diff --git a/lib/formatter.js b/lib/formatter.js
index 7358cc6..300efad 100644
--- a/lib/formatter.js
+++ b/lib/formatter.js
@@ -3,12 +3,6 @@ var path = require('path');
 var firstBy = require('thenby');
 var util = require('./util');
 
-var supportsLargeCharset =
-  process.platform !== 'win32' ||
-  process.env.CI ||
-  process.env.TERM === 'xterm-256color';
-var warningSymbol = supportsLargeCharset ? '⚠' : '!!';
-
 function createSortFunction(positionless, sortByPosition) {
   var positionValue = 0
 
@@ -76,8 +70,12 @@ module.exports = function (opts) {
         str += '\t';
       }
 
-      if (!options.noIcon && message.type === 'warning') {
-        str += pico.yellow(warningSymbol + '  ');
+      if (!options.noIcon) {
+        if (message.type === 'warning') {
+          str += pico.yellow(util.warningSymbol + '  ');
+        } else if (message.type === 'error') {
+          str += pico.red(util.errorSymbol + '  ');
+        }
       }
 
       str += message.text;
diff --git a/lib/reporter.js b/lib/reporter.js
index 71872a9..ae709c7 100644
--- a/lib/reporter.js
+++ b/lib/reporter.js
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ module.exports = function (opts = {}) {
     };
   }
 
-  var messageFilter = opts.filter || ((message) => message.type === 'warning');
+  var messageFilter = opts.filter || ((message) => message.type === 'warning' || message.type === 'error');
 
   return {
     postcssPlugin: 'postcss-reporter',
@@ -45,6 +45,9 @@ module.exports = function (opts = {}) {
         ? ''
         : result.root.source.input.file || result.root.source.input.id;
 
+      let errorCount = 0;
+      let warningCount = 0;
+
       var sourceGroupedMessages = messagesToLog.reduce((grouped, message) => {
         const key = util.getLocation(message).file || resultSource;
 
@@ -52,6 +55,12 @@ module.exports = function (opts = {}) {
           grouped[key] = [];
         }
 
+        if (message.type === 'error') {
+          errorCount++;
+        } else if (message.type === 'warning') {
+          warningCount++;
+        }
+
         grouped[key].push(message);
 
         return grouped;
@@ -78,9 +87,15 @@ module.exports = function (opts = {}) {
 
       if (!report) return;
 
+      const summaryColor = errorCount > 0 ? 'red' : 'yellow';
+      const summarySymbol = errorCount > 0 ? util.errorSymbol : util.warningSymbol;
+      const summary = `${summarySymbol} ${messagesToLog.length} ${util.plur('problem', messagesToLog.length)} (${errorCount} ${util.plur('error')}, ${warningCount} ${util.plur('warning')})`
+
+      report += `\n ${pico[summaryColor](pico.bold(summary))}\n`;
+
       console.log(report);
 
-      if (opts.throwError && shouldThrowError()) {
+      if (shouldThrowError()) {
         throw new Error(
           pico.red(
             pico.bold('\n** postcss-reporter: warnings or errors were found **')
@@ -89,12 +104,7 @@ module.exports = function (opts = {}) {
       }
 
       function shouldThrowError() {
-        return (
-          messagesToLog.length &&
-          messagesToLog.some((message) => {
-            return message.type === 'warning' || message.type === 'error';
-          })
-        );
+        return opts.throwError || errorCount > 0;
       }
     },
   };
diff --git a/lib/util.js b/lib/util.js
index 094b3ac..5433491 100644
--- a/lib/util.js
+++ b/lib/util.js
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+var supportsLargeCharset =
+  process.platform !== 'win32' ||
+  process.env.CI ||
+  process.env.TERM === 'xterm-256color';
+
 exports.getLocation = function (message) {
   var messageNode = message.node;
 
@@ -17,3 +22,10 @@ exports.getLocation = function (message) {
   location.file = messageInput.file || messageInput.id;
   return location;
 };
+
+exports.plur = function plur(word, count) {
+  return (count === 1 ? word : `${word}s`);
+}
+
+exports.warningSymbol = supportsLargeCharset ? '⚠' : '!!';
+exports.errorSymbol = supportsLargeCharset ? '✖' : 'xx';
diff --git a/test/formatter.js b/test/formatter.js
index c3447dc..2282401 100644
--- a/test/formatter.js
+++ b/test/formatter.js
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ var stripColor = require('strip-color');
 var defaultFormatter = formatter();
 
 var colorlessWarning = '⚠';
+var colorlessError = '✖';
 
 var basicMessages = [
   {
@@ -36,7 +37,7 @@ var basicOutput = '\n<input css 1>' +
   '\n' + colorlessWarning + '  foo warning [foo]' +
   '\n' + colorlessWarning + '  bar warning [bar]' +
   '\n' + colorlessWarning + '  baz warning [baz]' +
-  '\nbaz error [baz]' +
+  '\n' + colorlessError + '  baz error [baz]' +
   '\n';
 
 var basicOutputMinimal = '\n<input css 1>' +
@@ -104,14 +105,14 @@ var complexMessages = [
 ];
 
 var complexOutput = '\nstyle/rainbows/horses.css' +
-  '\nbaz error [baz]' +
+  '\n' + colorlessError + '  baz error [baz]' +
   '\n1:99\t' + colorlessWarning + '  bar warning [bar]' +
   '\n3:5\t' + colorlessWarning + '  foo warning [foo]' +
   '\n8:13\t' + colorlessWarning + '  ha warning [foo]' +
   '\n';
 
 var noPositionSortOutput = '\nstyle/rainbows/horses.css' +
-  '\nbaz error [baz]' +
+  '\n' + colorlessError + '  baz error [baz]' +
   '\n3:5\t' + colorlessWarning + '  foo warning [foo]' +
   '\n1:99\t' + colorlessWarning + '  bar warning [bar]' +
   '\n8:13\t' + colorlessWarning + '  ha warning [foo]' +
@@ -121,12 +122,12 @@ var positionlessLastOutput = '\nstyle/rainbows/horses.css' +
   '\n1:99\t' + colorlessWarning + '  bar warning [bar]' +
   '\n3:5\t' + colorlessWarning + '  foo warning [foo]' +
   '\n8:13\t' + colorlessWarning + '  ha warning [foo]' +
-  '\nbaz error [baz]' +
+  '\n' + colorlessError + '  baz error [baz]' +
   '\n';
 
 var noSortOutput = '\nstyle/rainbows/horses.css' +
   '\n3:5\t' + colorlessWarning + '  foo warning [foo]' +
-  '\nbaz error [baz]' +
+  '\n' + colorlessError + '  baz error [baz]' +
   '\n1:99\t' + colorlessWarning + '  bar warning [bar]' +
   '\n8:13\t' + colorlessWarning + '  ha warning [foo]' +
   '\n';
diff --git a/test/reporter.js b/test/reporter.js
index 2a069cf..1359a6a 100644
--- a/test/reporter.js
+++ b/test/reporter.js
@@ -84,11 +84,16 @@ test('reporter with simple mock result containing non warning typed message', fu
       plugin: 'foo',
       text: 'foo warning',
     },
+    {
+      type: 'error', 
+      plugin: 'foo', 
+      text: 'foo error',
+    },
   ];
   var testReporter = reporter({
     formatter: mockFormatter(tracker),
   });
-  t.doesNotThrow(function() {
+  t.throws(function() {
     testReporter.OnceExit(null, {
       result: mockResultContainingNonWarningMessage,
     });
@@ -158,7 +163,11 @@ test('reporter with simple mock result and function-filtered plugins', function(
     formatter: mockFormatter(tracker),
     filter: function(message) { return message.type === 'error'; },
   });
-  testReporter.OnceExit(null, { result: cloneResult });
+  t.throws(function() {
+    testReporter.OnceExit(null, {
+      result: cloneResult,
+    });
+  });
   t.deepEqual(
     tracker.messages,
     [
@@ -422,7 +431,11 @@ test('reporter with warnings that messages that each have nodes', function(t) {
   var testReporter = reporter({
     formatter: mockMultiSourceFormatter(tracker),
   });
-  testReporter.OnceExit(null, { result: mockWarningNodeResult });
+  t.throws(function() {
+    testReporter.OnceExit(null, {
+      result: mockWarningNodeResult,
+    });
+  });
   t.deepEqual(tracker, [
     {
       source: 'foo.css',
@@ -470,6 +483,45 @@ test('reporter with warnings that messages that each have nodes', function(t) {
         },
       ],
     },
+    {
+      source: '<input css 2>',
+      messages: [
+        { 
+          type: 'error', 
+          plugin: 'pat', 
+          text: 'pat error', 
+          node: {
+            source: {
+              input: {
+                id: '<input css 2>',
+              },
+            }, 
+          },
+        },
+        { 
+          type: 'error', 
+          plugin: 'hoo', 
+          text: 'hoo error', 
+          node: {
+            source: {
+              input: {
+                id: '<input css 2>',
+              },
+            }, 
+          },
+        },
+      ],
+    },
+    {
+      source: '<input css 1>',
+      messages: [
+        { 
+          type: 'error', 
+          plugin: 'hah', 
+          text: 'hah error',
+        },
+      ],
+    },
   ]);
   t.end();
 });