diff --git a/include/bcc/bcc.h b/include/bcc/bcc.h
index 505eca3..4adcd7d 100644
--- a/include/bcc/bcc.h
+++ b/include/bcc/bcc.h
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@
                const BCCchar *bitcode,
                BCCint size);
 
-void bccCompileBC(BCCscript *script);
+int bccCompileBC(BCCscript *script);
 
 void bccGetScriptInfoLog(BCCscript *script,
                          BCCsizei maxLength,
diff --git a/lib/bcc/bcc.cpp b/lib/bcc/bcc.cpp
index 6b64d36..054c995 100644
--- a/lib/bcc/bcc.cpp
+++ b/lib/bcc/bcc.cpp
@@ -75,15 +75,16 @@
   return result;
 }
 
-extern "C" void bccCompileBC(BCCscript *script) {
-  {
+extern "C" int bccCompileBC(BCCscript *script) {
 #if defined(__arm__)
-    android::StopWatch compileTimer("RenderScript compile time");
+  android::StopWatch compileTimer("RenderScript compile time");
 #endif
-    int result = script->compiler.compile();
-    if (result)
-      script->setError(BCC_INVALID_OPERATION);
-  }
+
+  int result = script->compiler.compile();
+  if (result)
+    script->setError(BCC_INVALID_OPERATION);
+
+  return result;
 }
 
 extern "C" void bccGetScriptInfoLog(BCCscript *script,