diff --git a/src/aeso_ast_infer_types.erl b/src/aeso_ast_infer_types.erl
index 61b26ab..9acf1a3 100644
--- a/src/aeso_ast_infer_types.erl
+++ b/src/aeso_ast_infer_types.erl
@@ -539,8 +539,9 @@ global_env() ->
                      %% TTL constructors
                      {"RelativeTTL", Fun1(Int, TTL)},
                      {"FixedTTL",    Fun1(Int, TTL)},
-                     %% Abort
+                     %% Abort/exit
                      {"abort", Fun1(String, A)},
+                     {"exit", Fun1(String, A)},
                      {"require", Fun([Bool, String], Unit)}])
         , types = MkDefs(
                     [{"int", 0}, {"bool", 0}, {"char", 0}, {"string", 0}, {"address", 0},
diff --git a/src/aeso_ast_to_fcode.erl b/src/aeso_ast_to_fcode.erl
index d0328c9..bea8572 100644
--- a/src/aeso_ast_to_fcode.erl
+++ b/src/aeso_ast_to_fcode.erl
@@ -242,7 +242,7 @@ builtins() ->
     MkName = fun(NS, Fun) ->
                 list_to_atom(string:to_lower(string:join(NS ++ [Fun], "_")))
              end,
-    Scopes = [{[],           [{"abort", 1}, {"require", 2}]},
+    Scopes = [{[],           [{"abort", 1}, {"require", 2}, {"exit", 1}]},
               {["Chain"],    [{"spend", 2}, {"balance", 1}, {"block_hash", 1}, {"coinbase", none},
                               {"timestamp", none}, {"block_height", none}, {"difficulty", none},
                               {"gas_limit", none}, {"bytecode_hash", 1}, {"create", variable}, {"clone", variable}]},
diff --git a/src/aeso_fcode_to_fate.erl b/src/aeso_fcode_to_fate.erl
index 67a4b5c..ffaf85e 100644
--- a/src/aeso_fcode_to_fate.erl
+++ b/src/aeso_fcode_to_fate.erl
@@ -507,6 +507,8 @@ builtin_to_scode(Env, bytes_split, [_, _] = Args) ->
     call_to_scode(Env, aeb_fate_ops:bytes_split(?a, ?a, ?a), Args);
 builtin_to_scode(Env, abort, [_] = Args) ->
     call_to_scode(Env, aeb_fate_ops:abort(?a), Args);
+builtin_to_scode(Env, exit, [_] = Args) ->
+    call_to_scode(Env, aeb_fate_ops:exit(?a), Args);
 builtin_to_scode(Env, chain_spend, [_, _] = Args) ->
     call_to_scode(Env, [aeb_fate_ops:spend(?a, ?a),
                         tuple(0)], Args);
@@ -1486,6 +1488,7 @@ r_write_to_dead_var({i, Ann, I}, Code) ->
 r_write_to_dead_var(_, _) -> false.
 
 op_view({'ABORT', R}) -> {'ABORT', none, [R]};
+op_view({'EXIT', R}) -> {'EXIT', none, [R]};
 op_view(T) when is_tuple(T) ->
     [Op, R | As] = tuple_to_list(T),
     CheckReads = fun(Rs, X) -> case [] == Rs -- [dst, src] of true -> X; false -> false end end,
diff --git a/test/contracts/all_syntax.aes b/test/contracts/all_syntax.aes
index ced918a..513f3be 100644
--- a/test/contracts/all_syntax.aes
+++ b/test/contracts/all_syntax.aes
@@ -80,3 +80,4 @@ contract AllSyntax =
      let sh : shakespeare(shakespeare(int)) =
        {wolfgang = state}
      sh{wolfgang.wolfgang = sh.wolfgang} // comment
+     exit("hope you had fun reading this")