diff --git a/_pytest/hookspec.py b/_pytest/hookspec.py
index 2c6d8ba5162..b5f51eccf50 100644
--- a/_pytest/hookspec.py
+++ b/_pytest/hookspec.py
@@ -269,7 +269,7 @@ def pytest_report_header(config, startdir):
 def pytest_report_teststatus(report):
     """ return result-category, shortletter and verbose word for reporting."""
 
-def pytest_terminal_summary(terminalreporter):
+def pytest_terminal_summary(terminalreporter, exitstatus):
     """ add additional section in terminal summary reporting.  """
 
 
diff --git a/_pytest/terminal.py b/_pytest/terminal.py
index 863e69ce80b..fdbe4ec36d0 100644
--- a/_pytest/terminal.py
+++ b/_pytest/terminal.py
@@ -361,7 +361,8 @@ def pytest_sessionfinish(self, exitstatus):
             EXIT_OK, EXIT_TESTSFAILED, EXIT_INTERRUPTED, EXIT_USAGEERROR,
             EXIT_NOTESTSCOLLECTED)
         if exitstatus in summary_exit_codes:
-            self.config.hook.pytest_terminal_summary(terminalreporter=self)
+            self.config.hook.pytest_terminal_summary(terminalreporter=self,
+                                                     exitstatus=exitstatus)
             self.summary_errors()
             self.summary_failures()
             self.summary_warnings()
diff --git a/testing/test_terminal.py b/testing/test_terminal.py
index 84c5bc4ac49..fc6f3b7b1a8 100644
--- a/testing/test_terminal.py
+++ b/testing/test_terminal.py
@@ -787,15 +787,17 @@ def test_error_fixture(setup_error_fixture):
 
 def test_terminal_summary(testdir):
     testdir.makeconftest("""
-        def pytest_terminal_summary(terminalreporter):
+        def pytest_terminal_summary(terminalreporter, exitstatus):
             w = terminalreporter
             w.section("hello")
             w.line("world")
+            w.line("exitstatus: {0}".format(exitstatus))
     """)
     result = testdir.runpytest()
     result.stdout.fnmatch_lines("""
         *==== hello ====*
         world
+        exitstatus: 5
     """)