diff --git a/ingest.go b/ingest.go
index 4472ebc..0d21a52 100644
--- a/ingest.go
+++ b/ingest.go
@@ -79,12 +79,15 @@ func ingestTestcase(root xmlNode) Test {
 		switch node.XMLName.Local {
 		case "skipped":
 			test.Status = StatusSkipped
+			test.Message = node.Attr("message")
 		case "failure":
-			test.Error = ingestError(node)
 			test.Status = StatusFailed
-		case "error":
+			test.Message = node.Attr("message")
 			test.Error = ingestError(node)
+		case "error":
 			test.Status = StatusError
+			test.Message = node.Attr("message")
+			test.Error = ingestError(node)
 		case "system-out":
 			test.SystemOut = string(node.Content)
 		case "system-err":
diff --git a/ingest_test.go b/ingest_test.go
index 457019b..4333045 100644
--- a/ingest_test.go
+++ b/ingest_test.go
@@ -57,6 +57,18 @@ func TestExamplesInTheWild(t *testing.T) {
 				assert.EqualError(t, suites[1].Tests[0].Error, "file_test.go:11: Error message\nfile_test.go:11: Longer\n\terror\n\tmessage.")
 			},
 		},
+		{
+			title:    "go-junit-report skipped example",
+			filename: "testdata/go-junit-report-skipped.xml",
+			origin:   "https://github.com/jstemmer/go-junit-report/blob/master/testdata/03-report.xml",
+			check: func(t *testing.T, suites []Suite) {
+				assert.Len(t, suites, 1)
+				assert.Len(t, suites[0].Tests, 2)
+				assert.Equal(t, "package/name", suites[0].Name)
+				assert.Equal(t, "TestOne", suites[0].Tests[0].Name)
+				assert.Equal(t, "file_test.go:11: Skip message", suites[0].Tests[0].Message)
+			},
+		},
 		{
 			title:    "ibm example",
 			filename: "testdata/ibm.xml",
@@ -143,6 +155,7 @@ func TestExamplesInTheWild(t *testing.T) {
 					Classname: "TestClassSample",
 					Duration:  342 * time.Millisecond,
 					Status:    StatusFailed,
+					Message:   "XCTAssertTrue failed",
 					Error: Error{
 						Message: "XCTAssertTrue failed",
 						Body:    "\n            ",
diff --git a/testdata/go-junit-report-skipped.xml b/testdata/go-junit-report-skipped.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e67e5ef
--- /dev/null
+++ b/testdata/go-junit-report-skipped.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<testsuites>
+	<testsuite tests="2" failures="0" time="0.150" name="package/name">
+		<properties>
+			<property name="go.version" value="1.0"></property>
+		</properties>
+		<testcase classname="name" name="TestOne" time="0.020">
+			<skipped message="file_test.go:11: Skip message"></skipped>
+		</testcase>
+		<testcase classname="name" name="TestTwo" time="0.130"></testcase>
+	</testsuite>
+</testsuites>
diff --git a/types.go b/types.go
index d01c6ba..35d1299 100644
--- a/types.go
+++ b/types.go
@@ -136,6 +136,10 @@ type Test struct {
 	// failure, & error.
 	Status Status `json:"status" yaml:"status"`
 
+	// Message is an textual description optionally included with a skipped,
+	// failure, or error test case.
+	Message string `json:"message" yaml:"message"`
+
 	// Error is a record of the failure or error of a test, if applicable.
 	//
 	// The following relations should hold true.