diff --git a/modules/kobalt-plugin-api/src/main/kotlin/com/beust/kobalt/misc/NewRunCommand.kt b/modules/kobalt-plugin-api/src/main/kotlin/com/beust/kobalt/misc/NewRunCommand.kt
index 7188cf10..25742fee 100644
--- a/modules/kobalt-plugin-api/src/main/kotlin/com/beust/kobalt/misc/NewRunCommand.kt
+++ b/modules/kobalt-plugin-api/src/main/kotlin/com/beust/kobalt/misc/NewRunCommand.kt
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ class RunCommandInfo {
      */
     var useErrorStreamAsErrorIndicator : Boolean = true
     var useInputStreamAsErrorIndicator : Boolean = false
+    var ignoreExitValue : Boolean = false
 
     var errorCallback: Function1<List<String>, Unit> = NewRunCommand.DEFAULT_ERROR
     var successCallback: Function1<List<String>, Unit> = NewRunCommand.DEFAULT_SUCCESS
@@ -89,10 +90,14 @@ open class NewRunCommand(val info: RunCommandInfo) {
         // Check to see if the command succeeded
         val isSuccess =
                 if (info.containsErrors != null) ! info.containsErrors!!(error)
-                else isSuccess(returnCode, input, error)
+                else isSuccess(if (info.ignoreExitValue) true else returnCode, input, error)
 
         if (isSuccess) {
-            info.successCallback(input)
+            if (!info.useErrorStreamAsErrorIndicator) {
+                info.successCallback(error + input)
+            } else {
+                info.successCallback(input)
+            }
         } else {
             info.errorCallback(error + input)
         }
@@ -105,7 +110,7 @@ open class NewRunCommand(val info: RunCommandInfo) {
      * have various ways to signal errors.
      */
     open protected fun isSuccess(isSuccess: Boolean, input: List<String>, error: List<String>) : Boolean {
-        var hasErrors = ! isSuccess
+        var hasErrors: Boolean = ! isSuccess
         if (info.useErrorStreamAsErrorIndicator && ! hasErrors) {
             hasErrors = hasErrors || error.isNotEmpty()
         }
diff --git a/src/main/kotlin/com/beust/kobalt/plugin/application/ApplicationPlugin.kt b/src/main/kotlin/com/beust/kobalt/plugin/application/ApplicationPlugin.kt
index 2c7433d7..549c2e13 100644
--- a/src/main/kotlin/com/beust/kobalt/plugin/application/ApplicationPlugin.kt
+++ b/src/main/kotlin/com/beust/kobalt/plugin/application/ApplicationPlugin.kt
@@ -17,7 +17,6 @@ import com.beust.kobalt.plugin.packaging.PackageConfig
 import com.beust.kobalt.plugin.packaging.PackagingPlugin
 import com.google.inject.Inject
 import com.google.inject.Singleton
-import org.jetbrains.kotlin.config.TargetPlatformVersion.NoVersion.description
 import java.io.File
 
 class ApplicationConfig {
@@ -34,6 +33,15 @@ class ApplicationConfig {
     @Directive
     fun args(vararg argv: String) = argv.forEach { args.add(it) }
     val args = arrayListOf<String>()
+
+    @Directive
+    var ignoreErrorStream: Boolean = false
+
+    @Directive
+    var ignoreInputStream: Boolean = true
+
+    @Directive
+    var ignoreExitValue: Boolean = false
 }
 
 @Directive
@@ -147,6 +155,9 @@ class ApplicationPlugin @Inject constructor(val configActor: ConfigsActor<Applic
                 kobaltLog(1, "ERROR")
                 kobaltLog(1, output.joinToString("\n"))
             }
+            useErrorStreamAsErrorIndicator = !config.ignoreErrorStream
+            useInputStreamAsErrorIndicator = !config.ignoreInputStream
+            ignoreExitValue = config.ignoreExitValue
         }
         return TaskResult(exitCode == 0)
     }