diff --git a/lib/reporters/better_skip_passed.js b/lib/reporters/better_skip_passed.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..ed8c7ecc0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/reporters/better_skip_passed.js
@@ -0,0 +1,116 @@
+/*!
+ * Nodeunit
+ * Copyright (c) 2010 Caolan McMahon
+ * MIT Licensed
+ */
+
+/**
+ * Module dependencies
+ */
+
+var nodeunit = require('../nodeunit'),
+    utils = require('../utils'),
+    fs = require('fs'),
+    path = require('path'),
+    AssertionError = require('assert').AssertionError;
+
+/**
+ * Reporter info string
+ */
+
+exports.info = "Skip passed tests output";
+
+/**
+ * Run all tests within each module, reporting the results to the command-line.
+ *
+ * @param {Array} files
+ * @api public
+ */
+
+exports.run = function (files, options, callback) {
+
+    if (!options) {
+        // load default options
+        var content = fs.readFileSync(
+            __dirname + '/../../bin/nodeunit.json', 'utf8'
+        );
+        options = JSON.parse(content);
+    }
+
+    var error = function (str) {
+        return options.error_prefix + str + options.error_suffix;
+    };
+    var ok    = function (str) {
+        return options.ok_prefix + str + options.ok_suffix;
+    };
+    var bold  = function (str) {
+        return options.bold_prefix + str + options.bold_suffix;
+    };
+    var assertion_message = function (str) {
+        return options.assertion_prefix + str + options.assertion_suffix;
+    };
+    var yellow = function (str) {
+        return "" + str + " ";
+    };
+
+    var start = new Date().getTime();
+    var paths = files.map(function (p) {
+        return path.join(process.cwd(), p);
+    });
+
+    var out = "";
+    nodeunit.runFiles(paths, {
+        testspec: options.testspec,
+        testFullSpec: options.testFullSpec,
+        moduleStart: function (name) {
+            name = ("               " + bold(name) + ": ").slice(-30)
+            process.stdout.write(name);
+        },
+        testDone: function (name, assertions) {
+            if (assertions.failures()) {
+                out += "\n    " + error('✖ ' + name);
+                assertions.forEach(function (a) {
+                    if (a.failed()) {
+                        a = utils.betterErrors(a);
+                        if (a.error instanceof AssertionError && a.message) {
+                            out += 'Assertion Message: ' + assertion_message(a.message);
+                        }
+                        out += "\n"
+                            + a.error.message.replace(/\[bold\]\{([a-zA-Z0-9, ]*)\}/g, "     " + bold("$1") + "  \t")
+                                             .replace(/\[yellow\]\{([a-zA-Z0-9, ]*)\}/g, yellow("$1"))
+                                             .replace(/\[red\]\{([a-zA-Z0-9\(\) ]*)\}/g, error("$1"));
+                    }
+                });
+            }
+        },
+        moduleDone: function (name, assertions) {
+            if (!assertions.failures()) {
+                console.log(options.ok_prefix+'✔ all tests passed'+options.ok_suffix);
+            }
+            else {
+                console.log(error('✖ some tests failed'));
+                console.log(out);
+            }
+            out = "";
+        },
+        done: function (assertions) {
+            var end = new Date().getTime();
+            var duration = end - start;
+            if (assertions.failures()) {
+                console.log(
+                    '\n' + bold(error('FAILURES: ')) + assertions.failures() +
+                    '/' + assertions.length + ' assertions failed (' +
+                    assertions.duration + 'ms)'
+                );
+            }
+            else {
+                console.log(
+                    '\n' + bold(ok('OK: ')) + assertions.length +
+                    ' assertions (' + assertions.duration + 'ms)'
+                );
+            }
+
+            if (callback) callback(assertions.failures() ? new Error('We have got test failures.') : undefined);
+        }
+    });
+};
diff --git a/lib/reporters/index.js b/lib/reporters/index.js
index b3989c011..d5c999bdf 100644
--- a/lib/reporters/index.js
+++ b/lib/reporters/index.js
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ module.exports = {
     'junit': require('./junit'),
     'default': require('./default'),
     'skip_passed': require('./skip_passed'),
+    'better_skip_passed': require('./better_skip_passed'),
     'minimal': require('./minimal'),
     'html': require('./html'),
     'eclipse': require('./eclipse'),