diff --git a/dev-libs/dmd_core/dmd_core-0.6.2.ebuild b/dev-libs/dmd_core/dmd_core-0.6.2.ebuild
index 102995cba2..687299aebb 100644
--- a/dev-libs/dmd_core/dmd_core-0.6.2.ebuild
+++ b/dev-libs/dmd_core/dmd_core-0.6.2.ebuild
@@ -40,12 +40,12 @@ src_install() {
 	set_target_arch
 	dolib.a "${S}"/target/${target_arch}-unknown-linux-gnu/release/lib${PN}.a
 	insinto /usr/$(get_libdir)/pkgconfig
-	cp "${FILESDIR}/dmd_core.pc" "${S}"
-	sed -i "s/%VERSION%/${PV}/g" "${S}/dmd_core.pc"
+	cp "${FILESDIR}/dmd_core.pc" "${S}" || die "failed to copy pkgconfig file"
+	sed -i "s/%VERSION%/${PV}/g" "${S}/dmd_core.pc" || die "failed to set version in pkgconfig file"
 	doins "${S}/dmd_core.pc"
 
 	sed -e "s:^libdir.*:libdir=${EPREFIX}/usr/$(get_libdir):" \
-		-i "${ED}"/usr/$(get_libdir)/pkgconfig/dmd_core.pc
+		-i "${ED}"/usr/$(get_libdir)/pkgconfig/dmd_core.pc || die "failed to set libdir in pkgconfig file"
 	dodoc "${S}/LICENSE.txt"
 	dodoc "${S}/README.md"
 }