diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 3fa830af3..d0c0ee017 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -6,4 +6,6 @@ tunnel
 node_modules
 .idea
 .coverage_data
-cover_html
\ No newline at end of file
+cover_html
+test-results.xml
+reports
diff --git a/lib/ci/index.js b/lib/ci/index.js
index 0181ce5ed..3accb0896 100644
--- a/lib/ci/index.js
+++ b/lib/ci/index.js
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ var HookRunner = require('../hook_runner')
 var log = require('npmlog')
 var cleanExit = require('../clean_exit')
 var isa = require('../isa')
+var ReportFile = require('./report_file')
 
 function App(config, finalizer){
   this.exited = false
@@ -19,7 +20,9 @@ function App(config, finalizer){
   this.Process = Process
   this.hookRunners = {}
   this.results = []
-  this.reporter = this.initReporter(this.config.get('reporter'))
+  this.reportFileName = this.config.get('report_file')
+  this.reportFile = this.initReportFileStream(this.reportFileName)
+  this.reporter = this.initReporter(this.config.get('reporter'), this.reportFile)
   if (!this.reporter){
     console.error('Test reporter `' + reporter + '` not found.')
     this.cleanExit(1)
@@ -28,13 +31,22 @@ function App(config, finalizer){
 
 App.prototype = {
   __proto__: EventEmitter.prototype,
-  initReporter: function(reporter){
+  initReportFileStream: function(path) {
+    if(path) {
+      var reportFile = new ReportFile(path, process.stdout)
+      return reportFile.stream
+    } else {
+      return process.stdout
+    }
+
+  },
+  initReporter: function(reporter, stream){
     if (isa(reporter, String)){
       var TestReporter = test_reporters[reporter]
       if (!TestReporter){
         return null
       }
-      return new TestReporter
+      return new TestReporter(false, stream)
     } else {
       return reporter
     }
diff --git a/lib/ci/report_file.js b/lib/ci/report_file.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..f8059be35
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/ci/report_file.js
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+var fs = require('fs')
+var path = require('path')
+var mkdirp = require('mkdirp')
+var PassThrough = require('stream').PassThrough
+
+function ReportFile(reportFile, out) {
+  this.file = reportFile
+
+  this.outputStream = new PassThrough()
+
+  mkdirp.sync(path.dirname(path.resolve(reportFile)))
+  
+  var fileStream = fs.createWriteStream(reportFile, 'w+')
+
+  this.outputStream.on('data', function(data) {
+    out.write(data)
+    fileStream.write(data)
+  })
+
+  this.outputStream.on('end', function(data) {
+    out.end(data)
+    fileStream.end(data)
+  })
+
+  this.stream = this.outputStream
+}
+
+module.exports = ReportFile
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 0fb25dcde..b0f26d067 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -62,9 +62,11 @@
     "cheerio": "^0.18.0",
     "concat-stream": "^1.4.7",
     "ispy": "^0.1.2",
+    "mkdirp": "^0.5.0",
     "mocha": "^2.1.0",
     "request": "^2.51.0",
-    "sinon": "^1.12.2"
+    "sinon": "^1.12.2",
+    "tmp": "0.0.25"
   },
   "bin": {
     "testem": "./testem.js"
diff --git a/tests/ci/report_file_tests.js b/tests/ci/report_file_tests.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..6ea70dc9a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/ci/report_file_tests.js
@@ -0,0 +1,103 @@
+var fs = require('fs')
+var App = require('../../lib/ci')
+var TestReporter = require('../../lib/ci/test_reporters/tap_reporter')
+var Config = require('../../lib/config')
+var bd = require('bodydouble')
+var mock = bd.mock
+var stub = bd.stub
+var assert = require('chai').assert
+var expect = require('chai').expect
+var Process = require('did_it_work')
+var exec = require('child_process').exec
+var rimraf = require('rimraf')
+var path = require('path')
+var PassThrough = require('stream').PassThrough
+var ReportFile = require('../../lib/ci/report_file')
+var XUnitReporter = require('../../lib/ci/test_reporters/xunit_reporter')
+var tmp = require('tmp')
+
+describe('report file output', function() {
+  var mainReportDir, reportDir, filename;
+  before(function(done) {
+    tmp.dir(function(err, path) {
+      mainReportDir = path
+      done()
+    })
+  })
+  after(function(done) {
+    rimraf(mainReportDir, function() {
+      done()
+    })
+  })
+
+  beforeEach(function(done) {
+    tmp.dir({template: path.join(mainReportDir, '/reports-XXXXXX')}, function(err, dirPath){
+      if(err) throw err
+      reportDir = dirPath
+
+      tmp.file({dir: dirPath, name: 'test-reports.xml'}, function(err, filePath) {
+        filename = filePath
+        done()
+      })
+    })
+  })
+
+  it('allows passing in report_file from config', function(){
+    var fakeReporter = {}
+    var config = new Config('ci', {
+      reporter: fakeReporter,
+      report_file: filename
+    })
+    var app = new App(config)
+    assert.strictEqual(app.reportFileName, filename)
+  })
+
+  it("doesn't create a file if the report_file parameter is not passed in", function(done){
+    var filename = tmp.tmpNameSync()
+    var fakeReporter = {}
+    var config = new Config('ci', {
+      reporter: fakeReporter,
+    })
+    var app = new App(config)
+    fs.readFile(filename, function(error, data) {
+      expect(error).not.to.be.null
+      done()
+    })
+  })
+
+  it('writes out results to the normal output stream', function(){
+    var fakeStdout = new PassThrough()
+    var reportFile = new ReportFile(filename, fakeStdout)
+    reportFile.stream.write('some test results')
+    var output = fakeStdout.read().toString()
+    assert.match(output, /some test results/)
+  })
+
+  it('writes out results to the file', function(done){
+    var stream = new PassThrough()
+    var reportFile = new ReportFile(filename, stream)
+    var reportStream = reportFile.stream
+
+    reportStream.on('finish', function() {
+      fs.readFile(filename, function(error, data) {
+        assert.match(data, /test data/)
+        done()
+      })
+    })
+    reportStream.write('test data')
+    reportStream.end()
+  })
+
+  it("creates folders in the path if they don't exist", function(done) {
+    var nestedFilename = tmp.tmpNameSync({dir: reportDir, name: 'nested/test/folders/test-reports.xml'})
+
+    var fakeStdout = new PassThrough()
+    var reportFile = new ReportFile(nestedFilename, fakeStdout)
+
+    fs.open(nestedFilename, 'r', function(error, fd) {
+      expect(error).to.be.null
+      done()
+    })
+  })
+})
+