diff --git a/node.go b/node.go
index 6f6001e..32581a5 100644
--- a/node.go
+++ b/node.go
@@ -850,6 +850,33 @@ func (this *conversionState) convertNoFreeFloating(n_ node.Node) (string, error)
 
 		return this.convert(expr.NewFunctionCall(transparentNameNode, n.ArgumentList))
 
+	case *expr.Exit:
+		// die(0) - set process exit code and exit
+		// die("message") - print to stdout and exit 0
+		// die - exit 0
+
+		this.importPackages["os"] = struct{}{}
+
+		if n.Expr == nil {
+			return "os.Exit(0)", nil
+		}
+
+		child, err := this.convert(n.Expr)
+		if err != nil {
+			return "", parseErr{n, err}
+		}
+
+		// Although it might have been a more complex string expression - we
+		// don't currently know that
+		// TODO type inference
+		switch n.Expr.(type) {
+		case *scalar.String:
+			this.importPackages["fmt"] = struct{}{}
+			return "fmt.Print(" + child + ")\nos.Exit(0)", nil // hopefully die() was standalone, and not "or die"
+		default:
+			return "os.Exit(" + child + ")", nil
+		}
+
 	case *expr.PreInc:
 		// """In Go, i++ is a statement, not an expression. So you can't use its value in another expression such as a function call."""
 		v, err := this.convert(n.Variable)