diff --git a/core/src/main/java/hudson/tasks/junit/TestResult.java b/core/src/main/java/hudson/tasks/junit/TestResult.java
index 82d1d942844b1816a0d40d20ea64d0f2c8f239d5..13e815612187e0de9f522e2727f4aed408fec642 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/hudson/tasks/junit/TestResult.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/hudson/tasks/junit/TestResult.java
@@ -200,6 +200,7 @@ public final class TestResult extends MetaTabulatedResult {
                     s.addCase(cr);
                     cr.replaceParent(s);
                 }
+                duration += sr.getDuration();
                 return;
             }
         }
diff --git a/core/src/test/java/hudson/tasks/junit/TestResultTest.java b/core/src/test/java/hudson/tasks/junit/TestResultTest.java
index 51ed5ea8215e04e2ee0b7fa416afe992df4072f8..90f9f6a27fea12b9c3ae67e1ca066efd33ade2af 100644
--- a/core/src/test/java/hudson/tasks/junit/TestResultTest.java
+++ b/core/src/test/java/hudson/tasks/junit/TestResultTest.java
@@ -125,6 +125,9 @@ public class TestResultTest extends TestCase {
         
         assertEquals("Wrong number of testsuites", 1, testResult.getSuites().size());
         assertEquals("Wrong number of test cases", 2, testResult.getTotalCount());
+        
+        // check duration: 157.980 (TestSuite_a1.xml) and 15.000 (TestSuite_a2.xml) = 172.98 
+        assertEquals("Wrong duration for test result", 172.98, testResult.getDuration(), 0.1);
     }
     
     /**
@@ -139,6 +142,7 @@ public class TestResultTest extends TestCase {
         
         assertEquals("Wrong number of testsuites", 1, testResult.getSuites().size());
         assertEquals("Wrong number of test cases", 1, testResult.getTotalCount());
+        assertEquals("Wrong duration for test result", 1.0, testResult.getDuration(), 0.01);
     }
 
     private static final XStream XSTREAM = new XStream2();