diff --git a/lib/ci/reporter/rspec.rb b/lib/ci/reporter/rspec.rb
index 0ca2820..e45a67a 100644
--- a/lib/ci/reporter/rspec.rb
+++ b/lib/ci/reporter/rspec.rb
@@ -81,6 +81,10 @@ def example_started(name)
 
       def example_failed(name, counter, failure)
         @formatter.example_failed(name, counter, failure)
+        # In case we fail in before(:all)
+        if @suite.testcases.empty?
+          example_started(name)
+        end
         spec = @suite.testcases.last
         spec.finish
         spec.failures << RSpecFailure.new(failure)
diff --git a/spec/ci/reporter/rspec_spec.rb b/spec/ci/reporter/rspec_spec.rb
index dc31cd3..6e3c9e4 100644
--- a/spec/ci/reporter/rspec_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/ci/reporter/rspec_spec.rb
@@ -105,4 +105,21 @@
     @fmt.example_passed(example)
     @fmt.dump_summary(0.1, 1, 0, 0)
   end
+
+  it "should create a test suite with failure in before(:all)" do
+    example_group = mock "example group"
+    example_group.stub!(:description).and_return "A context"
+
+    @formatter.should_receive(:start)
+    @formatter.should_receive(:example_group_started).with(example_group)
+    @formatter.should_receive(:example_started).once
+    @formatter.should_receive(:example_failed).once
+    @formatter.should_receive(:dump_summary)
+    @report_mgr.should_receive(:write_report)
+
+    @fmt.start(2)
+    @fmt.example_group_started(example_group)
+    @fmt.example_failed("should fail", 1, @error)
+    @fmt.dump_summary(0.1, 1, 0, 0)
+  end
 end