diff --git a/lib/testing/soliditytest.js b/lib/testing/soliditytest.js
index ca40847..322e92a 100644
--- a/lib/testing/soliditytest.js
+++ b/lib/testing/soliditytest.js
@@ -7,6 +7,8 @@ var artifactor = require("truffle-artifactor");
 var contract = require("truffle-contract");
 var series = require("async").series;
 var path = require("path");
+var Web3 = require("web3");
+var web3 = new Web3();
 
 var SolidityTest = {
   define: function(abstraction, dependency_paths, runner, mocha) {
@@ -30,6 +32,12 @@ var SolidityTest = {
 
     // Function that checks transaction logs to see if a test failed.
     function processResult(result) {
+      if (result.receipt.status != null) {
+        // note: testrpc is numeric, geth is hex
+        if (web3.toBigNumber(result.receipt.status).toNumber() != 1) {
+          throw new Error("transaction revert");
+        }
+      }
       result.logs.forEach(function(log) {
         if (log.event == "TestEvent" && log.args.result == false) {
           throw new Error(log.args.message);