diff --git a/tests/scripts/run-test-suites.pl b/tests/scripts/run-test-suites.pl
old mode 100644
new mode 100755
index b91355d..0ac2a30
--- a/tests/scripts/run-test-suites.pl
+++ b/tests/scripts/run-test-suites.pl
@@ -1,11 +1,36 @@
 #!/usr/bin/perl
 
+# run-test-suites.pl
+#
+# Copyright (c) 2015-2016, ARM Limited, All Rights Reserved
+#
+# Purpose
+#
+# Executes all the available test suites, and provides a basic summary of the
+# results.
+#
+# Usage: run-test-suites.pl [-v]
+#
+# Options :
+#   -v|--verbose    - Provide a pass/fail/skip breakdown per test suite and
+#                     in total
+#
+
 use warnings;
 use strict;
 
 use utf8;
 use open qw(:std utf8);
 
+use constant FALSE => 0;
+use constant TRUE => 1;
+
+my $verbose;
+my $switch = shift;
+if ( defined($switch) && ( $switch eq "-v" || $switch eq "--verbose" ) ) {
+    $verbose = TRUE;
+}
+
 my @suites = grep { ! /\.(?:c|gcno)$/ } glob 'test_suite_*';
 die "$0: no test suite found\n" unless @suites;
 
@@ -14,22 +39,56 @@
 
 my $prefix = $^O eq "MSWin32" ? '' : './';
 
-my ($failed_suites, $total_tests_run);
+my ($failed_suites, $total_tests_run, $failed, $suite_cases_passed,
+    $suite_cases_failed, $suite_cases_skipped, $total_cases_passed,
+    $total_cases_failed, $total_cases_skipped );
+
 for my $suite (@suites)
 {
     print "$suite ", "." x ( 72 - length($suite) - 2 - 4 ), " ";
     my $result = `$prefix$suite`;
+
+    $suite_cases_passed = () = $result =~ /.. PASS/g;
+    $suite_cases_failed = () = $result =~ /.. FAILED/g;
+    $suite_cases_skipped = () = $result =~ /.. ----/g;
+
     if( $result =~ /PASSED/ ) {
         print "PASS\n";
-        my ($tests, $skipped) = $result =~ /([0-9]*) tests.*?([0-9]*) skipped/;
-        $total_tests_run += $tests - $skipped;
     } else {
         $failed_suites++;
         print "FAIL\n";
     }
+
+    my ($passed, $tests, $skipped) = $result =~ /([0-9]*) \/ ([0-9]*) tests.*?([0-9]*) skipped/;
+    $total_tests_run += $tests - $skipped;
+
+    if ( $verbose ) {
+        print "(test cases passed:", $suite_cases_passed,
+                " failed:", $suite_cases_failed,
+                " skipped:", $suite_cases_skipped,
+                " of total:", ( $suite_cases_passed + $suite_cases_failed ),
+                ")\n"
+    }
+
+    $total_cases_passed += $suite_cases_passed;
+    $total_cases_failed += $suite_cases_failed;
+    $total_cases_skipped += $suite_cases_skipped;
 }
 
 print "-" x 72, "\n";
 print $failed_suites ? "FAILED" : "PASSED";
 printf " (%d suites, %d tests run)\n", scalar @suites, $total_tests_run;
+
+if ( $verbose ) {
+    print "  test cases passed :", $total_cases_passed, "\n";
+    print "             failed :", $total_cases_failed, "\n";
+    print "            skipped :", $total_cases_skipped, "\n";
+    print "  of tests executed :", ( $total_cases_passed + $total_cases_failed ),
+            "\n";
+    print " of available tests :",
+            ( $total_cases_passed + $total_cases_failed + $total_cases_skipped ),
+            "\n"
+    }
+
 exit( $failed_suites ? 1 : 0 );
+