diff --git a/src/hooks/tap-error-to-log-message.ts b/src/hooks/tap-error-to-log-message.ts
index e5fcf433..ee9d633e 100644
--- a/src/hooks/tap-error-to-log-message.ts
+++ b/src/hooks/tap-error-to-log-message.ts
@@ -10,6 +10,17 @@ function tapErrorToLogMessage(
   compiler: webpack.Compiler,
   config: ForkTsCheckerWebpackPluginConfig
 ) {
+
+  // If the webpack build fails independently from fork-ts-checker-webpack-plugin,
+  // it will stop the RPC server with a SIGTERM. Here we catch this case.
+  let webpackFailed = false;
+  compiler.hooks.compile.tap('ForkTsCheckerWebpackPlugin', (error) => {
+    webpackFailed = false;
+  });
+  compiler.hooks.failed.tap('ForkTsCheckerWebpackPlugin', (error) => {
+    webpackFailed = true;
+  });
+  
   const hooks = getPluginHooks(compiler);
 
   hooks.error.tap('ForkTsCheckerWebpackPlugin', (error) => {
@@ -17,6 +28,10 @@ function tapErrorToLogMessage(
       return;
     }
 
+    if (webpackFailed) {
+      return;
+    }
+
     config.logger.error(String(error));
 
     if (error instanceof RpcExitError) {