diff --git a/test/test-gofmt.sh b/test/test-gofmt.sh
index 3ec66e6a..41dfed7e 100755
--- a/test/test-gofmt.sh
+++ b/test/test-gofmt.sh
@@ -9,9 +9,9 @@ ROOT=$(dirname "${BASH_SOURCE}")/..
 
 GO_VERSION=($(go version))
 
-if [[ -z $(echo "${GO_VERSION[2]}" | grep -E 'go1.2|go1.3|go1.4|go1.5|go1.6') ]]; then
-	echo "Unknown go version '${GO_VERSION}', skipping gofmt."
-	exit 0
+if [[ -z $(echo "${GO_VERSION[2]}" | grep -E 'go1.2|go1.3|go1.4|go1.5|go1.6|go1.7|go1.8') ]]; then
+	echo "Unknown go version '${GO_VERSION[2]}', failing gofmt."
+	exit 1
 fi
 
 cd "${ROOT}"