diff --git a/apkbuild-cpan.in b/apkbuild-cpan.in
index d96a4b7d77087433c323de3c592aab7b277344cf..9cf935a87b6395fb2c56b98908210ab5dcd7a146 100755
--- a/apkbuild-cpan.in
+++ b/apkbuild-cpan.in
@@ -336,7 +336,10 @@ given ( $ARGV[0] ) {
 	when ('check') {
 		my ($apkbuild, $distdata) = get_data;
 		my $pkgver = $distdata->{releases}[0]->{version};
-		say "Latest version: $pkgver Packaged version: $apkbuild->{pkgver}";
+		say "$apkbuild->{pkgname}: Latest version: $pkgver Packaged version: $apkbuild->{pkgver}";
+		if ($pkgver ne $apkbuild->{pkgver}) {
+			exit(1);
+		}
 	}
 	when ("update") {
 		prepare_tree;