diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index f3094a62..bb740aed 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 ParaTest 
 ========
 [![Build Status](https://secure.travis-ci.org/brianium/paratest.png?branch=master)](https://travis-ci.org/brianium/paratest)
+[![HHVM Status](http://hhvm.h4cc.de/badge/brianium/paratest.svg)](http://hhvm.h4cc.de/package/brianium/paratest)
 
 The objective of ParaTest is to support parallel testing in a variety of PHP testing tools. Currently only PHPUnit is supported.
 
diff --git a/src/ParaTest/Runners/PHPUnit/ExecutableTest.php b/src/ParaTest/Runners/PHPUnit/ExecutableTest.php
index 015e98ff..3e2770b3 100644
--- a/src/ParaTest/Runners/PHPUnit/ExecutableTest.php
+++ b/src/ParaTest/Runners/PHPUnit/ExecutableTest.php
@@ -247,4 +247,9 @@ public function getCoverageFileName()
 
         return $this->coverageFileName;
     }
+
+    public function getStdout()
+    {
+        return $this->process->getOutput();
+    }
 }
diff --git a/src/ParaTest/Runners/PHPUnit/Runner.php b/src/ParaTest/Runners/PHPUnit/Runner.php
index f3e1d5f9..c4f39a2b 100644
--- a/src/ParaTest/Runners/PHPUnit/Runner.php
+++ b/src/ParaTest/Runners/PHPUnit/Runner.php
@@ -220,8 +220,13 @@ private function testIsStillRunning($test)
         $test->stop();
         if ($this->options->stopOnFailure && $test->getExitCode() > 0)
             $this->pending = array();
-        if (static::PHPUNIT_FATAL_ERROR === $test->getExitCode())
-            throw new \Exception($test->getStderr());
+        if (static::PHPUNIT_FATAL_ERROR === $test->getExitCode()) {
+            $errorOutput = $test->getStderr();
+            if (!$errorOutput) {
+                $errorOutput = $test->getStdout();
+            }
+            throw new \Exception($errorOutput);
+        }
         $this->printer->printFeedback($test);
         if ($this->hasCoverage()) {
             $this->addCoverage($test);