1 files changed, 3 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/qa/qa/service/shellout.rb b/qa/qa/service/shellout.rb
index 898febde63c..76fb2af6319 100644
--- a/qa/qa/service/shellout.rb
+++ b/qa/qa/service/shellout.rb
@@ -3,6 +3,8 @@ require 'open3'
 module QA
   module Service
     module Shellout
+      CommandError = Class.new(StandardError)
+
       ##
       # TODO, make it possible to use generic QA framework classes
       # as a library - gitlab-org/gitlab-qa#94
@@ -14,7 +16,7 @@ module QA
           out.each { |line| puts line }
 
           if wait.value.exited? && wait.value.exitstatus.nonzero?
-            raise "Command `#{command}` failed!"
+            raise CommandError, "Command `#{command}` failed!"
           end
         end
       end