diff --git a/spec/helper.js b/spec/helper.js
index af59a32182..d9e9b77797 100644
--- a/spec/helper.js
+++ b/spec/helper.js
@@ -1,18 +1,11 @@
 'use strict';
+const CurrentSpecReporter = require('./support/CurrentSpecReporter.js');
+const { SpecReporter } = require('jasmine-spec-reporter');
+
 // Sets up a Parse API server for testing.
 jasmine.DEFAULT_TIMEOUT_INTERVAL = process.env.PARSE_SERVER_TEST_TIMEOUT || 5000;
-
-const SpecReporter = require('jasmine-spec-reporter').SpecReporter;
-
-jasmine.getEnv().clearReporters(); // remove default reporter logs
-jasmine.getEnv().addReporter(
-  new SpecReporter({
-    // add jasmine-spec-reporter
-    spec: {
-      displayPending: true,
-    },
-  })
-);
+jasmine.getEnv().addReporter(new CurrentSpecReporter());
+jasmine.getEnv().addReporter(new SpecReporter());
 
 global.on_db = (db, callback, elseCallback) => {
   if (process.env.PARSE_SERVER_TEST_DB == db) {
diff --git a/spec/support/CurrentSpecReporter.js b/spec/support/CurrentSpecReporter.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..3158e21eae
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spec/support/CurrentSpecReporter.js
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+// Sets a global variable to the current test spec
+// ex: global.currentSpec.description
+
+global.currentSpec = null;
+
+class CurrentSpecReporter {
+  specStarted(spec) {
+    global.currentSpec = spec;
+  }
+  specDone() {
+    global.currentSpec = null;
+  }
+}
+
+module.exports = CurrentSpecReporter;