diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 3dda552..f8b1e4a 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -1,18 +1,24 @@
 # Multiplexer / Demultiplexer for standard error and standard output
 
 The `muxeo` command combines a program's _stderr_ and _stdout_ streams into a
-single stream of frames written to _stdout_. The frame has the following
-structure:
+single frame stream, followed by a frame containing the exit status code, all
+written to _stdout_. Frames are coded as follows:
 
 ```
-+----------+--Frame---+---------+
-| kind: u8 | len: u32 | payload |
-+----------+----------+---------+
++--------------+----Err---+---------------+
+| kind: u8 = 0 | len: u32 | payload: [u8] |
++--------------+----------+---------------+
++-----Exit Status Code-----+
+| kind: u8 = 1 | code: i32 |
++--------------+-----------+
++--------------+----Out---+---------------+
+| kind: u8 = 2 | len: u32 | payload: [u8] |
++--------------+----------+---------------+
 ```
 
 The `demuxeo` command knows how to decode the stream of frames received as
 _stdin_ and then writes to both _stderr_ and _stdout_ depending on the frame
-kind (err/out).
+kind (err/out) and exits with the decoded status code.
 
 For example, the following command:
 
diff --git a/src/bin/demuxeo.rs b/src/bin/demuxeo.rs
index 16e3701..161e321 100644
--- a/src/bin/demuxeo.rs
+++ b/src/bin/demuxeo.rs
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+use std::process;
+
 use clap::Parser;
 use futures::TryStreamExt;
 use muxeo::{Frame, FrameKind, MAX};
@@ -21,10 +23,37 @@ impl Decoder for EoDecoder {
 
     fn decode(&mut self, src: &mut BytesMut) -> Result<Option<Self::Item>, Self::Error> {
         if src.len() < 1 + 4 {
-            // Not enough data to read kind and length marker.
+            // Not enough data to read kind marker and length marker / exit
+            // status code.
             return Ok(None);
         }
 
+        // Read kind marker.
+        let kind = match src[0] {
+            0 => FrameKind::Err,
+            1 => FrameKind::ExitStatusCode,
+            2 => FrameKind::Out,
+            k => {
+                return Err(io::Error::new(
+                    io::ErrorKind::InvalidData,
+                    format!("Invalid frame kind {}.", k),
+                ));
+            }
+        };
+
+        if let FrameKind::ExitStatusCode = kind {
+            // Read exit status code.
+            let mut code_bytes = [0; 4];
+            code_bytes.copy_from_slice(&src[1..1 + 4]);
+            let code = i32::from_be_bytes(code_bytes);
+
+            // Use advance to modify src such that it no longer contains this
+            // frame.
+            src.advance(1 + 4);
+
+            return Ok(Some(Frame::ExitStatusCode(code)));
+        }
+
         // Read length marker.
         let mut len_bytes = [0; 4];
         len_bytes.copy_from_slice(&src[1..1 + 4]);
@@ -51,18 +80,6 @@ impl Decoder for EoDecoder {
             return Ok(None);
         }
 
-        // Read kind marker.
-        let kind = match src[0] {
-            0 => FrameKind::Err,
-            1 => FrameKind::Out,
-            k => {
-                return Err(io::Error::new(
-                    io::ErrorKind::InvalidData,
-                    format!("Invalid frame kind {}.", k),
-                ));
-            }
-        };
-
         // Use advance and split_to to modify src such that it no longer
         // contains this frame.
         src.advance(1 + 4);
@@ -71,6 +88,7 @@ impl Decoder for EoDecoder {
         Ok(Some(match kind {
             FrameKind::Err => Frame::Err(bytes),
             FrameKind::Out => Frame::Out(bytes),
+            _ => unreachable!(),
         }))
     }
 }
@@ -88,6 +106,7 @@ async fn main() -> io::Result<()> {
             Frame::Err(mut bytes) => {
                 stderr.write_all_buf(&mut bytes).await?;
             }
+            Frame::ExitStatusCode(code) => process::exit(code),
             Frame::Out(mut bytes) => {
                 stdout.write_all_buf(&mut bytes).await?;
             }
diff --git a/src/lib.rs b/src/lib.rs
index 9ba5818..013d04a 100644
--- a/src/lib.rs
+++ b/src/lib.rs
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ use tokio_util::bytes::Bytes;
 
 pub enum Frame {
     Err(Bytes),
+    ExitStatusCode(i32),
     Out(Bytes),
 }
 
@@ -9,6 +10,7 @@ impl Frame {
     pub fn kind(&self) -> FrameKind {
         match self {
             Self::Err(_) => FrameKind::Err,
+            Self::ExitStatusCode(_) => FrameKind::ExitStatusCode,
             Self::Out(_) => FrameKind::Out,
         }
     }
@@ -16,7 +18,8 @@ impl Frame {
 
 pub enum FrameKind {
     Err = 0,
-    Out = 1,
+    ExitStatusCode = 1,
+    Out = 2,
 }
 
 pub const MAX: usize = 8 * 1024 * 1024;
diff --git a/src/main.rs b/src/main.rs
index 6f64786..aab76e6 100644
--- a/src/main.rs
+++ b/src/main.rs
@@ -1,7 +1,4 @@
-use std::{
-    ffi::OsString,
-    process::{self, Stdio},
-};
+use std::{ffi::OsString, process::Stdio};
 
 use clap::Parser;
 use futures::{SinkExt, TryStreamExt};
@@ -28,9 +25,21 @@ impl Encoder<Frame> for EoEncoder {
     type Error = io::Error;
 
     fn encode(&mut self, item: Frame, dst: &mut BytesMut) -> Result<(), Self::Error> {
+        if let Frame::ExitStatusCode(code) = item {
+            // Reserve space in the buffer.
+            dst.reserve(1 + 4);
+
+            // Write the kind and exit status code to the buffer.
+            dst.put_u8(FrameKind::ExitStatusCode as u8);
+            dst.put_i32(code);
+
+            return Ok(());
+        }
+
         let (kind, bytes) = match item {
             Frame::Err(bytes) => (FrameKind::Err, bytes),
             Frame::Out(bytes) => (FrameKind::Out, bytes),
+            _ => unreachable!(),
         };
 
         let bytes_len = bytes.len();
@@ -69,15 +78,14 @@ async fn main() -> io::Result<()> {
 
     let stderr = ReaderStream::with_capacity(child.stderr.take().unwrap(), MAX).map_ok(Frame::Err);
     let stdout = ReaderStream::with_capacity(child.stdout.take().unwrap(), MAX).map_ok(Frame::Out);
+    let mut writer = FramedWrite::new(io::stdout(), EoEncoder);
 
-    FramedWrite::new(io::stdout(), EoEncoder)
-        .send_all(&mut stderr.merge(stdout))
-        .await?;
+    writer.send_all(&mut stderr.merge(stdout)).await?;
 
     let status = child.wait().await?;
 
     if let Some(code) = status.code() {
-        process::exit(code);
+        writer.send(Frame::ExitStatusCode(code)).await?;
     }
 
     Ok(())