diff --git a/colcon_cmake/task/cmake/test.py b/colcon_cmake/task/cmake/test.py
index 81acd33..d76a23e 100644
--- a/colcon_cmake/task/cmake/test.py
+++ b/colcon_cmake/task/cmake/test.py
@@ -2,6 +2,9 @@
 # Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0
 
 import os
+import shutil
+from contextlib import suppress
+from pathlib import Path
 
 from colcon_cmake.task.cmake import CTEST_EXECUTABLE
 from colcon_cmake.task.cmake import get_variable_from_cmake_cache
@@ -88,6 +91,11 @@ async def test(self, *, additional_hooks=None):  # noqa: D102
                 '--repeat-until-fail', str(count),
             ]
 
+        # delete an existing Testing/TAG file to ensure a new tag name is used
+        tag_file = Path(args.build_base) / 'Testing' / 'TAG'
+        with suppress(FileNotFoundError):
+            tag_file.unlink()
+
         rerun = 0
         while True:
             # invoke CTest
@@ -97,7 +105,7 @@ async def test(self, *, additional_hooks=None):  # noqa: D102
                 cwd=args.build_base, env=env)
 
             if not completed.returncode:
-                return
+                break
 
             # try again if requested
             if args.retest_until_pass > rerun:
@@ -112,9 +120,28 @@ async def test(self, *, additional_hooks=None):  # noqa: D102
             if completed.returncode == 8:
                 self.context.put_event_into_queue(TestFailure(pkg.name))
                 # the return code should still be 0
-                return 0
+                break
             return completed.returncode
 
+        # copy Testing/TAG and Testing/<tagname>/Test.xml to custom location
+        if args.test_result_base and args.test_result_base != args.build_base:
+            if not tag_file.is_file():
+                return
+
+            # find the latest Test.xml file
+            latest_xml_dir = tag_file.read_text().splitlines()[0]
+            latest_xml_path = tag_file.parent / latest_xml_dir / 'Test.xml'
+            if not latest_xml_path.exists():
+                logger.warning(
+                    "Skipping '{tag_file}': could not find latest XML file "
+                    "'{latest_xml_path}'".format_map(locals()))
+                return
+
+            dst = Path(args.test_result_base) / 'Testing' / latest_xml_dir
+            dst.mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True)
+            _copy_file(tag_file, str(dst.parent / tag_file.name))
+            _copy_file(latest_xml_path, str(dst / latest_xml_path.name))
+
     def _get_configuration_from_cmake(self, build_base):
         # get for CMake build type from the CMake cache
         build_type = get_variable_from_cmake_cache(
@@ -122,3 +149,11 @@ def _get_configuration_from_cmake(self, build_base):
         if build_type in ('Debug', 'MinSizeRel', 'RelWithDebInfo'):
             return build_type
         return 'Release'
+
+
+def _copy_file(src, dst):
+    if os.path.islink(dst):
+        os.unlink(dst)
+    elif os.path.isdir(dst):
+        shutil.rmtree(dst)
+    shutil.copy2(src, dst)
diff --git a/test/spell_check.words b/test/spell_check.words
index 06cc0ea..2e50c93 100644
--- a/test/spell_check.words
+++ b/test/spell_check.words
@@ -36,11 +36,13 @@ prepend
 pytest
 returncode
 rindex
+rmtree
 rtype
 samefile
 scspell
 setuptools
 stepanas
+tagname
 thomas
 vcxproj
 xcode