diff --git a/BUILDING.txt b/BUILDING.txt
index 3982d7f6078..6e20a429944 100644
--- a/BUILDING.txt
+++ b/BUILDING.txt
@@ -145,7 +145,8 @@ Maven build goals:
     installed snappy using a package manager.
   * Use -Dbundle.snappy to copy the contents of the snappy.lib directory into
     the final tar file. This option requires that -Dsnappy.lib is also given,
-    and it ignores the -Dsnappy.prefix option.
+    and it ignores the -Dsnappy.prefix option. If -Dsnappy.lib isn't given, the
+    bundling and building will fail.
 
  OpenSSL build options:
 
@@ -166,7 +167,8 @@ Maven build goals:
     installed openssl using a package manager.
   * Use -Dbundle.openssl to copy the contents of the openssl.lib directory into
     the final tar file. This option requires that -Dopenssl.lib is also given,
-    and it ignores the -Dopenssl.prefix option.
+    and it ignores the -Dopenssl.prefix option. If -Dopenssl.lib isn't given, the
+    bundling and building will fail.
 
    Tests options:
 
diff --git a/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/CHANGES.txt b/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/CHANGES.txt
index bfbba556ae9..3e798787a34 100644
--- a/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/CHANGES.txt
+++ b/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/CHANGES.txt
@@ -30,6 +30,9 @@ Release 2.9.0 - UNRELEASED
 
     HADOOP-12713. Disable spurious checkstyle checks. (wang)
 
+    HADOOP-12662. The build should fail if a -Dbundle option fails (Kai Zheng
+    via cmccabe)
+
   BUG FIXES
 
     HADOOP-12655. TestHttpServer.testBindAddress bind port range is wider
diff --git a/hadoop-project-dist/pom.xml b/hadoop-project-dist/pom.xml
index 0ed936a0e71..543d43ea837 100644
--- a/hadoop-project-dist/pom.xml
+++ b/hadoop-project-dist/pom.xml
@@ -339,44 +339,93 @@
                   <target>
                     <!-- Using Unix script to preserve symlinks -->
                     <echo file="${project.build.directory}/dist-copynativelibs.sh">
+
+                      # Bundle a native library if requested. Exit 1 in case error happens.
+                      # Usage: bundle_native_lib bundleOption libOption libPattern libDir
+                      function bundle_native_lib() {
+                        bundleOption="$1"
+                        libOption="$2"
+                        libPattern="$3"
+                        libDir="$4"
+
+                        echo "Checking to bundle with:"
+                        echo "bundleOption=${bundleOption}, libOption=${libOption}, libDir=${libDir}, pattern=${libPattern}"
+
+                        if [[ "${bundleOption}" != "true" ]]; then
+                          return
+                        fi
+
+                        if [[ -z "${libDir}" ]] || [[ ! -d ${libDir} ]]; then
+                          echo "The required option $libOption isn't given or invalid. Bundling the lib failed"
+                          exit 1
+                        fi
+
+                        cd "$libDir"
+                        $$TAR *$libPattern* | (cd $${TARGET_DIR}/; $$UNTAR)
+                        if [[ $? -ne 0 ]]; then
+                          echo "Bundling library with ${libOption} failed "
+                          exit 1
+                        fi
+                      }
+
                       BUILD_DIR="${project.build.directory}"
                       TAR='tar cf -'
                       UNTAR='tar xfBp -'
                       LIB_DIR="${BUILD_DIR}/native/target/usr/local/lib"
-                      if [ -d $${LIB_DIR} ] ; then
+
+                      set -o pipefail
+
+                      if [[ -d $${LIB_DIR} ]]; then
                         TARGET_DIR="${BUILD_DIR}/${project.artifactId}-${project.version}/lib/native"
                         mkdir -p $${TARGET_DIR}
                         cd $${LIB_DIR}
                         $$TAR lib* | (cd $${TARGET_DIR}/; $$UNTAR)
-                        if [ "${bundle.snappy}" = "true" ] ; then
-                          cd "${snappy.lib}"
-                          $$TAR *snappy* | (cd $${TARGET_DIR}/; $$UNTAR)
-                        fi
-                        if [ "${bundle.openssl}" = "true" ] ; then
-                          cd "${openssl.lib}"
-                          $$TAR *crypto* | (cd $${TARGET_DIR}/; $$UNTAR)
+                        if [[ $? -ne 0 ]]; then
+                          echo "Bundling lib files failed"
+                          exit 1
                         fi
+
+                        echo bundle_native_lib "${bundle.snappy}" "snappy.lib" "snappy" "${snappy.lib}"
+                        bundle_native_lib "${bundle.snappy}" "snappy.lib" "snappy" "${snappy.lib}"
+
+                        echo bundle_native_lib "${bundle.openssl}" "openssl.lib" "crypto" "${openssl.lib}"
+                        bundle_native_lib "${bundle.openssl}" "openssl.lib" "crypto" "${openssl.lib}"
                       fi
+
                       BIN_DIR="${BUILD_DIR}/bin"
-                      if [ -d $${BIN_DIR} ] ; then
+                      if [[ -d $${BIN_DIR} ]] ; then
                         TARGET_BIN_DIR="${BUILD_DIR}/${project.artifactId}-${project.version}/bin"
                         mkdir -p $${TARGET_BIN_DIR}
                         cd $${BIN_DIR}
                         $$TAR * | (cd $${TARGET_BIN_DIR}/; $$UNTAR)
-                        if [ "${bundle.snappy.in.bin}" = "true" ] ; then
-                          if [ "${bundle.snappy}" = "true" ] ; then
+                        if [[ $? -ne 0 ]]; then
+                          echo "Bundling bin files failed"
+                          exit 1
+                        fi
+
+                        if [[ "${bundle.snappy.in.bin}" == "true" ]]; then
+                          if [[ "${bundle.snappy}" == "true" ]]; then
                             cd "${snappy.lib}"
                             $$TAR *snappy* | (cd $${TARGET_BIN_DIR}/; $$UNTAR)
+                            if [[ $? -ne 0 ]]; then
+                              echo "Bundling snappy bin files failed"
+                              exit 1
+                            fi
                           fi
                         fi
-                        if [ "${bundle.openssl.in.bin}" = "true" ] ; then
-                          if [ "${bundle.openssl}" = "true" ] ; then
+                        if [[ "${bundle.openssl.in.bin}" == "true" ]]; then
+                          if [[ "${bundle.openssl}" == "true" ]]; then
                             cd "${openssl.lib}"
                             $$TAR *crypto* | (cd $${TARGET_BIN_DIR}/; $$UNTAR)
+                            if [[ $? -ne 0 ]]; then
+                              echo "Bundling openssl bin files failed"
+                              exit 1
+                            fi
                           fi
                         fi
                       fi
                     </echo>
+
                     <exec executable="${shell-executable}" dir="${project.build.directory}" failonerror="true">
                       <arg line="./dist-copynativelibs.sh"/>
                     </exec>