diff --git a/features/docs/formatters/summary_formatter.feature b/features/docs/formatters/summary_formatter.feature
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..f6ac1138ab
--- /dev/null
+++ b/features/docs/formatters/summary_formatter.feature
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+Feature: Spec formatter
+
+  This formatter mimics the output from tools like RSpec or Mocha, giving an 
+  overview of each feature and scenario but omitting the steps.
+
+  Background:
+    Given the standard step definitions
+
+  Scenario: A couple of scenarios
+    Given a file named "features/test.feature" with:
+    """
+    Feature: Test
+      Scenario: Passing
+        Given this step passes
+
+      Scenario: Failing
+        Given this step fails
+    """
+    When I run `cucumber --format summary`
+    Then it should fail with exactly:
+    """
+    Test
+      Passing ✓
+      Failing ✗
+
+    Failing Scenarios:
+    cucumber features/test.feature:5 # Scenario: Failing
+
+    2 scenarios (1 failed, 1 passed)
+    2 steps (1 failed, 1 passed)
+    0m0.012s
+
+    """
+
diff --git a/lib/cucumber/cli/options.rb b/lib/cucumber/cli/options.rb
index a41c615163..f1968de99f 100644
--- a/lib/cucumber/cli/options.rb
+++ b/lib/cucumber/cli/options.rb
@@ -23,7 +23,8 @@ class Options
         'junit'       => ['Cucumber::Formatter::Junit',       'Generates a report similar to Ant+JUnit.'],
         'json'        => ['Cucumber::Formatter::Json',        'Prints the feature as JSON'],
         'json_pretty' => ['Cucumber::Formatter::JsonPretty',  'Prints the feature as prettified JSON'],
-        'debug'       => ['Cucumber::Formatter::Debug',       'For developing formatters - prints the calls made to the listeners.']
+        'debug'       => ['Cucumber::Formatter::Debug',       'For developing formatters - prints the calls made to the listeners.'],
+        'summary'       => ['Cucumber::Formatter::Summary',   'Summary output of feature and scenarios']
       }
       max = BUILTIN_FORMATS.keys.map{|s| s.length}.max
       FORMAT_HELP_MSG = ["Use --format rerun --out rerun.txt to write out failing",
diff --git a/lib/cucumber/formatter/console.rb b/lib/cucumber/formatter/console.rb
index 240722808d..8d9c628e9b 100644
--- a/lib/cucumber/formatter/console.rb
+++ b/lib/cucumber/formatter/console.rb
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 require 'cucumber/formatter/ansicolor'
 require 'cucumber/formatter/duration'
-require 'cucumber/formatter/summary'
 require 'cucumber/gherkin/i18n'
 
 module Cucumber
@@ -29,7 +28,6 @@ module Formatter
     module Console
       extend ANSIColor
       include Duration
-      include Summary
 
       def format_step(keyword, step_match, status, source_indent)
         comment = if source_indent
@@ -80,51 +78,23 @@ def print_element_messages(element_messages, status, kind)
         end
       end
 
-      def print_stats(features, options)
-        duration = features ? features.duration : nil
-        print_statistics(duration, options)
-      end
-
-      def print_statistics(duration, options)
-        failures = collect_failing_scenarios(runtime)
-        if !failures.empty?
-          print_failing_scenarios(failures, options.custom_profiles, options[:source])
+      def print_statistics(duration, config, counts, issues)
+        if issues.any?
+          @io.puts issues.to_s
+          @io.puts
         end
 
-        @io.puts scenario_summary(runtime) {|status_count, status| format_string(status_count, status)}
-        @io.puts step_summary(runtime) {|status_count, status| format_string(status_count, status)}
-        @io.puts(format_duration(duration)) if duration && options[:duration]
+        @io.puts counts.to_s
+        @io.puts(format_duration(duration)) if duration && config.duration?
 
-        if runtime.configuration.randomize?
+        if config.randomize?
           @io.puts
-          @io.puts "Randomized with seed #{runtime.configuration.seed}"
+          @io.puts "Randomized with seed #{config.seed}"
         end
 
         @io.flush
       end
 
-      def collect_failing_scenarios(runtime)
-        # TODO: brittle - stop coupling to types
-        scenario_class = LegacyApi::Ast::Scenario
-        example_table_class = Core::Ast::ExamplesTable
-
-        runtime.scenarios(:failed).select do |s|
-          [scenario_class, example_table_class].include?(s.class)
-        end.map do |s|
-          s.is_a?(example_table_class)? s.scenario_outline : s
-        end
-      end
-
-      def print_failing_scenarios(failures, custom_profiles, given_source)
-        @io.puts format_string("Failing Scenarios:", :failed)
-        failures.each do |failure|
-          profiles_string = custom_profiles.empty? ? '' : (custom_profiles.map{|profile| "-p #{profile}" }).join(' ') + ' '
-          source = given_source ? format_string(" # " + failure.name, :comment) : ''
-          @io.puts format_string("cucumber #{profiles_string}" + failure.location, :failed) + source
-        end
-        @io.puts
-      end
-
       def print_exception(e, status, indent)
         string = exception_message_string(e, indent)
         @io.puts(format_string(string, status))
diff --git a/lib/cucumber/formatter/console_counts.rb b/lib/cucumber/formatter/console_counts.rb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..cd96da69dd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/cucumber/formatter/console_counts.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,57 @@
+require 'cucumber/formatter/console'
+
+module Cucumber
+  module Formatter
+    class ConsoleCounts
+      include Console
+
+      def initialize(config)
+        @test_case_summary = Core::Test::Result::Summary.new
+        @test_step_summary = Core::Test::Result::Summary.new
+
+        config.on_event :test_case_finished do |event|
+          event.result.describe_to @test_case_summary
+        end
+
+        config.on_event :test_step_finished do |event|
+          event.result.describe_to @test_step_summary if from_gherkin?(event.test_step)
+        end
+      end
+
+      def to_s
+        [
+          [scenario_count, status_counts(@test_case_summary)].compact.join(" "),
+          [step_count, status_counts(@test_step_summary)].compact.join(" ")
+        ].join("\n")
+      end
+
+      private
+
+      def from_gherkin?(test_step)
+        test_step.source.last.location.file.match(/\.feature$/)
+      end
+
+      def scenario_count
+        count = @test_case_summary.total
+        "#{count} scenario" + (count == 1 ? "" : "s")
+      end
+
+      def step_count
+        count = @test_step_summary.total
+        "#{count} step" + (count == 1 ? "" : "s")
+      end
+
+      def status_counts(summary)
+        counts = [:failed, :skipped, :undefined, :pending, :passed].map { |status|
+          count = summary.total(status)
+          [status, count]
+        }.select { |status, count|
+          count > 0
+        }.map { |status, count|
+          format_string("#{count} #{status}", status)
+        }
+        "(#{counts.join(", ")})" if counts.any?
+      end
+    end
+  end
+end
diff --git a/lib/cucumber/formatter/console_issues.rb b/lib/cucumber/formatter/console_issues.rb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..be8ef7ba2f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/cucumber/formatter/console_issues.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+require 'cucumber/formatter/console'
+
+module Cucumber
+  module Formatter
+    class ConsoleIssues
+      include Console
+
+      def initialize(config)
+        @failures = []
+        @config = config
+        @config.on_event(:test_case_finished) do |event|
+          @failures << event.test_case if event.result.failed?
+        end
+      end
+
+      def to_s
+        return if @failures.empty?
+        result = [ format_string("Failing Scenarios:", :failed) ] + @failures.map { |failure|
+          source = @config.source? ? format_string(" # #{failure.keyword}: #{failure.name}", :comment) : ''
+          format_string("cucumber #{profiles_string}" + failure.location, :failed) + source
+        }
+        result.join("\n")
+      end
+
+      def any?
+        @failures.any?
+      end
+
+      private
+
+      def profiles_string
+        return if @config.custom_profiles.empty?
+        @config.custom_profiles.map { |profile| "-p #{profile}" }.join(' ') + ' '
+      end
+    end
+  end
+end
diff --git a/lib/cucumber/formatter/pretty.rb b/lib/cucumber/formatter/pretty.rb
index af40ebed9b..1cfe1a81cd 100644
--- a/lib/cucumber/formatter/pretty.rb
+++ b/lib/cucumber/formatter/pretty.rb
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@
 require 'cucumber/formatter/console'
 require 'cucumber/formatter/io'
 require 'cucumber/gherkin/formatter/escaping'
+require 'cucumber/formatter/console_counts'
+require 'cucumber/formatter/console_issues'
 
 module Cucumber
   module Formatter
@@ -22,12 +24,15 @@ class Pretty
 
       def initialize(runtime, path_or_io, options)
         @runtime, @io, @options = runtime, ensure_io(path_or_io), options
+        @config = runtime.configuration
         @exceptions = []
         @indent = 0
         @prefixes = options[:prefixes] || {}
         @delayed_messages = []
         @previous_step_keyword = nil
         @snippets_input = []
+        @counts = ConsoleCounts.new(runtime.configuration)
+        @issues = ConsoleIssues.new(runtime.configuration)
       end
 
       def before_features(features)
@@ -238,7 +243,7 @@ def cell_prefix(status)
       end
 
       def print_summary(features)
-        print_stats(features, @options)
+        print_statistics(features.duration, @config, @counts, @issues)
         print_snippets(@options)
         print_passing_wip(@options)
       end
diff --git a/lib/cucumber/formatter/progress.rb b/lib/cucumber/formatter/progress.rb
index ac0763bf61..a8c75f768d 100644
--- a/lib/cucumber/formatter/progress.rb
+++ b/lib/cucumber/formatter/progress.rb
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 require 'cucumber/core/report/summary'
 require 'cucumber/formatter/backtrace_filter'
 require 'cucumber/formatter/console'
+require 'cucumber/formatter/console_counts'
+require 'cucumber/formatter/console_issues'
 require 'cucumber/formatter/io'
 require 'cucumber/formatter/duration_extractor'
 require 'cucumber/formatter/hook_query_visitor'
@@ -25,6 +27,8 @@ def initialize(config)
         @failed_results = []
         @failed_test_cases = []
         @passed_test_cases = []
+        @counts = ConsoleCounts.new(config)
+        @issues = ConsoleIssues.new(config)
         config.on_event :step_match, &method(:on_step_match)
         config.on_event :test_case_starting, &method(:on_test_case_starting)
         config.on_event :test_step_finished, &method(:on_test_step_finished)
@@ -74,7 +78,7 @@ def on_test_run_finished(_event)
       def print_summary
         print_elements(@pending_step_matches, :pending, 'steps')
         print_elements(@failed_results, :failed, 'steps')
-        print_statistics_local(@total_duration)
+        print_statistics(@total_duration, @config, @counts, @issues)
         snippet_text_proc = lambda { |step_keyword, step_name, multiline_arg|
           snippet_text(step_keyword, step_name, multiline_arg)
         }
@@ -87,28 +91,6 @@ def print_summary
         end
       end
 
-      def print_statistics_local(duration)
-        if @failed_test_cases.any?
-          failed_test_cases_data = @failed_test_cases.map do |test_case|
-            TestCaseData.new(name="#{test_case.keyword}: #{test_case.name}", location=test_case.location)
-          end
-          print_failing_scenarios(failed_test_cases_data, config.custom_profiles, config.source?)
-        end
-
-        scenarios_proc = lambda{|status| summary.test_cases.total(status)}
-        @io.puts dump_summary_counts(summary.test_cases.total, scenarios_proc, "scenario") {|status_count, status| format_string(status_count, status)}
-        steps_proc = lambda{|status| summary.test_steps.total(status)}
-        @io.puts dump_summary_counts(summary.test_steps.total, steps_proc, "step") {|status_count, status| format_string(status_count, status)}
-        @io.puts(format_duration(duration)) if duration && config.duration?
-
-        if config.randomize?
-          @io.puts
-          @io.puts "Randomized with seed #{config.seed}"
-        end
-
-        @io.flush
-      end
-
       CHARS = {
         :passed    => '.',
         :failed    => 'F',
diff --git a/lib/cucumber/formatter/summary.rb b/lib/cucumber/formatter/summary.rb
index 33d633d78b..4b531cc11f 100644
--- a/lib/cucumber/formatter/summary.rb
+++ b/lib/cucumber/formatter/summary.rb
@@ -1,48 +1,57 @@
+require 'cucumber/formatter/io'
+require 'cucumber/formatter/console'
+require 'cucumber/formatter/console_counts'
+require 'cucumber/formatter/console_issues'
+require 'cucumber/core/test/result'
+
 module Cucumber
   module Formatter
-    module Summary
 
-      def scenario_summary(runtime, &block)
-        scenarios_proc = lambda{|status| elements = runtime.scenarios(status)}
-        scenario_count_proc = element_count_proc(scenarios_proc)
-        dump_summary_counts(runtime.scenarios.length, scenario_count_proc, "scenario", &block)
-      end
+    # Summary formatter, outputting only feature / scenario titles
+    class Summary
+      include Io
+      include Console
 
-      def step_summary(runtime, &block)
-        steps_proc = lambda{|status| runtime.steps(status)}
-        step_count_proc = element_count_proc(steps_proc)
-        dump_summary_counts(runtime.steps.length, step_count_proc, "step", &block)
-      end
+      def initialize(config)
+        @config, @io = config, ensure_io(config.out_stream)
+        @counts = ConsoleCounts.new(@config)
+        @issues = ConsoleIssues.new(@config)
+        @start_time = Time.now
 
-      def dump_summary_counts(total_count, status_proc, what, &block)
-        dump_count(total_count, what) + dump_status_counts(status_proc, &block)
+        @config.on_event :test_case_starting do |event|
+          print_feature event.test_case
+          print_test_case event.test_case
+        end
+
+        @config.on_event :test_case_finished do |event|
+          print_result event.result
+        end
+
+        @config.on_event :test_run_finished do |event|
+          duration = Time.now - @start_time
+          @io.puts
+          print_statistics(duration, @config, @counts, @issues)
+        end
       end
 
       private
 
-      def element_count_proc(find_elements_proc)
-        lambda { |status|
-          elements = find_elements_proc.call(status)
-          elements.any? ? elements.length : 0
-        }
+      def print_feature(test_case)
+        feature = test_case.feature
+        return if @current_feature == feature
+        @io.puts unless @current_feature.nil?
+        @io.puts feature
+        @current_feature = feature
       end
 
-      def dump_status_counts(element_count_proc)
-        counts = [:failed, :skipped, :undefined, :pending, :passed].map do |status|
-          count = element_count_proc.call(status)
-          count != 0 ? yield("#{count} #{status.to_s}", status) : nil
-        end.compact
-        if counts.any?
-          " (#{counts.join(', ')})"
-        else
-          ""
-        end
+      def print_test_case(test_case)
+        @io.print "  #{test_case.name} "
       end
 
-      def dump_count(count, what, state=nil)
-        [count, state, "#{what}#{count == 1 ? '' : 's'}"].compact.join(" ")
+      def print_result(result)
+        @io.puts format_string(result, result.to_sym)
       end
-
     end
   end
 end
+
diff --git a/lib/cucumber/multiline_argument/data_table.rb b/lib/cucumber/multiline_argument/data_table.rb
index 27bb48b5ef..c4dca903b2 100644
--- a/lib/cucumber/multiline_argument/data_table.rb
+++ b/lib/cucumber/multiline_argument/data_table.rb
@@ -469,7 +469,8 @@ def to_s(options = {}) #:nodoc:
 
         c = Cucumber::Term::ANSIColor.coloring?
         Cucumber::Term::ANSIColor.coloring = options[:color]
-        formatter = Formatter::Pretty.new(nil, io, options)
+        runtime = Struct.new(:configuration).new(Configuration.new)
+        formatter = Formatter::Pretty.new(runtime, io, options)
         formatter.instance_variable_set('@indent', options[:indent])
         Formatter::LegacyApi::Ast::MultilineArg.for(self).accept(Formatter::Fanout.new([formatter]))
         Cucumber::Term::ANSIColor.coloring = c
diff --git a/spec/cucumber/formatter/console_counts_spec.rb b/spec/cucumber/formatter/console_counts_spec.rb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..01029be277
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spec/cucumber/formatter/console_counts_spec.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+require 'cucumber/configuration'
+require 'cucumber/formatter/console_counts'
+
+module Cucumber
+  module Formatter
+    describe ConsoleCounts do
+      it "works for zero" do
+        config = Configuration.new
+        counts = ConsoleCounts.new(config)
+        expect(counts.to_s).to eq "0 scenarios\n0 steps"
+      end
+    end
+  end
+end