1 files changed, 3 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/lisp/term/x-win.el b/lisp/term/x-win.el
index 39c09c8c038..07db0c5aa65 100644
--- a/lisp/term/x-win.el
+++ b/lisp/term/x-win.el
@@ -626,7 +626,9 @@ This is in addition to the primary selection.")
 
 (x-open-connection (or x-display-name
                        (setq x-display-name (getenv "DISPLAY")))
-                   x-command-line-resources)
+                   x-command-line-resources
+                   ;; Exit Emacs with fatal error if this fails.
+                   t)
 
 (setq frame-creation-function 'x-create-frame-with-faces)