diff --git a/src/core/config.js b/src/core/config.js
index 1d3d7e54d..9112f7eeb 100644
--- a/src/core/config.js
+++ b/src/core/config.js
@@ -131,6 +131,8 @@ const config = {
   // started: 0,
 
   // Internal state
+  _event_listeners: Object.create(null),
+  _event_memory: {},
   _deprecated_timeout_shown: false,
   _deprecated_countEachStep_shown: false,
   blocking: true,
diff --git a/src/events.js b/src/events.js
index 7a84f395d..5be7b5327 100644
--- a/src/events.js
+++ b/src/events.js
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import { inArray } from './core/utilities';
+import config from './core/config';
 
-const LISTENERS = Object.create(null);
 const SUPPORTED_EVENTS = [
   'error',
   'runStart',
@@ -11,6 +11,9 @@ const SUPPORTED_EVENTS = [
   'suiteEnd',
   'runEnd'
 ];
+const MEMORY_EVENTS = [
+  'runEnd'
+];
 
 /**
  * Emits an event with the specified data to all currently registered listeners.
@@ -30,12 +33,16 @@ export function emit (eventName, data) {
   }
 
   // Clone the callbacks in case one of them registers a new callback
-  const originalCallbacks = LISTENERS[eventName];
+  const originalCallbacks = config._event_listeners[eventName];
   const callbacks = originalCallbacks ? [...originalCallbacks] : [];
 
   for (let i = 0; i < callbacks.length; i++) {
     callbacks[i](data);
   }
+
+  if (inArray(MEMORY_EVENTS, eventName)) {
+    config._event_memory[eventName] = data;
+  }
 }
 
 /**
@@ -57,12 +64,14 @@ export function on (eventName, callback) {
     throw new TypeError('callback must be a function when registering a listener');
   }
 
-  if (!LISTENERS[eventName]) {
-    LISTENERS[eventName] = [];
-  }
+  const listeners = config._event_listeners[eventName] || (config._event_listeners[eventName] = []);
 
   // Don't register the same callback more than once
-  if (!inArray(callback, LISTENERS[eventName])) {
-    LISTENERS[eventName].push(callback);
+  if (!inArray(callback, listeners)) {
+    listeners.push(callback);
+
+    if (config._event_memory[eventName] !== undefined) {
+      callback(config._event_memory[eventName]);
+    }
   }
 }
diff --git a/test/cli/fixtures/event-runEnd-memory.js b/test/cli/fixtures/event-runEnd-memory.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..9e4fb1f61
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/cli/fixtures/event-runEnd-memory.js
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+QUnit.on('runEnd', function (run) {
+  console.log(`# early runEnd total=${run.testCounts.total} passed=${run.testCounts.passed} failed=${run.testCounts.failed}`);
+  setTimeout(function () {
+    QUnit.on('runEnd', function (run) {
+      console.log(`# late runEnd total=${run.testCounts.total} passed=${run.testCounts.passed} failed=${run.testCounts.failed}`);
+    });
+  });
+});
+
+QUnit.module('First', function () {
+  QUnit.test('A', function (assert) {
+    assert.true(true);
+  });
+  QUnit.test('B', function (assert) {
+    assert.true(false);
+  });
+});
+
+QUnit.module('Second', function () {
+  QUnit.test('C', function (assert) {
+    assert.true(true);
+  });
+});
diff --git a/test/cli/fixtures/event-runEnd-memory.tap.txt b/test/cli/fixtures/event-runEnd-memory.tap.txt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..79e980f26
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/cli/fixtures/event-runEnd-memory.tap.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+# command: ["qunit", "event-runEnd-memory.js"]
+
+TAP version 13
+ok 1 First > A
+not ok 2 First > B
+  ---
+  message: failed
+  severity: failed
+  actual  : false
+  expected: true
+  stack: |
+        at /qunit/test/cli/fixtures/event-runEnd-memory.js:15:16
+  ...
+ok 3 Second > C
+1..3
+# pass 2
+# skip 0
+# todo 0
+# fail 1
+# early runEnd total=3 passed=2 failed=1
+# late runEnd total=3 passed=2 failed=1
+
+# exit code: 1