diff --git a/llvm/utils/lit/lit/formats/googletest.py b/llvm/utils/lit/lit/formats/googletest.py
--- a/llvm/utils/lit/lit/formats/googletest.py
+++ b/llvm/utils/lit/lit/formats/googletest.py
@@ -41,6 +41,14 @@
             litConfig.warning(
                 "unable to discover google-tests in %r: %s. Process output: %s"
                 % (path, sys.exc_info()[1], exc.output))
+            # This doesn't look like a valid gtest file.  This can
+            # have a number of causes, none of them good.  For
+            # instance, we could have created a broken executable.
+            # Alternatively, someone has cruft in their test
+            # directory.  If we don't return a test here, then no
+            # failures will get reported, so return a dummy test name
+            # so that the failure is reported later.
+            yield 'failed_to_discover_tests_from_gtest'
             return
 
         nested_tests = []