diff --git a/AUTHORS b/AUTHORS
index 141a7423c..27df00fc6 100644
--- a/AUTHORS
+++ b/AUTHORS
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ Eric Hunsberger
 Eric Siegerman
 Florian Bruhin
 Floris Bruynooghe
+Gabriel Reis
 Graham Horler
 Grig Gheorghiu
 Guido Wesdorp
diff --git a/CHANGELOG b/CHANGELOG
index 6f585b8c7..3e254d34f 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG
+++ b/CHANGELOG
@@ -11,6 +11,10 @@
   belongs to a file which is no longer available.
   Thanks Bruno Oliveira for the PR.
 
+- enhancement made to highlight in red the name of the failing tests so
+  they stand out in the output.
+  Thanks Gabriel Reis for the PR.
+
 2.8.2
 -----
 
diff --git a/_pytest/terminal.py b/_pytest/terminal.py
index ce4a88bc0..efc8acc63 100644
--- a/_pytest/terminal.py
+++ b/_pytest/terminal.py
@@ -458,7 +458,8 @@ class TerminalReporter:
                     self.write_line(line)
                 else:
                     msg = self._getfailureheadline(rep)
-                    self.write_sep("_", msg)
+                    markup = {'red': True, 'bold': True}
+                    self.write_sep("_", msg, **markup)
                     self._outrep_summary(rep)
 
     def summary_errors(self):