diff --git a/bin/cdist-object-codegen b/bin/cdist-object-codegen
index 52006255..59d73674 100755
--- a/bin/cdist-object-codegen
+++ b/bin/cdist-object-codegen
@@ -54,5 +54,5 @@ if [ -x "$gencode" ]; then
 
 eof
 
-   __cdist_exec_fail_on_error "$gencode"
+   __cdist_exec_fail_on_error "$gencode" "$__cdist_object_id"
 fi