diff --git a/src/_pytest/reports.py b/src/_pytest/reports.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..3f199cb8b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/_pytest/reports.py
@@ -0,0 +1,192 @@
+import py
+from _pytest._code.code import TerminalRepr
+
+
+def getslaveinfoline(node):
+    try:
+        return node._slaveinfocache
+    except AttributeError:
+        d = node.slaveinfo
+        ver = "%s.%s.%s" % d["version_info"][:3]
+        node._slaveinfocache = s = "[%s] %s -- Python %s %s" % (
+            d["id"], d["sysplatform"], ver, d["executable"]
+        )
+        return s
+
+
+class BaseReport(object):
+
+    def __init__(self, **kw):
+        self.__dict__.update(kw)
+
+    def toterminal(self, out):
+        if hasattr(self, "node"):
+            out.line(getslaveinfoline(self.node))
+
+        longrepr = self.longrepr
+        if longrepr is None:
+            return
+
+        if hasattr(longrepr, "toterminal"):
+            longrepr.toterminal(out)
+        else:
+            try:
+                out.line(longrepr)
+            except UnicodeEncodeError:
+                out.line("<unprintable longrepr>")
+
+    def get_sections(self, prefix):
+        for name, content in self.sections:
+            if name.startswith(prefix):
+                yield prefix, content
+
+    @property
+    def longreprtext(self):
+        """
+        Read-only property that returns the full string representation
+        of ``longrepr``.
+
+        .. versionadded:: 3.0
+        """
+        tw = py.io.TerminalWriter(stringio=True)
+        tw.hasmarkup = False
+        self.toterminal(tw)
+        exc = tw.stringio.getvalue()
+        return exc.strip()
+
+    @property
+    def caplog(self):
+        """Return captured log lines, if log capturing is enabled
+
+        .. versionadded:: 3.5
+        """
+        return "\n".join(
+            content for (prefix, content) in self.get_sections("Captured log")
+        )
+
+    @property
+    def capstdout(self):
+        """Return captured text from stdout, if capturing is enabled
+
+        .. versionadded:: 3.0
+        """
+        return "".join(
+            content for (prefix, content) in self.get_sections("Captured stdout")
+        )
+
+    @property
+    def capstderr(self):
+        """Return captured text from stderr, if capturing is enabled
+
+        .. versionadded:: 3.0
+        """
+        return "".join(
+            content for (prefix, content) in self.get_sections("Captured stderr")
+        )
+
+    passed = property(lambda x: x.outcome == "passed")
+    failed = property(lambda x: x.outcome == "failed")
+    skipped = property(lambda x: x.outcome == "skipped")
+
+    @property
+    def fspath(self):
+        return self.nodeid.split("::")[0]
+
+
+class TestReport(BaseReport):
+    """ Basic test report object (also used for setup and teardown calls if
+    they fail).
+    """
+
+    def __init__(
+        self,
+        nodeid,
+        location,
+        keywords,
+        outcome,
+        longrepr,
+        when,
+        sections=(),
+        duration=0,
+        user_properties=(),
+        **extra
+    ):
+        #: normalized collection node id
+        self.nodeid = nodeid
+
+        #: a (filesystempath, lineno, domaininfo) tuple indicating the
+        #: actual location of a test item - it might be different from the
+        #: collected one e.g. if a method is inherited from a different module.
+        self.location = location
+
+        #: a name -> value dictionary containing all keywords and
+        #: markers associated with a test invocation.
+        self.keywords = keywords
+
+        #: test outcome, always one of "passed", "failed", "skipped".
+        self.outcome = outcome
+
+        #: None or a failure representation.
+        self.longrepr = longrepr
+
+        #: one of 'setup', 'call', 'teardown' to indicate runtest phase.
+        self.when = when
+
+        #: user properties is a list of tuples (name, value) that holds user
+        #: defined properties of the test
+        self.user_properties = user_properties
+
+        #: list of pairs ``(str, str)`` of extra information which needs to
+        #: marshallable. Used by pytest to add captured text
+        #: from ``stdout`` and ``stderr``, but may be used by other plugins
+        #: to add arbitrary information to reports.
+        self.sections = list(sections)
+
+        #: time it took to run just the test
+        self.duration = duration
+
+        self.__dict__.update(extra)
+
+    def __repr__(self):
+        return "<TestReport %r when=%r outcome=%r>" % (
+            self.nodeid, self.when, self.outcome
+        )
+
+
+class TeardownErrorReport(BaseReport):
+    outcome = "failed"
+    when = "teardown"
+
+    def __init__(self, longrepr, **extra):
+        self.longrepr = longrepr
+        self.sections = []
+        self.__dict__.update(extra)
+
+
+class CollectReport(BaseReport):
+
+    def __init__(self, nodeid, outcome, longrepr, result, sections=(), **extra):
+        self.nodeid = nodeid
+        self.outcome = outcome
+        self.longrepr = longrepr
+        self.result = result or []
+        self.sections = list(sections)
+        self.__dict__.update(extra)
+
+    @property
+    def location(self):
+        return (self.fspath, None, self.fspath)
+
+    def __repr__(self):
+        return "<CollectReport %r lenresult=%s outcome=%r>" % (
+            self.nodeid, len(self.result), self.outcome
+        )
+
+
+class CollectErrorRepr(TerminalRepr):
+
+    def __init__(self, msg):
+        self.longrepr = msg
+
+    def toterminal(self, out):
+        out.line(self.longrepr, red=True)
diff --git a/src/_pytest/runner.py b/src/_pytest/runner.py
index ee53642c7..dea1115e7 100644
--- a/src/_pytest/runner.py
+++ b/src/_pytest/runner.py
@@ -7,9 +7,11 @@ import sys
 from time import time
 
 import py
-from _pytest._code.code import TerminalRepr, ExceptionInfo
+from _pytest._code.code import ExceptionInfo
 from _pytest.outcomes import skip, Skipped, TEST_OUTCOME
 
+from .reports import TestReport, CollectReport, CollectErrorRepr
+
 #
 # pytest plugin hooks
 
@@ -215,97 +217,44 @@ class CallInfo(object):
         return "<CallInfo when=%r %s>" % (self.when, status)
 
 
-def getslaveinfoline(node):
-    try:
-        return node._slaveinfocache
-    except AttributeError:
-        d = node.slaveinfo
-        ver = "%s.%s.%s" % d["version_info"][:3]
-        node._slaveinfocache = s = "[%s] %s -- Python %s %s" % (
-            d["id"],
-            d["sysplatform"],
-            ver,
-            d["executable"],
-        )
-        return s
-
-
-class BaseReport(object):
-    def __init__(self, **kw):
-        self.__dict__.update(kw)
-
-    def toterminal(self, out):
-        if hasattr(self, "node"):
-            out.line(getslaveinfoline(self.node))
-
-        longrepr = self.longrepr
-        if longrepr is None:
-            return
-
-        if hasattr(longrepr, "toterminal"):
-            longrepr.toterminal(out)
+def pytest_runtest_makereport(item, call):
+    when = call.when
+    duration = call.stop - call.start
+    keywords = {x: 1 for x in item.keywords}
+    excinfo = call.excinfo
+    sections = []
+    if not call.excinfo:
+        outcome = "passed"
+        longrepr = None
+    else:
+        if not isinstance(excinfo, ExceptionInfo):
+            outcome = "failed"
+            longrepr = excinfo
+        elif excinfo.errisinstance(skip.Exception):
+            outcome = "skipped"
+            r = excinfo._getreprcrash()
+            longrepr = (str(r.path), r.lineno, r.message)
         else:
-            try:
-                out.line(longrepr)
-            except UnicodeEncodeError:
-                out.line("<unprintable longrepr>")
-
-    def get_sections(self, prefix):
-        for name, content in self.sections:
-            if name.startswith(prefix):
-                yield prefix, content
-
-    @property
-    def longreprtext(self):
-        """
-        Read-only property that returns the full string representation
-        of ``longrepr``.
-
-        .. versionadded:: 3.0
-        """
-        tw = py.io.TerminalWriter(stringio=True)
-        tw.hasmarkup = False
-        self.toterminal(tw)
-        exc = tw.stringio.getvalue()
-        return exc.strip()
-
-    @property
-    def caplog(self):
-        """Return captured log lines, if log capturing is enabled
-
-        .. versionadded:: 3.5
-        """
-        return "\n".join(
-            content for (prefix, content) in self.get_sections("Captured log")
-        )
-
-    @property
-    def capstdout(self):
-        """Return captured text from stdout, if capturing is enabled
-
-        .. versionadded:: 3.0
-        """
-        return "".join(
-            content for (prefix, content) in self.get_sections("Captured stdout")
-        )
-
-    @property
-    def capstderr(self):
-        """Return captured text from stderr, if capturing is enabled
-
-        .. versionadded:: 3.0
-        """
-        return "".join(
-            content for (prefix, content) in self.get_sections("Captured stderr")
-        )
-
-    passed = property(lambda x: x.outcome == "passed")
-    failed = property(lambda x: x.outcome == "failed")
-    skipped = property(lambda x: x.outcome == "skipped")
-
-    @property
-    def fspath(self):
-        return self.nodeid.split("::")[0]
+            outcome = "failed"
+            if call.when == "call":
+                longrepr = item.repr_failure(excinfo)
+            else:  # exception in setup or teardown
+                longrepr = item._repr_failure_py(
+                    excinfo, style=item.config.option.tbstyle
+                )
+    for rwhen, key, content in item._report_sections:
+        sections.append(("Captured %s %s" % (key, rwhen), content))
+    return TestReport(
+        item.nodeid,
+        item.location,
+        keywords,
+        outcome,
+        longrepr,
+        when,
+        sections,
+        duration,
+        user_properties=item.user_properties,
+    )
 
 
 def pytest_runtest_makereport(item, call):
@@ -348,78 +297,6 @@ def pytest_runtest_makereport(item, call):
     )
 
 
-class TestReport(BaseReport):
-    """ Basic test report object (also used for setup and teardown calls if
-    they fail).
-    """
-
-    def __init__(
-        self,
-        nodeid,
-        location,
-        keywords,
-        outcome,
-        longrepr,
-        when,
-        sections=(),
-        duration=0,
-        user_properties=(),
-        **extra
-    ):
-        #: normalized collection node id
-        self.nodeid = nodeid
-
-        #: a (filesystempath, lineno, domaininfo) tuple indicating the
-        #: actual location of a test item - it might be different from the
-        #: collected one e.g. if a method is inherited from a different module.
-        self.location = location
-
-        #: a name -> value dictionary containing all keywords and
-        #: markers associated with a test invocation.
-        self.keywords = keywords
-
-        #: test outcome, always one of "passed", "failed", "skipped".
-        self.outcome = outcome
-
-        #: None or a failure representation.
-        self.longrepr = longrepr
-
-        #: one of 'setup', 'call', 'teardown' to indicate runtest phase.
-        self.when = when
-
-        #: user properties is a list of tuples (name, value) that holds user
-        #: defined properties of the test
-        self.user_properties = user_properties
-
-        #: list of pairs ``(str, str)`` of extra information which needs to
-        #: marshallable. Used by pytest to add captured text
-        #: from ``stdout`` and ``stderr``, but may be used by other plugins
-        #: to add arbitrary information to reports.
-        self.sections = list(sections)
-
-        #: time it took to run just the test
-        self.duration = duration
-
-        self.__dict__.update(extra)
-
-    def __repr__(self):
-        return "<TestReport %r when=%r outcome=%r>" % (
-            self.nodeid,
-            self.when,
-            self.outcome,
-        )
-
-
-class TeardownErrorReport(BaseReport):
-    outcome = "failed"
-    when = "teardown"
-
-    def __init__(self, longrepr, **extra):
-        self.longrepr = longrepr
-        self.sections = []
-        self.__dict__.update(extra)
-
-
 def pytest_make_collect_report(collector):
     call = CallInfo(lambda: list(collector.collect()), "collect")
     longrepr = None
@@ -446,35 +323,6 @@ def pytest_make_collect_report(collector):
     return rep
 
 
-class CollectReport(BaseReport):
-    def __init__(self, nodeid, outcome, longrepr, result, sections=(), **extra):
-        self.nodeid = nodeid
-        self.outcome = outcome
-        self.longrepr = longrepr
-        self.result = result or []
-        self.sections = list(sections)
-        self.__dict__.update(extra)
-
-    @property
-    def location(self):
-        return (self.fspath, None, self.fspath)
-
-    def __repr__(self):
-        return "<CollectReport %r lenresult=%s outcome=%r>" % (
-            self.nodeid,
-            len(self.result),
-            self.outcome,
-        )
-
-
-class CollectErrorRepr(TerminalRepr):
-    def __init__(self, msg):
-        self.longrepr = msg
-
-    def toterminal(self, out):
-        out.line(self.longrepr, red=True)
-
-
 class SetupState(object):
     """ shared state for setting up/tearing down test items or collectors. """
 
diff --git a/testing/test_junitxml.py b/testing/test_junitxml.py
index aa6b9a120..ae2b4ea76 100644
--- a/testing/test_junitxml.py
+++ b/testing/test_junitxml.py
@@ -7,6 +7,8 @@ import os
 from _pytest.junitxml import LogXML
 import pytest
 
+from _pytest.reports import BaseReport
+
 
 def runandparse(testdir, *args):
     resultpath = testdir.tmpdir.join("junit.xml")
@@ -940,7 +942,6 @@ def test_unicode_issue368(testdir):
     path = testdir.tmpdir.join("test.xml")
     log = LogXML(str(path), None)
     ustr = py.builtin._totext("ВНИ!", "utf-8")
-    from _pytest.runner import BaseReport
 
     class Report(BaseReport):
         longrepr = ustr
@@ -1137,7 +1138,6 @@ def test_fancy_items_regression(testdir):
 def test_global_properties(testdir):
     path = testdir.tmpdir.join("test_global_properties.xml")
     log = LogXML(str(path), None)
-    from _pytest.runner import BaseReport
 
     class Report(BaseReport):
         sections = []
@@ -1173,7 +1173,6 @@ def test_url_property(testdir):
     test_url = "http://www.github.com/pytest-dev"
     path = testdir.tmpdir.join("test_url_property.xml")
     log = LogXML(str(path), None)
-    from _pytest.runner import BaseReport
 
     class Report(BaseReport):
         longrepr = "FooBarBaz"
diff --git a/testing/test_runner.py b/testing/test_runner.py
index a78d4de31..741180692 100644
--- a/testing/test_runner.py
+++ b/testing/test_runner.py
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ import py
 import pytest
 import sys
 import types
-from _pytest import runner, main, outcomes
+from _pytest import runner, main, outcomes, reports
 
 
 class TestSetupState(object):
@@ -459,10 +459,10 @@ class TestSessionReports(object):
 
 
 reporttypes = [
-    runner.BaseReport,
-    runner.TestReport,
-    runner.TeardownErrorReport,
-    runner.CollectReport,
+    reports.BaseReport,
+    reports.TestReport,
+    reports.TeardownErrorReport,
+    reports.CollectReport,
 ]