diff --git a/parser/gotest/report_builder.go b/parser/gotest/report_builder.go
index d53b323..bb4676c 100644
--- a/parser/gotest/report_builder.go
+++ b/parser/gotest/report_builder.go
@@ -164,7 +164,16 @@ func (b *reportBuilder) CreatePackage(packageName, newPackageName, result string
 	delete(b.packageBuilders, packageName)
 	pb.output.SetActiveID(0)
 
+	// If the packageBuilder is empty, we never received any events for this
+	// package so there's no need to continue.
 	if pb.IsEmpty() {
+		// However, we should at least report an error if the result says we
+		// failed.
+		if parseResult(result) == gtr.Fail {
+			pkg.RunError = gtr.Error{
+				Name: newPackageName,
+			}
+		}
 		return pkg
 	}
 
diff --git a/parser/gotest/report_builder_test.go b/parser/gotest/report_builder_test.go
index 99adfca..ac3ed53 100644
--- a/parser/gotest/report_builder_test.go
+++ b/parser/gotest/report_builder_test.go
@@ -349,3 +349,31 @@ func TestGroupBenchmarksByName(t *testing.T) {
 		})
 	}
 }
+
+func TestReportFailedSummary(t *testing.T) {
+	events := []Event{
+		{Type: "summary", Result: "FAIL", Name: "package/name", Duration: 1 * time.Millisecond},
+	}
+	want := gtr.Report{
+		Packages: []gtr.Package{
+			{
+				Name:      "package/name",
+				Duration:  1 * time.Millisecond,
+				Timestamp: testTimestamp,
+				RunError: gtr.Error{
+					Name: "package/name",
+				},
+			},
+		},
+	}
+
+	rb := newReportBuilder()
+	rb.timestampFunc = testTimestampFunc
+	for _, ev := range events {
+		rb.ProcessEvent(ev)
+	}
+	got := rb.Build()
+	if diff := cmp.Diff(want, got); diff != "" {
+		t.Errorf("Incorrect report created, diff (-want, +got):\n%v\n", diff)
+	}
+}