diff --git a/meta/lib/patchtest/patchtest_parser.py b/meta/lib/patchtest/patchtest_parser.py
index 66c54628466b0234f8492f0a7d8ddbe59f5f7582..27ab1d464a58c5747f400921e8388029996d483b 100644
--- a/meta/lib/patchtest/patchtest_parser.py
+++ b/meta/lib/patchtest/patchtest_parser.py
@@ -73,6 +73,10 @@ class PatchtestParser(object):
                             action='store_true',
                             help='Only output error messages')
 
+        parser.add_argument('--no-summary',
+                            action='store_true',
+                            help='Do not output summary of tests')
+
         parser.add_argument('--log-results', 
                             action='store_true', 
                             help='Enable logging to a file matching the target patch name with ".testresult" appended')
diff --git a/scripts/patchtest b/scripts/patchtest
index 6efd69465ef8d8dc6fa459d05220ccd08ca28536..82ce665c1a5c950dfaf02cda9ed70b935a9bfe25 100755
--- a/scripts/patchtest
+++ b/scripts/patchtest
@@ -165,7 +165,9 @@ def run(patch, logfile=None):
     postmerge_resultklass = getResult(patch, True, logfile)
     postmerge_result = _runner(postmerge_resultklass, 'test')
 
-    print_result_message(premerge_result, postmerge_result)
+    if not PatchtestParser.no_summary:
+        print_result_message(premerge_result, postmerge_result)
+
     return premerge_result or postmerge_result
 
 def print_result_message(preresult, postresult):