diff --git a/internal/execext/exec.go b/internal/execext/exec.go
index 4428bd39..f86003bb 100644
--- a/internal/execext/exec.go
+++ b/internal/execext/exec.go
@@ -13,14 +13,13 @@ import (
 
 // RunCommandOptions is the options for the RunCommand func
 type RunCommandOptions struct {
-	Context         context.Context
-	Command         string
-	Dir             string
-	Env             []string
-	Stdin           io.Reader
-	Stdout          io.Writer
-	Stderr          io.Writer
-	IgnoreErrorCode bool
+	Context context.Context
+	Command string
+	Dir     string
+	Env     []string
+	Stdin   io.Reader
+	Stdout  io.Writer
+	Stderr  io.Writer
 }
 
 var (
@@ -63,12 +62,5 @@ func RunCommand(opts *RunCommandOptions) error {
 	if err = r.Reset(); err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
-	if err = r.Run(p); err != nil {
-		if opts.IgnoreErrorCode {
-			if _, ok := err.(interp.ExitCode); ok {
-				return nil
-			}
-		}
-	}
-	return err
+	return r.Run(p)
 }
diff --git a/task.go b/task.go
index ab62c691..48f98048 100644
--- a/task.go
+++ b/task.go
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ import (
 
 	"github.com/Masterminds/semver"
 	"golang.org/x/sync/errgroup"
+	"mvdan.cc/sh/interp"
 )
 
 const (
@@ -221,16 +222,20 @@ func (e *Executor) runCommand(ctx context.Context, t *taskfile.Task, call taskfi
 		defer stdOut.Close()
 		defer stdErr.Close()
 
-		return execext.RunCommand(&execext.RunCommandOptions{
-			Context:         ctx,
-			Command:         cmd.Cmd,
-			Dir:             t.Dir,
-			Env:             getEnviron(t),
-			Stdin:           e.Stdin,
-			Stdout:          stdOut,
-			Stderr:          stdErr,
-			IgnoreErrorCode: cmd.IgnoreError,
+		err := execext.RunCommand(&execext.RunCommandOptions{
+			Context: ctx,
+			Command: cmd.Cmd,
+			Dir:     t.Dir,
+			Env:     getEnviron(t),
+			Stdin:   e.Stdin,
+			Stdout:  stdOut,
+			Stderr:  stdErr,
 		})
+		if _, ok := err.(interp.ExitCode); ok && cmd.IgnoreError {
+			e.Logger.VerboseErrf("task: command error ignored: %v", err)
+			return nil
+		}
+		return err
 	default:
 		return nil
 	}