diff --git a/src/bitcoind.cpp b/src/bitcoind.cpp
index 3e5f66904..30e3fd986 100644
--- a/src/bitcoind.cpp
+++ b/src/bitcoind.cpp
@@ -138,7 +138,7 @@ bool AppInit(int argc, char* argv[])
         if (fCommandLine)
         {
             fprintf(stderr, "Error: There is no RPC client functionality in zcashd. Use the zcash-cli utility instead.\n");
-            exit(1);
+            exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
         }
 #ifndef WIN32
         fDaemon = GetBoolArg("-daemon", false);
@@ -195,5 +195,5 @@ int main(int argc, char* argv[])
     // Connect bitcoind signal handlers
     noui_connect();
 
-    return (AppInit(argc, argv) ? 0 : 1);
+    return (AppInit(argc, argv) ? EXIT_SUCCESS : EXIT_FAILURE);
 }