1 files changed, 5 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/benchtests/scripts/validate_benchout.py b/benchtests/scripts/validate_benchout.py
index 47df33ed02..00d5fa0ee5 100755
--- a/benchtests/scripts/validate_benchout.py
+++ b/benchtests/scripts/validate_benchout.py
@@ -73,11 +73,15 @@ def main(args):
 
     except bench.validator.ValidationError as e:
         return print_and_exit("Invalid benchmark output: %s" % e.message,
-            os.EX_DATAERR)
+                os.EX_DATAERR)
 
     except bench.validator.SchemaError as e:
         return print_and_exit("Invalid schema: %s" % e.message, os.EX_DATAERR)
 
+    except json.decoder.JSONDecodeError as e:
+        return print_and_exit("Benchmark output in %s is not JSON." % args[0],
+                os.EX_DATAERR)
+
     print("Benchmark output in %s is valid." % args[0])
     return os.EX_OK