diff --git a/lib/frameworks/cucumber.js b/lib/frameworks/cucumber.js
index b5e572da8..90ad5f436 100644
--- a/lib/frameworks/cucumber.js
+++ b/lib/frameworks/cucumber.js
@@ -58,17 +58,65 @@ exports.run = function(runner, specs) {
   }
   global.cucumber = Cucumber.Cli(execOptions);
 
+  var testResult = [];
+  var failedCount = 0; 
+  // Add a listener into cucumber so that protractor can find out which
+  // steps passed/failed
+  var addResultListener = function(formatter) {
+    var handleStepResultEvent = formatter.handleStepResultEvent;
+    var newHandleStepResultEvent = function(event, callback) {
+
+      var stepResult = event.getPayloadItem('stepResult');
+      if (stepResult.isSuccessful()) {
+        runner.emit('testPass');
+        testResult.push({
+          description: stepResult.getStep().getName(),
+          result: [{
+            passed: true
+          }],
+          duration: stepResult.getDuration()
+        });
+      }
+      else if (stepResult.isFailed()) {
+        runner.emit('testFail');
+        ++failedCount;
+        var failureMessage = stepResult.getFailureException();
+        testResult.push({
+          description: stepResult.getStep().getName(),
+          assertions: [{
+            passed: false,
+            errorMsg: failureMessage.message,
+            stackTrace: failureMessage.stack
+          }],
+          duration: stepResult.getDuration()
+        });
+      }
+
+      if (handleStepResultEvent && typeof(handleStepResultEvent) === 'function') {
+        handleStepResultEvent(event, callback);
+      } else {
+        callback();
+      }
+    }
+    formatter.handleStepResultEvent = newHandleStepResultEvent;
+  };
+
   return runner.runTestPreparer().then(function () {
     return q.promise(function (resolve, reject) {
-      global.cucumber.run(function (succeeded) {
+      var cucumberConf = Cucumber.Cli.Configuration(execOptions);
+      var runtime   = Cucumber.Runtime(cucumberConf);
+      var formatter = cucumberConf.getFormatter();
+      addResultListener(formatter);
+      runtime.attachListener(formatter);
+      runtime.start(function (succeeded) {
         try {
           if (runner.getConfig().onComplete) {
             runner.getConfig().onComplete();
           }
-          var resolvedObj = {
-            failedCount: succeeded ? 0 : 1
-          };
-          resolve(resolvedObj);
+          resolve({
+            failedCount: failedCount,
+            specResults: testResult
+          });
         } catch (err) {
           reject(err);
         }