diff --git a/client/text_smart.py b/client/text_smart.py
index 8e235ab93..78a653d49 100644
--- a/client/text_smart.py
+++ b/client/text_smart.py
@@ -51,6 +51,8 @@ def smart(options):
             else:
                 newopts.append(opt)
     options = newopts
+    if not options:
+        return -10
 
     rc = 0
 
@@ -564,4 +566,4 @@ int main() {
     entropy.tools.compress_tar_bz2(smartpath, pkgtmpdir)
     shutil.rmtree(pkgtmpdir,True)
 
-    return 0
\ No newline at end of file
+    return 0