diff --git a/src/Cake.Common.Tests/Unit/Tools/SpecFlow/TestExecutionReport/SpecFlowTestExecutionReporterTests.cs b/src/Cake.Common.Tests/Unit/Tools/SpecFlow/TestExecutionReport/SpecFlowTestExecutionReporterTests.cs
index ca5936cff2..396e9ec10c 100644
--- a/src/Cake.Common.Tests/Unit/Tools/SpecFlow/TestExecutionReport/SpecFlowTestExecutionReporterTests.cs
+++ b/src/Cake.Common.Tests/Unit/Tools/SpecFlow/TestExecutionReport/SpecFlowTestExecutionReporterTests.cs
@@ -179,6 +179,79 @@ public void Should_Append_XsltFile()
                              "/xsltFile:\"/Working/template.xslt\"", result.Args);
             }
 
+            [Fact]
+            public void Should_Rethrow_Exception_From_Action()
+            {
+                // Given
+                var exception = new CakeException("The exception message");
+                var fixture = new SpecFlowTestExecutionReporterFixture();
+                fixture.Settings.ThrowOnTestFailure = true;
+                var intercepting = true;
+
+                fixture.Action = context =>
+                {
+                    context.ProcessRunner.Start(
+                        new FilePath("/Working/tools/MSTest.exe"),
+                        new ProcessSettings()
+                        {
+                            Arguments = "/resultsfile:\"/Working/TestResult.trx\""
+                        });
+
+                    // Quick fix to avoid throwing exception while intercepting action
+                    if (intercepting)
+                    {
+                        intercepting = false;
+                    }
+                    else
+                    {
+                        throw exception;
+                    }
+                };
+
+                // When
+                var result = Record.Exception(() => fixture.Run());
+
+                // Then
+                Assert.IsCakeException(result, exception.Message);
+            }
+
+            [Fact]
+            public void Should_Not_Rethrow_Exception_From_Action()
+            {
+                // Given
+                var exception = new CakeException("The exception message");
+                var fixture = new SpecFlowTestExecutionReporterFixture();
+                fixture.Settings.ThrowOnTestFailure = false;
+                var intercepting = true;
+
+                fixture.Action = context =>
+                {
+                    var process = context.ProcessRunner.Start(
+                        new FilePath("/Working/tools/MSTest.exe"),
+                        new ProcessSettings()
+                        {
+                            Arguments = "/resultsfile:\"/Working/TestResult.trx\""
+                        });
+
+                    // Quick fix to avoid throwing exception while intercepting action
+                    if (intercepting)
+                    {
+                        intercepting = false;
+                    }
+                    else
+                    {
+                        throw exception;
+                    }
+                };
+
+                // When
+                var result = fixture.Run();
+
+                // Then
+                Assert.Equal("mstestexecutionreport \"/Working/Tests.csproj\" " +
+                             "/testResult:\"/Working/TestResult.trx\"", result.Args);
+            }
+
             [Fact]
             public void Should_Capture_XUnit2()
             {
diff --git a/src/Cake.Common/Tools/SpecFlow/TestExecutionReport/SpecFlowTestExecutionReportSettings.cs b/src/Cake.Common/Tools/SpecFlow/TestExecutionReport/SpecFlowTestExecutionReportSettings.cs
index 8677c764e5..6a53a0ed45 100644
--- a/src/Cake.Common/Tools/SpecFlow/TestExecutionReport/SpecFlowTestExecutionReportSettings.cs
+++ b/src/Cake.Common/Tools/SpecFlow/TestExecutionReport/SpecFlowTestExecutionReportSettings.cs
@@ -9,5 +9,10 @@ namespace Cake.Common.Tools.SpecFlow.TestExecutionReport
     /// </summary>
     public sealed class SpecFlowTestExecutionReportSettings : SpecFlowSettings
     {
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Gets or sets a value indicating whether exceptions from the
+        /// intercepted action should be rethrown after report generation
+        /// </summary>
+        public bool ThrowOnTestFailure { get; set; }
     }
 }
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diff --git a/src/Cake.Common/Tools/SpecFlow/TestExecutionReport/SpecFlowTestExecutionReporter.cs b/src/Cake.Common/Tools/SpecFlow/TestExecutionReport/SpecFlowTestExecutionReporter.cs
index 8cf750e643..7e57864b21 100644
--- a/src/Cake.Common/Tools/SpecFlow/TestExecutionReport/SpecFlowTestExecutionReporter.cs
+++ b/src/Cake.Common/Tools/SpecFlow/TestExecutionReport/SpecFlowTestExecutionReporter.cs
@@ -69,6 +69,7 @@ public void Run(ICakeContext context,
             var builder = GetArguments(interceptor, settings, projectFile);
 
             // Execute the action
+            CakeException testException = null;
             try
             {
                 action(context);
@@ -77,10 +78,16 @@ public void Run(ICakeContext context,
             {
                 // Write warning to log
                 context.Warning(e.Message);
+                testException = e;
             }
 
             // Run the tool.
             Run(settings, builder);
+
+            if (settings.ThrowOnTestFailure && testException != null)
+            {
+                throw testException;
+            }
         }
 
         private static SpecFlowContext InterceptAction(