diff --git a/tests/aggregate-results.sh b/tests/aggregate-results.sh
index d5bab75..ecc258f 100755
--- a/tests/aggregate-results.sh
+++ b/tests/aggregate-results.sh
@@ -1,4 +1,57 @@
-#!/bin/sh
+#!/bin/bash
+
+[ "x$TERM" != "xdumb" ] && (
+		export TERM &&
+		[ -t 1 ] &&
+		tput bold >/dev/null 2>&1 &&
+		tput setaf 1 >/dev/null 2>&1 &&
+		tput sgr0 >/dev/null 2>&1
+	) &&
+	color=t
+
+case "$1" in
+--no-color)
+	color=; shift ;;
+esac
+
+if test -n "$color"; then
+	say_color () {
+		(
+		export TERM
+		case "$1" in
+			error) tput bold; tput setaf 1;; # bold red
+			skip)  tput bold; tput setaf 2;; # bold green
+			pass)  tput setaf 2;;            # green
+			info)  tput setaf 3;;            # brown
+			*) test -n "$quiet" && return;;
+		esac
+		shift
+		printf "* %s" "$*"
+		tput sgr0
+		echo
+		)
+	}
+else
+	say_color() {
+		test -z "$1" && test -n "$quiet" && return
+		shift
+		echo "* $*"
+	}
+fi
+
+get_color()
+{
+	# Only use the supplied color if there are actually instances of that
+	# type, so that a clean test run does not distract the user by the
+	# appearance of the error highlighting.
+	if [ ${1:?} -eq 0 ]
+	then
+		echo 'info'
+	else
+		echo "${2:-info}"
+	fi
+}
+
 
 fixed=0
 success=0
@@ -27,8 +80,8 @@ do
 	done <"$file"
 done
 
-printf "%-8s%d\n" fixed $fixed
-printf "%-8s%d\n" success $success
-printf "%-8s%d\n" failed $failed
-printf "%-8s%d\n" broken $broken
-printf "%-8s%d\n" total $total
+say_color 'info'                           "$(printf "%-8s%d\n" fixed $fixed)"
+say_color "$(get_color "$success" 'pass')" "$(printf "%-8s%d\n" success $success)"
+say_color "$(get_color "$failed" 'error')" "$(printf "%-8s%d\n" failed $failed)"
+say_color "$(get_color "$broken" 'error')" "$(printf "%-8s%d\n" broken $broken)"
+say_color 'info'                           "$(printf "%-8s%d\n" total $total)"
diff --git a/tests/test-lib.sh b/tests/test-lib.sh
index 29f3246..431231d 100644
--- a/tests/test-lib.sh
+++ b/tests/test-lib.sh
@@ -180,7 +180,7 @@ test_failure_ () {
 	test_failure=$(($test_failure + 1))
 	say_color error "FAIL $test_count: $1"
 	shift
-	echo "$@" | sed -e 's/^/	/'
+	echo "$@"
 	test "$immediate" = "" || { trap - EXIT; exit 1; }
 }
 
@@ -199,8 +199,9 @@ test_debug () {
 }
 
 test_run_ () {
-	eval >&3 2>&4 "$1"
+	eval > output 2>&1 "$1"
 	eval_ret="$?"
+	cat >&3 output
 	return 0
 }
 
@@ -260,6 +261,57 @@ test_expect_success () {
 	echo >&3 ""
 }
 
+test_expect_output () {
+	test "$#" = 2 ||
+	error "bug in the test script: not 2 parameters to test-expect-output"
+	if ! test_skip "$@"
+	then
+		say >&3 "expecting success and output: $2"
+		test_run_ "$2"
+		if [ "$?" = 0 -a "$eval_ret" = 0 ]
+		then
+			cmp_output=$(test_cmp expect output)
+			if [ "$?" = 0 ]
+			then
+				test_ok_ "$1"
+			else
+				test_failure_ "$@" "
+$cmp_output"
+			fi
+		else
+			test_failure_ "$@"
+		fi
+	fi
+	echo >&3 ""
+}
+
+test_expect_code_and_output () {
+	test "$#" = 3 ||
+	error "bug in the test script: not 3 parameters to test-expect-code-and-output"
+	if ! test_skip "$@"
+	then
+		say >&3 "expecting exit code $1 and output: $3"
+		test_run_ "$3"
+		if [ "$?" = 0 -a "$eval_ret" = "$1" ]
+		then
+			cmp_output=$(test_cmp expect output)
+			if [ "$?" = 0 ]
+			then
+				test_ok_ "$2"
+			else
+				test_failure_ "$2" "$3" "
+$cmp_output"
+			fi
+		else
+			cmp_output=$(test_cmp expect output)
+			test_failure_ "$2" "$3" "
+* expected exit code $1, actual ${eval_ret}${cmp_output:+
+}${cmp_output}"
+		fi
+	fi
+	echo >&3 ""
+}
+
 test_expect_code () {
 	test "$#" = 3 ||
 	error "bug in the test script: not 3 parameters to test-expect-code"
@@ -271,7 +323,8 @@ test_expect_code () {
 		then
 			test_ok_ "$2"
 		else
-			test_failure_ "$@"
+			test_failure_ "$2" "$3" "
+* expected exit code $1, actual ${eval_ret}"
 		fi
 	fi
 	echo >&3 ""
@@ -542,9 +595,9 @@ test_todo_session () {
 	"")
 	    if [ ! -z "$cmd" ]; then
 		if [ $status = 0 ]; then
-		    test_expect_success "$1 $subnum" "$cmd > output && test_cmp expect output"
+		    test_expect_output "$1 $subnum" "$cmd"
 		else
-		    test_expect_success "$1 $subnum" "$cmd > output ; test \$? = $status && test_cmp expect output"
+		    test_expect_code_and_output "$status" "$1 $subnum" "$cmd"
 		fi
 
 		subnum=$(($subnum + 1))
@@ -560,9 +613,9 @@ test_todo_session () {
     done
     if [ ! -z "$cmd" ]; then
 	if [ $status = 0 ]; then
-	    test_expect_success "$1 $subnum" "$cmd > output && test_cmp expect output"
+	    test_expect_output "$1 $subnum" "$cmd"
 	else
-	    test_expect_success "$1 $subnum" "$cmd > output ; test \$? = $status && test_cmp expect output"
+	    test_expect_code_and_output "$status" "$1 $subnum" "$cmd"
 	fi
     fi
 }