diff --git a/django/core/management/commands/compilemessages.py b/django/core/management/commands/compilemessages.py
index bf704a4e8d..77dd0f085c 100644
--- a/django/core/management/commands/compilemessages.py
+++ b/django/core/management/commands/compilemessages.py
@@ -86,6 +86,7 @@ class Command(BaseCommand):
         locales = locale or all_locales
         locales = set(locales).difference(exclude)
 
+        self.has_errors = False
         for basedir in basedirs:
             if locales:
                 dirs = [os.path.join(basedir, l, 'LC_MESSAGES') for l in locales]
@@ -98,6 +99,9 @@ class Command(BaseCommand):
             if locations:
                 self.compile_messages(locations)
 
+        if self.has_errors:
+            raise CommandError('compilemessages generated one or more errors.')
+
     def compile_messages(self, locations):
         """
         Locations is a list of tuples: [(directory, file), ...]
@@ -107,15 +111,21 @@ class Command(BaseCommand):
                 self.stdout.write('processing file %s in %s\n' % (f, dirpath))
             po_path = os.path.join(dirpath, f)
             if has_bom(po_path):
-                raise CommandError("The %s file has a BOM (Byte Order Mark). "
-                                   "Django only supports .po files encoded in "
-                                   "UTF-8 and without any BOM." % po_path)
+                self.stderr.write(
+                    'The %s file has a BOM (Byte Order Mark). Django only '
+                    'supports .po files encoded in UTF-8 and without any BOM.' % po_path
+                )
+                self.has_errors = True
+                continue
             base_path = os.path.splitext(po_path)[0]
 
             # Check writability on first location
             if i == 0 and not is_writable(base_path + '.mo'):
-                self.stderr.write("The po files under %s are in a seemingly not writable location. "
-                                  "mo files will not be updated/created." % dirpath)
+                self.stderr.write(
+                    'The po files under %s are in a seemingly not writable location. '
+                    'mo files will not be updated/created.' % dirpath
+                )
+                self.has_errors = True
                 return
 
             args = [self.program] + self.program_options + [
@@ -124,7 +134,7 @@ class Command(BaseCommand):
             output, errors, status = popen_wrapper(args)
             if status:
                 if errors:
-                    msg = "Execution of %s failed: %s" % (self.program, errors)
+                    self.stderr.write('Execution of %s failed: %s.' % (self.program, errors))
                 else:
-                    msg = "Execution of %s failed" % self.program
-                raise CommandError(msg)
+                    self.stderr.write('Execution of %s failed.' % self.program)
+                self.has_errors = True
diff --git a/tests/i18n/test_compilation.py b/tests/i18n/test_compilation.py
index 02114fa2dd..11266b7a58 100644
--- a/tests/i18n/test_compilation.py
+++ b/tests/i18n/test_compilation.py
@@ -35,9 +35,10 @@ class PoFileTests(MessageCompilationTests):
     MO_FILE = 'locale/%s/LC_MESSAGES/django.mo' % LOCALE
 
     def test_bom_rejection(self):
-        with self.assertRaises(CommandError) as cm:
-            call_command('compilemessages', locale=[self.LOCALE], stdout=StringIO())
-        self.assertIn("file has a BOM (Byte Order Mark)", cm.exception.args[0])
+        stderr = StringIO()
+        with self.assertRaisesMessage(CommandError, 'compilemessages generated one or more errors.'):
+            call_command('compilemessages', locale=[self.LOCALE], stdout=StringIO(), stderr=stderr)
+        self.assertIn('file has a BOM (Byte Order Mark)', stderr.getvalue())
         self.assertFalse(os.path.exists(self.MO_FILE))
 
     def test_no_write_access(self):
@@ -47,9 +48,9 @@ class PoFileTests(MessageCompilationTests):
         old_mode = os.stat(mo_file_en).st_mode
         os.chmod(mo_file_en, stat.S_IREAD)
         try:
-            call_command('compilemessages', locale=['en'], stderr=err_buffer, verbosity=0)
-            err = err_buffer.getvalue()
-            self.assertIn("not writable location", err)
+            with self.assertRaisesMessage(CommandError, 'compilemessages generated one or more errors.'):
+                call_command('compilemessages', locale=['en'], stderr=err_buffer, verbosity=0)
+            self.assertIn('not writable location', err_buffer.getvalue())
         finally:
             os.chmod(mo_file_en, old_mode)
 
@@ -137,7 +138,7 @@ class CompilationErrorHandling(MessageCompilationTests):
     def test_error_reported_by_msgfmt(self):
         # po file contains wrong po formatting.
         with self.assertRaises(CommandError):
-            call_command('compilemessages', locale=['ja'], verbosity=0)
+            call_command('compilemessages', locale=['ja'], verbosity=0, stderr=StringIO())
 
     def test_msgfmt_error_including_non_ascii(self):
         # po file contains invalid msgstr content (triggers non-ascii error content).
@@ -148,8 +149,10 @@ class CompilationErrorHandling(MessageCompilationTests):
             cmd = MakeMessagesCommand()
             if cmd.gettext_version < (0, 18, 3):
                 self.skipTest("python-brace-format is a recent gettext addition.")
-            with self.assertRaisesMessage(CommandError, "' cannot start a field name"):
-                call_command('compilemessages', locale=['ko'], verbosity=0)
+            stderr = StringIO()
+            with self.assertRaisesMessage(CommandError, 'compilemessages generated one or more errors'):
+                call_command('compilemessages', locale=['ko'], stdout=StringIO(), stderr=stderr)
+            self.assertIn("' cannot start a field name", stderr.getvalue())
 
 
 class ProjectAndAppTests(MessageCompilationTests):