diff --git a/bin/mocha.js b/bin/mocha.js
old mode 100644
new mode 100755
diff --git a/lib/reporters/spec.js b/lib/reporters/spec.js
index 8497249f73..5c56694db6 100644
--- a/lib/reporters/spec.js
+++ b/lib/reporters/spec.js
@@ -67,20 +67,34 @@ function Spec(runner, options) {
   });
 
   runner.on(EVENT_TEST_PASS, function (test) {
+    function logRetries() {
+      if (test._currentRetry > 0) {
+        /*
+          Included message within format so it can be passed into `Base.consoleLog` as one argument
+        */
+        var retryFmt = color(
+          'bright yellow',
+          ` (retry x${test._currentRetry})`
+        );
+        return retryFmt;
+      } else {
+        return '';
+      }
+    }
     var fmt;
     if (test.speed === 'fast') {
       fmt =
         indent() +
         color('checkmark', '  ' + Base.symbols.ok) +
         color('pass', ' %s');
-      Base.consoleLog(fmt, test.title);
+      Base.consoleLog(fmt, test.title, logRetries());
     } else {
       fmt =
         indent() +
         color('checkmark', '  ' + Base.symbols.ok) +
         color('pass', ' %s') +
         color(test.speed, ' (%dms)');
-      Base.consoleLog(fmt, test.title, test.duration);
+      Base.consoleLog(fmt, test.title, test.duration, logRetries());
     }
   });
 
diff --git a/test/integration/retries.spec.js b/test/integration/retries.spec.js
index a9cb46a42c..496f3b9db9 100644
--- a/test/integration/retries.spec.js
+++ b/test/integration/retries.spec.js
@@ -134,4 +134,37 @@ describe('retries', function () {
       }
     );
   });
+
+  it('should return current retry count out of total retry count', function (done) {
+    helpers.runMocha(
+      'retries/early-pass.fixture.js',
+      ['--reporter', 'spec'],
+      function (err, res) {
+        var lines, expected;
+
+        if (err) {
+          done(err);
+          return;
+        }
+
+        lines = res.output
+          .split(helpers.SPLIT_DOT_REPORTER_REGEXP)
+          .map(function (line) {
+            return line.trim();
+          })
+          .filter(function (line) {
+            return line.length;
+          })
+          .slice(0, -1);
+
+        var retryPattern = /\(retry x\d+\)/;
+
+        var actual = lines[1].match(retryPattern)[0];
+        var expected = '(retry x1)';
+
+        assert.equal(actual, expected);
+        done();
+      }
+    );
+  });
 });
diff --git a/test/reporters/spec.spec.js b/test/reporters/spec.spec.js
index 39115ffa35..ebd6ce08b3 100644
--- a/test/reporters/spec.spec.js
+++ b/test/reporters/spec.spec.js
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ describe('Spec reporter', function () {
             ' (' +
             expectedDuration +
             'ms)' +
-            '\n';
+            ' \n';
           expect(stdout[0], 'to be', expectedString);
         });
       });
@@ -128,7 +128,7 @@ describe('Spec reporter', function () {
           sinon.restore();
 
           var expectedString =
-            '  ' + Base.symbols.ok + ' ' + expectedTitle + '\n';
+            '  ' + Base.symbols.ok + ' ' + expectedTitle + ' \n';
           expect(stdout[0], 'to be', expectedString);
         });
       });