [Pieter Kapsenberg]
 
 ****  Fix sign-compare warning in verilated.cpp, bug1437. [Sergey Kvachonok]
diff --git a/bin/verilator b/bin/verilator
index f59a41fde..5535b1417 100755
--- a/bin/verilator
+++ b/bin/verilator
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@ autoflush STDERR 1;
 $Debug = 0;
 my $opt_gdb;
 my $opt_gdbbt;
+my $opt_quiet_exit;
 
 # No arguments can't do anything useful.  Give help
 if ($#ARGV < 0) {
@@ -58,7 +59,7 @@ foreach my $sw (@ARGV) {
 }
 
 Getopt::Long::config("no_auto_abbrev","pass_through");
-if (! GetOptions(
+if (! GetOptions (
           # Major operating modes
           "help"        => \&usage,
           "debug:s"     => \&debug,
@@ -66,6 +67,7 @@ if (! GetOptions(
           # Switches
           "gdb!"        => \$opt_gdb,
           "gdbbt!"      => \$opt_gdbbt,
+          "quiet-exit!" => \$opt_quiet_exit,
           # Additional parameters
           "<>"          => sub {},      # Ignored
     )) {
@@ -195,7 +197,14 @@ sub run {
                 warn "%Error: Verilator threw signal $status.  Consider trying --debug --gdbbt\n" if !$Debug;
             }
         }
-        die "%Error: Command Failed $command\n";
+        if ($opt_quiet_exit) {
+            # Same return code as die
+            exit $! if $!;              # errno
+            exit $? >> 8 if $? >> 8;    # child exit status
+            exit 255;                   # last resort
+        } else {
+            die "%Error: Command Failed $command\n";
+        }
     }
 }
 
@@ -346,6 +355,7 @@ detailed descriptions in L</"VERILATION ARGUMENTS"> for more information.
     --private                   Debugging; see docs
     --public                    Debugging; see docs
      -pvalue+<name>=<value>     Overwrite toplevel parameter
+    --quiet-exit                Don't print the command on failure
     --relative-includes         Resolve includes relative to current file
     --no-relative-cfuncs        Disallow 'this->' in generated functions
     --report-unoptflat          Extra diagnostics for UNOPTFLAT
@@ -1157,6 +1167,10 @@ inlining.  This will also turn off inlining as if all modules had a
 Overwrites the given parameter(s) of the toplevel module. See -G for a
 detailed description.
 
+=item --quiet-exit
+
+When exiting due to an error, do not display the "Command Failed" message.
+
 =item --relative-includes
 
 When a file references an include file, resolve the filename relative to
diff --git a/src/V3Options.cpp b/src/V3Options.cpp
index 6bfdc3a76..03422d7a8 100644
--- a/src/V3Options.cpp
+++ b/src/V3Options.cpp
@@ -1014,6 +1014,9 @@ void V3Options::parseOptsList(FileLine* fl, const string& optdir, int argc, char
 	    else if ( !strcmp (sw, "-gdbbt")) {
 		// Used only in perl shell
 	    }
+            else if ( !strcmp (sw, "-quiet-exit")) {
+                // Used only in perl shell
+            }
 	    else if ( !strcmp (sw, "-mod-prefix") && (i+1)<argc ) {
 		shift; m_modPrefix = argv[i];
 	    }
diff --git a/test_regress/t/t_flag_quiet_exit.pl b/test_regress/t/t_flag_quiet_exit.pl
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..79327f42c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test_regress/t/t_flag_quiet_exit.pl
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+#!/usr/bin/perl
+if (!$::Driver) { use FindBin; exec("$FindBin::Bin/bootstrap.pl", @ARGV, $0); die; }
+# DESCRIPTION: Verilator: Verilog Test driver/expect definition
+#
+# Copyright 2019 by Todd Strader. This program is free software; you can
+# redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of either the GNU
+# Lesser General Public License Version 3 or the Perl Artistic License
+# Version 2.0.
+
+scenarios(vlt => 1);
+
+top_filename("t/t_file_does_not_exist.v");
+
+# Tests for the error message and then the absence of the
+# "Command Failed" line
+compile(
+    v_flags2 => ["--quiet-exit"],
+    fails => 1,
+    expect =>
+'%Error: Exiting due to \d+ error\(s\)
+((?!Command Failed).)*$',
+    );
+
+ok(1);
+1;