diff --git a/lib/cmd.js b/lib/cmd.js
index 5f6576c14..51ab0988b 100644
--- a/lib/cmd.js
+++ b/lib/cmd.js
@@ -189,12 +189,13 @@ class Cmd {
   test() {
     program
       .command('test [file]')
+      .option('-d , --gasDetails', __('When set, will print the gas cost for each contract deploy'))
       .option('--locale [locale]', __('language to use (default: en)'))
       .option('--loglevel [loglevel]', __('level of logging to display') + ' ["error", "warn", "info", "debug", "trace"]', /^(error|warn|info|debug|trace)$/i, 'warn')
       .description(__('run tests'))
       .action(function (file, options) {
         i18n.setOrDetectLocale(options.locale);
-        embark.runTests({file, loglevel: options.loglevel});
+        embark.runTests({file, loglevel: options.loglevel, gasDetails: options.gasDetails});
       });
   }
 
diff --git a/lib/contracts/contract_deployer.js b/lib/contracts/contract_deployer.js
index b97bb4750..50140085b 100644
--- a/lib/contracts/contract_deployer.js
+++ b/lib/contracts/contract_deployer.js
@@ -242,6 +242,7 @@ class ContractDeployer {
           self.logger.info(contract.className.bold.cyan + " " + __("deployed at").green + " " + receipt.contractAddress.bold.cyan);
           contract.deployedAddress = receipt.contractAddress;
           contract.transactionHash = receipt.transactionHash;
+          receipt.className = contract.className;
           self.events.emit("deploy:contract:receipt", receipt);
           self.events.emit("deploy:contract:deployed", contract);
 
diff --git a/lib/core/events.js b/lib/core/events.js
index 42f6958a5..6bc9bcd1f 100644
--- a/lib/core/events.js
+++ b/lib/core/events.js
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ function log(eventType, eventName) {
   //console.log(eventType, eventName);
 }
 
-EventEmitter.prototype._maxListeners = 300;
+EventEmitter.prototype._maxListeners = 350;
 const _on         = EventEmitter.prototype.on;
 const _setHandler = EventEmitter.prototype.setHandler;
 
diff --git a/lib/tests/reporter.js b/lib/tests/reporter.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..75d8ff01c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/tests/reporter.js
@@ -0,0 +1,145 @@
+const Base = require('mocha/lib/reporters/base');
+const ms = require('mocha/lib/ms');
+const color = Base.color;
+
+class EmbarkSpec extends Base {
+  constructor(runner, options) {
+    super(runner, options);
+
+    const self = this;
+    self.embarkEvents = options.reporterOptions.events;
+    self.gasDetails = options.reporterOptions.gasDetails;
+    self.gasLimit = options.reporterOptions.gasLimit;
+    let indents = 0;
+    let n = 0;
+    self.stats.totalGasCost = 0;
+    self.stats.test = {};
+    self.stats.test.gasUsed = 0;
+
+    function onContractReceipt(receipt) {
+      const fmt = color('bright pass', ' ') +
+        color('suite', ' %s') +
+        color('light', ' deployed for ') +
+        color(self.getGasColor(receipt.gasUsed), '%s') +
+        color('light', ' gas');
+
+      console.log(fmt, receipt.className, receipt.gasUsed);
+    }
+
+    function onBlockHeader(blockHeader) {
+      self.stats.totalGasCost += blockHeader.gasUsed;
+      self.stats.test.gasUsed += blockHeader.gasUsed;
+    }
+
+    if (self.gasDetails) {
+      self.embarkEvents.on("deploy:contract:receipt", onContractReceipt);
+    }
+    self.embarkEvents.on("block:header", onBlockHeader);
+
+    function indent() {
+      return Array(indents).join('  ');
+    }
+
+    runner.on('start', function () {
+      console.log();
+    });
+
+    runner.on('suite', function (suite) {
+      ++indents;
+      if (self.gasDetails) {
+        console.log();
+      }
+      console.log(color('suite', '%s%s'), indent(), suite.title);
+    });
+
+    runner.on('suite end', function () {
+      --indents;
+      if (indents === 1) {
+        console.log();
+      }
+    });
+
+    runner.on('pending', function (test) {
+      const fmt = indent() + color('pending', '  - %s');
+      console.log(fmt, test.title);
+    });
+
+
+    runner.on('test', function () {
+      self.stats.test.gasUsed = 0;
+    });
+
+    runner.on('pass', function (test) {
+      let fmt =
+        indent() +
+        color('checkmark', '  ' + Base.symbols.ok) +
+        color('pass', ' %s') +
+        color(test.speed, ' (%dms)') +
+        ' - ' +
+        color(self.getGasColor(self.stats.test.gasUsed), '[%d gas]');
+      console.log(fmt, test.title, test.duration, self.stats.test.gasUsed);
+    });
+
+    runner.on('fail', function (test) {
+      console.log(indent() + color('fail', '  %d) %s') + ' - ' + color(self.getGasColor(self.stats.test.gasUsed), '[%d gas]'),
+        ++n, test.title, self.stats.test.gasUsed);
+    });
+
+    runner.once('end', function () {
+      runner.removeAllListeners();
+      self.embarkEvents.removeListener("deploy:contract:receipt", onContractReceipt);
+      self.embarkEvents.removeListener("block:header", onBlockHeader);
+      self.epilogue();
+    });
+  }
+
+  getGasColor(gasCost) {
+    if (gasCost <= this.gasLimit / 10) {
+      return 'fast';
+    }
+    if (gasCost <= 3 * (this.gasLimit / 4)) {
+      return 'medium';
+    }
+    return 'slow';
+  }
+
+  epilogue() {
+    const stats = this.stats;
+    let fmt;
+
+    console.log();
+
+    // passes
+    fmt = color('bright pass', ' ') +
+      color('green', ' %d passing') +
+      color('light', ' (%s)') +
+      color('light', ' - [Total: %s gas]');
+
+    console.log(fmt,
+      stats.passes || 0,
+      ms(stats.duration),
+      stats.totalGasCost);
+
+    // pending
+    if (stats.pending) {
+      fmt = color('pending', ' ') +
+        color('pending', ' %d pending');
+
+      console.log(fmt, stats.pending);
+    }
+
+    // failures
+    if (stats.failures) {
+      fmt = color('fail', '  %d failing');
+
+      console.log(fmt, stats.failures);
+
+      Base.list(this.failures);
+      console.log();
+    }
+
+    console.log();
+  }
+}
+
+module.exports = EmbarkSpec;
diff --git a/lib/tests/run_tests.js b/lib/tests/run_tests.js
index 80d238705..d544e6ef0 100644
--- a/lib/tests/run_tests.js
+++ b/lib/tests/run_tests.js
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ const Mocha = require('mocha');
 const path = require('path');
 const assert = require('assert');
 const Test = require('./test');
+const EmbarkSpec = require('./reporter');
 
 function getFilesFromDir(filePath, cb) {
   fs.readdir(filePath, (err, files) => {
@@ -100,6 +101,11 @@ module.exports = {
       function executeForAllFiles(files, next) {
         async.eachLimit(files, 1, (file, eachCb) => {
           const mocha = new Mocha();
+          mocha.reporter(EmbarkSpec, {
+            events: global.embark.engine.events,
+            gasDetails: options.gasDetails,
+            gasLimit: global.embark.engine.deployManager.gasLimit
+          });
           mocha.addFile(file);
 
           mocha.suite.timeout(0);
@@ -112,6 +118,7 @@ module.exports = {
 
           mocha.run(function (fails) {
             failures += fails;
+            mocha.suite.removeAllListeners();
             // Mocha prints the error already
             eachCb();
           });
diff --git a/lib/tests/test.js b/lib/tests/test.js
index af7f81699..f13f01135 100644
--- a/lib/tests/test.js
+++ b/lib/tests/test.js
@@ -39,11 +39,13 @@ class Test {
     this.error = false;
     this.builtContracts = {};
     this.compiledContracts = {};
+    this.logsSubscription = null;
 
     this.web3 = new Web3();
   }
 
   initWeb3Provider(callback) {
+    const self = this;
     if (this.provider) {
       this.provider.stop();
     }
@@ -70,8 +72,14 @@ class Test {
           return callback(err);
         }
 
-        this.provider = new Provider(providerOptions);
-        this.provider.startWeb3Provider(callback);
+        self.provider = new Provider(providerOptions);
+        return self.provider.startWeb3Provider((err) => {
+          if (err) {
+            return callback(err);
+          }
+          self.subscribeToPendingTransactions();
+          callback();
+        });
       });
     }
 
@@ -87,9 +95,22 @@ class Test {
       this.sim = getSimulator();
     }
     this.web3.setProvider(this.sim.provider(this.simOptions));
+    this.subscribeToPendingTransactions();
     callback();
   }
 
+  subscribeToPendingTransactions() {
+    const self = this;
+    if (self.logsSubscription) {
+      self.logsSubscription.unsubscribe();
+    }
+    self.logsSubscription = self.web3.eth
+      .subscribe('newBlockHeaders')
+      .on("data", function (blockHeader) {
+        self.engine.events.emit('block:header', blockHeader);
+      });
+  }
+
   initDeployServices() {
     this.engine.startService("web3", {
       web3: this.web3
@@ -98,6 +119,8 @@ class Test {
       trackContracts: false
       //ipcRole: 'client' // disabled for now due to issues with ipc file
     });
+    this.engine.deployManager.gasLimit = 6000000;
+    this.engine.contractsManager.gasLimit = 6000000;
   }
 
   init(callback) {
@@ -282,8 +305,6 @@ class Test {
         });
       },
       function deploy(accounts, next) {
-        self.engine.deployManager.gasLimit = 6000000;
-        self.engine.contractsManager.gasLimit = 6000000;
         self.engine.deployManager.fatalErrors = true;
         self.engine.deployManager.deployOnlyOnConfig = true;
         self.engine.events.request('deploy:contracts', () => {