Index: test/dosep.py
===================================================================
--- test/dosep.py
+++ test/dosep.py
@@ -66,6 +66,22 @@
 # Status codes for running command with timeout.
 eTimedOut, ePassed, eFailed = 124, 0, 1
 
+tests_total = 0
+output_lock = multiprocessing.Lock()
+tests_processed = multiprocessing.Value('i', 0)
+
+def update_status(output):
+    output_lock.acquire()
+    global tests_processed
+    if output is not None:
+        print >> sys.stderr
+        print >> sys.stderr, 'stdout:\n' + output[0]
+        print >> sys.stderr, 'stderr:\n' + output[0]
+    sys.stderr.write("\r%*d out of %d test suites processed" %
+        (len(str(tests_total)), tests_processed.value, tests_total))
+    tests_processed.value += 1
+    output_lock.release();
+
 def parse_test_results(output):
     passes = 0
     failures = 0
@@ -103,6 +119,7 @@
     output = process.communicate()
     exit_status = process.returncode
     passes, failures = parse_test_results(output)
+    update_status(output if failures > 0 else None)
     return exit_status, passes, failures
 
 def process_dir(root, files, test_root, dotest_argv):
@@ -169,6 +186,11 @@
     for root, dirs, files in os.walk(test_subdir, topdown=False):
         test_work_items.append((root, files, test_directory, dotest_argv))
 
+    global tests_total
+    tests_total = len(test_work_items)
+    print >> sys.stderr, "Testing: %d tests, %d threads" % (tests_total, num_threads)
+    update_status(None)
+
     # Run the items, either in a pool (for multicore speedup) or
     # calling each individually.
     if num_threads > 1:
@@ -355,6 +377,7 @@
             test_name = os.path.splitext(xtime)[0]
             touch(os.path.join(session_dir, "{}-{}".format(result, test_name)))
 
+    print
     print "Ran %d test suites (%d failed) (%f%%)" % (num_test_files, len(failed), 100.0*len(failed)/num_test_files)
     print "Ran %d test cases (%d failed) (%f%%)" % (num_tests, all_fails, 100.0*all_fails/num_tests)
     if len(failed) > 0: