diff --git a/lib/runner.js b/lib/runner.js
index 604d79b495..7c4435219e 100644
--- a/lib/runner.js
+++ b/lib/runner.js
@@ -265,10 +265,18 @@ Runner.prototype.fail = function(test, err) {
  * @param {Error} err
  */
 Runner.prototype.failHook = function(hook, err) {
+  hook.originalTitle = hook.originalTitle || hook.title;
   if (hook.ctx && hook.ctx.currentTest) {
-    hook.originalTitle = hook.originalTitle || hook.title;
     hook.title =
       hook.originalTitle + ' for "' + hook.ctx.currentTest.title + '"';
+  } else {
+    var parentTitle;
+    if (hook.parent.title) {
+      parentTitle = hook.parent.title;
+    } else {
+      parentTitle = hook.parent.root ? '{root}' : '';
+    }
+    hook.title = hook.originalTitle + ' in "' + parentTitle + '"';
   }
 
   this.fail(hook, err);
@@ -294,7 +302,13 @@ Runner.prototype.hook = function(name, fn) {
     }
     self.currentRunnable = hook;
 
-    hook.ctx.currentTest = self.test;
+    if (name === 'beforeAll') {
+      hook.ctx.currentTest = hook.parent.tests[0];
+    } else if (name === 'afterAll') {
+      hook.ctx.currentTest = hook.parent.tests[hook.parent.tests.length - 1];
+    } else {
+      hook.ctx.currentTest = self.test;
+    }
 
     self.emit('hook', hook);
 
diff --git a/test/integration/fixtures/current-test-title.fixture.js b/test/integration/fixtures/current-test-title.fixture.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..6b5057e780
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/integration/fixtures/current-test-title.fixture.js
@@ -0,0 +1,47 @@
+'use strict';
+var assert = require('assert');
+
+function getTitle(ctx) {
+  return ctx.currentTest && ctx.currentTest.title;
+};
+
+before(function () {
+  assert.equal(getTitle(this), undefined);
+});
+
+describe('suite A', () => {
+
+  before(function () {
+    assert.equal(getTitle(this), undefined);
+  });
+
+  describe('suite B', () => {
+
+    it('test1 B', () => {});
+
+    describe('suite C', function () {
+      var lap = 0;
+
+      before(function () {
+        assert.equal(getTitle(this), 'test1 C');
+      });
+      beforeEach(function () {
+        assert.equal(getTitle(this), ++lap === 1 ? 'test1 C' : 'test2 C');
+      });
+
+      it('test1 C', function () {});
+      it('test2 C', function () {});
+
+      afterEach(function () {
+        assert.equal(getTitle(this), lap === 1 ? 'test1 C' : 'test2 C');
+      });
+      after(function () {
+        assert.equal(getTitle(this), 'test2 C');
+      });
+    });
+  });
+});
+
+after(function () {
+  assert.equal(getTitle(this), undefined);
+});
diff --git a/test/integration/fixtures/hooks/after-hook-deepnested-error.fixture.js b/test/integration/fixtures/hooks/after-hook-deepnested-error.fixture.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..2c65c94836
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/integration/fixtures/hooks/after-hook-deepnested-error.fixture.js
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+'use strict';
+
+describe('spec 1', function () {
+  it('should pass', function () { });
+  describe('spec 2 nested - this title should be used', function () {
+    after(function() {
+      throw new Error('after hook nested error');
+    });
+    describe('spec 3 nested', function () {
+        it('it nested - this title should not be used', function () { });
+    });
+  });
+});
diff --git a/test/integration/fixtures/hooks/after-hook-nested-error.fixture.js b/test/integration/fixtures/hooks/after-hook-nested-error.fixture.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..2c8f18d17a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/integration/fixtures/hooks/after-hook-nested-error.fixture.js
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+'use strict';
+
+describe('spec 1', function () {
+  it('should pass', function () { });
+  describe('spec nested', function () {
+    after(function() {
+      throw new Error('after hook nested error');
+    });
+    it('it nested - this title should be used', function () { });
+  });
+  describe('spec 2 nested', function () {
+    it('it nested - not this title', function () { });
+  });
+});
diff --git a/test/integration/fixtures/hooks/before-hook-deepnested-error.fixture.js b/test/integration/fixtures/hooks/before-hook-deepnested-error.fixture.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..804e5e415b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/integration/fixtures/hooks/before-hook-deepnested-error.fixture.js
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+'use strict';
+
+describe('spec 1', function () {
+  it('should pass', function () { });
+  describe('spec 2 nested - this title should be used', function () {
+    before(function() {
+      throw new Error('before hook nested error');
+    });
+    describe('spec 3 nested', function () { 
+      it('it nested - this title should not be used', function () { });
+    });
+  });
+});
diff --git a/test/integration/fixtures/hooks/before-hook-nested-error.fixture.js b/test/integration/fixtures/hooks/before-hook-nested-error.fixture.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..c0ade3a9f4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/integration/fixtures/hooks/before-hook-nested-error.fixture.js
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+'use strict';
+
+describe('spec 1', function () {
+  it('should pass', function () { });
+  describe('spec nested', function () {
+    before(function() {
+      throw new Error('before hook nested error');
+    });
+    it('it nested - this title should be used', function () { });
+  });
+});
diff --git a/test/integration/fixtures/hooks/before-hook-root-error.fixture.js b/test/integration/fixtures/hooks/before-hook-root-error.fixture.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..2af17af591
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/integration/fixtures/hooks/before-hook-root-error.fixture.js
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+'use strict';
+
+before(function() {
+  throw new Error('before hook root error');
+});
+
+describe('spec 1', function () {
+  it('should not be called', function () { });
+});
diff --git a/test/integration/fixtures/options/bail-with-after.fixture.js b/test/integration/fixtures/options/bail-with-after.fixture.js
index 2c1438eef1..d8365c40cd 100644
--- a/test/integration/fixtures/options/bail-with-after.fixture.js
+++ b/test/integration/fixtures/options/bail-with-after.fixture.js
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ describe('suite2', function () {
   before('before suite2', function () {});
   beforeEach('beforeEach suite2', function () {});
   it('test suite2', function () {
-    runOrder.push('test suite2 - should not run');
+    console.log('test suite2 - should not run');
   });
   afterEach('afterEach suite2', function () {});
   after('after suite2', function () {});
diff --git a/test/integration/fixtures/options/bail-with-before.fixture.js b/test/integration/fixtures/options/bail-with-before.fixture.js
index 3e885db0e3..f8600e2349 100644
--- a/test/integration/fixtures/options/bail-with-before.fixture.js
+++ b/test/integration/fixtures/options/bail-with-before.fixture.js
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ describe('suite2', function () {
   before('before suite2', function () {});
   beforeEach('beforeEach suite2', function () {});
   it('test suite2', function () {
-    runOrder.push('test suite2 - should not run');
+    console.log('test suite2 - should not run');
   });
   afterEach('afterEach suite2', function () {});
   after('after suite2', function () {});
diff --git a/test/integration/hook-err.spec.js b/test/integration/hook-err.spec.js
index dad5002740..55604851ef 100644
--- a/test/integration/hook-err.spec.js
+++ b/test/integration/hook-err.spec.js
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 
 var helpers = require('./helpers');
 var runMocha = helpers.runMocha;
+var runMochaJSON = require('./helpers').runMochaJSON;
 var splitRegExp = helpers.splitRegExp;
 var bang = require('../../lib/reporters/base').symbols.bang;
 
@@ -18,7 +19,63 @@ describe('hook error handling', function() {
   describe('before hook error tip', function() {
     before(run('hooks/before-hook-error-tip.fixture.js', onlyErrorTitle()));
     it('should verify results', function() {
-      expect(lines, 'to equal', ['1) spec 2', '"before all" hook:']);
+      expect(lines, 'to equal', [
+        '1) spec 2',
+        '"before all" hook for "skipped":'
+      ]);
+    });
+  });
+
+  describe('before hook root error', function() {
+    it('should verify results', function(done) {
+      var fixture = 'hooks/before-hook-root-error.fixture.js';
+      runMochaJSON(fixture, [], function(err, res) {
+        if (err) {
+          return done(err);
+        }
+        expect(res, 'to have failed with error', 'before hook root error')
+          .and('to have failed test', '"before all" hook in "{root}"')
+          .and('to have passed test count', 0);
+        done();
+      });
+    });
+  });
+
+  describe('before hook nested error', function() {
+    it('should verify results', function(done) {
+      var fixture = 'hooks/before-hook-nested-error.fixture.js';
+      runMochaJSON(fixture, [], function(err, res) {
+        if (err) {
+          return done(err);
+        }
+        expect(res, 'to have failed with error', 'before hook nested error')
+          .and(
+            'to have failed test',
+            '"before all" hook for "it nested - this title should be used"'
+          )
+          .and('to have passed test count', 1)
+          .and('to have passed test', 'should pass');
+        done();
+      });
+    });
+  });
+
+  describe('before hook deepnested error', function() {
+    it('should verify results', function(done) {
+      var fixture = 'hooks/before-hook-deepnested-error.fixture.js';
+      runMochaJSON(fixture, [], function(err, res) {
+        if (err) {
+          return done(err);
+        }
+        expect(res, 'to have failed with error', 'before hook nested error')
+          .and(
+            'to have failed test',
+            '"before all" hook in "spec 2 nested - this title should be used"'
+          )
+          .and('to have passed test count', 1)
+          .and('to have passed test', 'should pass');
+        done();
+      });
     });
   });
 
@@ -36,6 +93,53 @@ describe('hook error handling', function() {
     });
   });
 
+  describe('after hook nested error', function() {
+    it('should verify results', function(done) {
+      var fixture = 'hooks/after-hook-nested-error.fixture.js';
+      runMochaJSON(fixture, [], function(err, res) {
+        if (err) {
+          return done(err);
+        }
+        expect(res, 'to have failed with error', 'after hook nested error')
+          .and(
+            'to have failed test',
+            '"after all" hook for "it nested - this title should be used"'
+          )
+          .and('to have passed test count', 3)
+          .and(
+            'to have passed test order',
+            'should pass',
+            'it nested - this title should be used',
+            'it nested - not this title'
+          );
+        done();
+      });
+    });
+  });
+
+  describe('after hook deepnested error', function() {
+    it('should verify results', function(done) {
+      var fixture = 'hooks/after-hook-deepnested-error.fixture.js';
+      runMochaJSON(fixture, [], function(err, res) {
+        if (err) {
+          return done(err);
+        }
+        expect(res, 'to have failed with error', 'after hook nested error')
+          .and(
+            'to have failed test',
+            '"after all" hook in "spec 2 nested - this title should be used"'
+          )
+          .and('to have passed test count', 2)
+          .and(
+            'to have passed test order',
+            'should pass',
+            'it nested - this title should not be used'
+          );
+        done();
+      });
+    });
+  });
+
   describe('after each hook error', function() {
     before(run('hooks/afterEach-hook-error.fixture.js'));
     it('should verify results', function() {
diff --git a/test/integration/hooks.spec.js b/test/integration/hooks.spec.js
index b7b38f6db7..7c3e8bf2b1 100644
--- a/test/integration/hooks.spec.js
+++ b/test/integration/hooks.spec.js
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 
 var assert = require('assert');
 var runMocha = require('./helpers').runMocha;
+var runMochaJSON = require('./helpers').runMochaJSON;
 var splitRegExp = require('./helpers').splitRegExp;
 var args = ['--reporter', 'dot'];
 
@@ -49,4 +50,16 @@ describe('hooks', function() {
       done();
     });
   });
+
+  it('current test title of all hooks', function(done) {
+    runMochaJSON('current-test-title.fixture.js', [], function(err, res) {
+      if (err) {
+        return done(err);
+      }
+      expect(res, 'to have passed')
+        .and('to have passed test count', 3)
+        .and('to have passed test order', 'test1 B', 'test1 C', 'test2 C');
+      done();
+    });
+  });
 });
diff --git a/test/integration/multiple-done.spec.js b/test/integration/multiple-done.spec.js
index 685136ba28..5b592c8877 100644
--- a/test/integration/multiple-done.spec.js
+++ b/test/integration/multiple-done.spec.js
@@ -90,7 +90,10 @@ describe('multiple calls to done()', function() {
     });
 
     it('correctly attributes the error', function() {
-      assert.strictEqual(res.failures[0].fullTitle, 'suite "before all" hook');
+      assert.strictEqual(
+        res.failures[0].fullTitle,
+        'suite "before all" hook in "suite"'
+      );
       assert.strictEqual(
         res.failures[0].err.message,
         'done() called multiple times'
@@ -116,7 +119,10 @@ describe('multiple calls to done()', function() {
     it('correctly attributes the errors', function() {
       assert.strictEqual(res.failures.length, 2);
       res.failures.forEach(function(failure) {
-        assert.strictEqual(failure.fullTitle, 'suite "before each" hook');
+        assert.strictEqual(
+          failure.fullTitle,
+          'suite "before each" hook in "suite"'
+        );
         assert.strictEqual(failure.err.message, 'done() called multiple times');
       });
     });
diff --git a/test/integration/options/bail.spec.js b/test/integration/options/bail.spec.js
index 067cba7890..95ccba49d4 100644
--- a/test/integration/options/bail.spec.js
+++ b/test/integration/options/bail.spec.js
@@ -52,7 +52,10 @@ describe('--bail', function() {
 
       expect(res, 'to have failed')
         .and('to have failed test count', 1)
-        .and('to have failed test', '"before all" hook: before suite1')
+        .and(
+          'to have failed test',
+          '"before all" hook: before suite1 for "test suite1"'
+        )
         .and('to have passed test count', 0);
       done();
     });
@@ -100,7 +103,10 @@ describe('--bail', function() {
 
       expect(res, 'to have failed')
         .and('to have failed test count', 1)
-        .and('to have failed test', '"after all" hook: after suite1A')
+        .and(
+          'to have failed test',
+          '"after all" hook: after suite1A for "test suite1A"'
+        )
         .and('to have passed test count', 2)
         .and('to have passed test order', 'test suite1', 'test suite1A');
       done();
diff --git a/test/unit/runner.spec.js b/test/unit/runner.spec.js
index e89ef2b2d6..7ae4984117 100644
--- a/test/unit/runner.spec.js
+++ b/test/unit/runner.spec.js
@@ -344,9 +344,13 @@ describe('Runner', function() {
   describe('.failHook(hook, err)', function() {
     it('should increment .failures', function() {
       expect(runner.failures, 'to be', 0);
-      runner.failHook(new Test('fail hook 1', noop), {});
+      var test1 = new Test('fail hook 1', noop);
+      var test2 = new Test('fail hook 2', noop);
+      suite.addTest(test1);
+      suite.addTest(test2);
+      runner.failHook(test1, new Error('error1'));
       expect(runner.failures, 'to be', 1);
-      runner.failHook(new Test('fail hook 2', noop), {});
+      runner.failHook(test2, new Error('error2'));
       expect(runner.failures, 'to be', 2);
     });
 
@@ -364,7 +368,8 @@ describe('Runner', function() {
 
     it('should emit "fail"', function(done) {
       var hook = new Hook();
-      var err = {};
+      hook.parent = suite;
+      var err = new Error('error');
       runner.on('fail', function(hook, err) {
         expect(hook, 'to be', hook);
         expect(err, 'to be', err);
@@ -375,7 +380,8 @@ describe('Runner', function() {
 
     it('should not emit "end" if suite bail is not true', function(done) {
       var hook = new Hook();
-      var err = {};
+      hook.parent = suite;
+      var err = new Error('error');
       suite.bail(false);
       runner.on('end', function() {
         throw new Error('"end" was emit, but the bail is false');
@@ -454,6 +460,7 @@ describe('Runner', function() {
 
       it('should prettify the stack-trace', function(done) {
         var hook = new Hook();
+        hook.parent = suite;
         var err = new Error();
         // Fake stack-trace
         err.stack = stack.join('\n');
@@ -475,6 +482,7 @@ describe('Runner', function() {
 
       it('should display the full stack-trace', function(done) {
         var hook = new Hook();
+        hook.parent = suite;
         var err = new Error();
         // Fake stack-trace
         err.stack = stack.join('\n');