diff --git a/lib/reporters/tap.js b/lib/reporters/tap.js
index b7bda3067..d3d4a4603 100644
--- a/lib/reporters/tap.js
+++ b/lib/reporters/tap.js
@@ -131,6 +131,16 @@ class TapReporter {
 		}
 	}
 
+	writeTimeout(evt) {
+		const err = new Error(`Exited because no new tests completed within the last ${evt.period}ms of inactivity`);
+
+		for (const [testFile, tests] of evt.pendingTests) {
+			for (const title of tests) {
+				this.writeTest({testFile, title, err}, {passed: false, todo: false, skip: false});
+			}
+		}
+	}
+
 	consumeStateChange(evt) { // eslint-disable-line complexity
 		const fileStats = this.stats && evt.testFile ? this.stats.byFile.get(evt.testFile) : null;
 
@@ -172,7 +182,7 @@ class TapReporter {
 				this.writeTest(evt, {passed: true, todo: false, skip: false});
 				break;
 			case 'timeout':
-				this.writeCrash(evt, `Exited because no new tests completed within the last ${evt.period}ms of inactivity`);
+				this.writeTimeout(evt);
 				break;
 			case 'uncaught-exception':
 				this.writeCrash(evt);