diff --git a/nashorn/make/build.xml b/nashorn/make/build.xml
index 2ef786ad3d5..8cf5629704a 100644
--- a/nashorn/make/build.xml
+++ b/nashorn/make/build.xml
@@ -632,7 +632,7 @@ grant codeBase "file:/${basedir}/test/script/markdown.js" {
 
   <target name="test262-parallel" depends="jar, check-testng, check-external-tests, compile-test, generate-policy-file" if="testng.available">
     <!-- use just build.test.classes.dir to avoid referring to TestNG -->
-    <java classname="${parallel.test.runner}" dir="${basedir}" fork="true">
+    <java classname="${parallel.test.runner}" dir="${basedir}" fork="true" failonerror="true">
       <jvmarg line="${boot.class.path}"/>
       <jvmarg line="${run.test.jvmargs} -Xmx${run.test.xmx} ${run.test.jvmsecurityargs} -Dbuild.dir=${build.dir}"/>
       <!-- avoid too many typeinfo cache files. Each script is run only once anyway -->
diff --git a/nashorn/make/project.properties b/nashorn/make/project.properties
index 25a8aa2ccb6..38215dc6fbd 100644
--- a/nashorn/make/project.properties
+++ b/nashorn/make/project.properties
@@ -212,6 +212,12 @@ test262-test-sys-prop.test.js.enable.strict.mode=true
 # file containing test262 tests to be excluded
 # test262-test-sys-prop.test.js.excludes.file=${test262.dir}/test/config/excludelist.xml
 
+# list of test262 files to be excluded
+test262-test-sys-prop.test.js.exclude.list=\
+    ${test262.suite.dir}/ch07/7.4/S7.4_A6.js \
+    ${test262.suite.dir}/ch07/7.8/7.8.5/S7.8.5_A1.4_T2.js \
+    ${test262.suite.dir}/ch15/15.2/15.2.3/15.2.3.6/15.2.3.6-4-170.js 
+
 # list of test262 test dirs to be excluded
 test262-test-sys-prop.test.js.exclude.dir=\
     ${test262.suite.dir}/intl402/ \