diff --git a/direct/src/ffi/jGenPyCode.py b/direct/src/ffi/jGenPyCode.py
index a44eff57ec..cc7440bd42 100755
--- a/direct/src/ffi/jGenPyCode.py
+++ b/direct/src/ffi/jGenPyCode.py
@@ -93,3 +93,5 @@ DoGenPyCode.native = 1
 
 DoGenPyCode.run()
 
+os._exit(0)
+