diff --git a/test/runner b/test/runner
index 07bc80f..03bdf83 100755
--- a/test/runner
+++ b/test/runner
@@ -43,6 +43,16 @@ get-test-list()
   fi
 }
 
+process-results()
+{
+  awk '
+    BEGIN { status = 0 }
+    { print }
+    /^      FAILED$/ { status = 1 }
+    END { exit status }
+  '
+}
+
 # xspec's output dir
 mkdir -p "$outdir"
 rm -f "$index"
@@ -61,8 +71,12 @@ EOH
 declare -i status=0
 while read spec; do
   echo "$spec"
-  ../tools/xspec/bin/xspec.sh "$spec" \
-    || status=1
+  ../tools/xspec/bin/xspec.sh "$spec" 2>&1 \
+    | process-results
+
+  if [ $? -ne 0 -o ${PIPESTATUS[1]} -ne 0 ]; then
+    status=1
+  fi
 
   spec_path="$( dirname "$spec" )/xspec"
   result="$spec_path/$( basename "$spec" .xspec )-result.html"