diff --git a/script/coverity.sh b/script/coverity.sh
index 8c826892f..7fe9eb4c7 100755
--- a/script/coverity.sh
+++ b/script/coverity.sh
@@ -49,10 +49,24 @@ COVERITY_UNSUPPORTED=1 \
 # Upload results
 tar czf libgit2.tgz cov-int
 SHA=$(git rev-parse --short HEAD)
-curl \
+
+HTML="$(curl \
+	--silent \
+	--write-out "\n%{http_code}" \
 	--form token="$COVERITY_TOKEN" \
 	--form email=bs@github.com \
 	--form file=@libgit2.tgz \
 	--form version="$SHA" \
 	--form description="Travis build" \
-	https://scan.coverity.com/builds?project=libgit2
+	https://scan.coverity.com/builds?project=libgit2)"
+# Body is everything up to the last line
+BODY="$(echo "$HTML" | head -n-1)"
+# Status code is the last line
+STATUS_CODE="$(echo "$HTML" | tail -n1)"
+
+echo "${BODY}"
+
+if [ "${STATUS_CODE}" != "201" ]; then
+	echo "Received error code ${STATUS_CODE} from Coverity"
+	exit 1
+fi