diff --git a/tests/basic_test_result.py b/tests/basic_test_result.py
--- a/tests/basic_test_result.py
+++ b/tests/basic_test_result.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-from __future__ import print_function
+from __future__ import absolute_import, print_function
 
 import unittest
 
@@ -39,6 +39,12 @@
     def addIgnore(self, test, reason):
         print("IGNORE!", test, reason)
 
+    def onStart(self, test):
+        print("ON_START!", test)
+
+    def onEnd(self):
+        print("ON_END!")
+
     def addOutputMismatch(self, test, ret, got, expected):
         return False
 
diff --git a/tests/test-run-tests.t b/tests/test-run-tests.t
--- a/tests/test-run-tests.t
+++ b/tests/test-run-tests.t
@@ -1252,8 +1252,10 @@
   $ CUSTOM_TEST_RESULT=basic_test_result $PYTHON $TESTDIR/run-tests.py --with-hg=`which hg` "$@" test-success.t test-failure.t
   
   # Ran 2 tests, 0 skipped, 0 failed.
+  ON_START! <__main__.TestSuite tests=[<__main__.TTest testMethod=test-failure.t>, <__main__.TTest testMethod=test-success.t>]>
   FAILURE! test-failure.t output changed
   SUCCESS! test-success.t
+  ON_END!
 
 Test reusability for third party tools
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