diff -u b/src/journal.sh b/src/journal.sh
--- b/src/journal.sh
+++ b/src/journal.sh
@@ -115,12 +115,13 @@
     export __INTERNAL_METAFILE_INDENT_LEVEL=0
     __INTERNAL_PHASE_TYPE=()
     __INTERNAL_PHASE_NAME=()
-    export __INTERNAL_PRESISTENT_DATA="$BEAKERLIB_DIR/PersistentData"
+    export __INTERNAL_PERSISTENT_DATA="$BEAKERLIB_DIR/PersistentData"
+    export __INTERNAL_TEST_RESULTS="$BEAKERLIB_DIR/TestResults"
     export __INTERNAL_JOURNAL_OPEN=''
     __INTERNAL_PersistentDataLoad
     export __INTERNAL_PHASES_FAILED=0
     export __INTERNAL_PHASES_PASSED=0
-    export __INTERNAL_PHASES_SKIPED=0
+    export __INTERNAL_PHASES_SKIPPED=0
     export __INTERNAL_PHASES_WORST_RESULT='PASS'
     export __INTERNAL_TEST_STATE=0
     __INTERNAL_PHASE_TXTLOG_START=()
@@ -249,6 +250,7 @@
 
     echo "#End of metafile" >> $__INTERNAL_BEAKERLIB_METAFILE
     __INTERNAL_JournalXMLCreate
+    __INTERNAL_TestResultsSave
 }
 
 
@@ -346,11 +348,11 @@
 
 __INTERNAL_update_journal_txt() {
   local textfile
-  local duration=$(($__INTERNAL_TIMESTAMP - $__INTERNAL_STARTTIME))
   local endtime
+  __INTERNAL_DURATION=$(($__INTERNAL_TIMESTAMP - $__INTERNAL_STARTTIME))
   printf -v endtime "%($__INTERNAL_TIMEFORMAT_LONG)T %s" $__INTERNAL_TIMESTAMP "(still running)"
   [[ -n "$__INTERNAL_ENDTIME" ]] && printf -v endtime "%($__INTERNAL_TIMEFORMAT_LONG)T" $__INTERNAL_ENDTIME
-  local sed_patterns="0,/    Test finished : /s/^(    Test finished : ).*\$/\1$endtime/;0,/    Test duration : /s/^(    Test duration : ).*\$/\1$duration seconds/"
+  local sed_patterns="0,/    Test finished : /s/^(    Test finished : ).*\$/\1$endtime/;0,/    Test duration : /s/^(    Test duration : ).*\$/\1$__INTERNAL_DURATION seconds/"
   for textfile in "$__INTERNAL_BEAKERLIB_JOURNAL_COLORED" "$__INTERNAL_BEAKERLIB_JOURNAL_TXT"; do
     sed -r -i "$sed_patterns" "$textfile"
   done
@@ -439,6 +441,43 @@
     return 0
 }
 
+
+# Creation of TestResults file
+# Each line of the file contains TESTRESULT_VAR=$RESULT_VALUE
+# so the file can be sourced afterwards
+__INTERNAL_TestResultsSave(){
+    # Set exit code of the test according to worst phase result
+    case "$__INTERNAL_PHASES_WORST_RESULT" in
+    PASS)
+        __TESTRESULT_RESULT_ECODE="0"
+        ;;
+    WARN)
+        __TESTRESULT_RESULT_ECODE="10"
+        ;;
+    FAIL)
+        __TESTRESULT_RESULT_ECODE="20"
+        ;;
+    *)
+        __TESTRESULT_RESULT_ECODE="30"
+        ;;
+    esac
+
+    cat > "$__INTERNAL_TEST_RESULTS" <<EOF
+# This is a result file of the test in a 'sourceable' form.
+# Description of individual variables can be found in beakerlib man page.
+TESTRESULT_RESULT_STRING=$__INTERNAL_PHASES_WORST_RESULT
+TESTRESULT_RESULT_ECODE=$__TESTRESULT_RESULT_ECODE
+TESTRESULT_PHASES_PASSED=$__INTERNAL_PHASES_PASSED
+TESTRESULT_PHASES_FAILED=$__INTERNAL_PHASES_FAILED
+TESTRESULT_PHASES_SKIPPED=$__INTERNAL_PHASES_SKIPPED
+TESTRESULT_ASSERTS_FAILED=$__INTERNAL_TEST_STATE
+TESTRESULT_STARTTIME=$__INTERNAL_STARTTIME
+TESTRESULT_ENDTIME=$__INTERNAL_ENDTIME
+TESTRESULT_DURATION=$__INTERNAL_DURATION
+TESTRESULT_BEAKERLIB_DIR=$BEAKERLIB_DIR
+EOF
+}
+
 # backward compatibility
 rlCreateLogFromJournal(){
     rlLogWarning "rlCreateLogFromJournal is obsoleted by rlJournalPrintText"
@@ -891,29 +930,29 @@
 }
 
 
-# whenever any of the persistend variable is touched,
+# whenever any of the persistent variable is touched,
 # functions __INTERNAL_PersistentDataLoad and __INTERNAL_PersistentDataSave
 # should be called before and after that respectively.
 
 __INTERNAL_PersistentDataSave() {
-  cat > "$__INTERNAL_PRESISTENT_DATA" <<EOF
+  cat > "$__INTERNAL_PERSISTENT_DATA" <<EOF
 __INTERNAL_STARTTIME=$__INTERNAL_STARTTIME
 __INTERNAL_TEST_STATE=$__INTERNAL_TEST_STATE
 __INTERNAL_PHASES_PASSED=$__INTERNAL_PHASES_PASSED
 __INTERNAL_PHASES_FAILED=$__INTERNAL_PHASES_FAILED
-__INTERNAL_PHASES_SKIPED=$__INTERNAL_PHASES_SKIPED
+__INTERNAL_PHASES_SKIPPED=$__INTERNAL_PHASES_SKIPPED
 __INTERNAL_JOURNAL_OPEN=$__INTERNAL_JOURNAL_OPEN
 __INTERNAL_PHASES_WORST_RESULT=$__INTERNAL_PHASES_WORST_RESULT
 EOF
-declare -p __INTERNAL_PHASE_FAILED >> $__INTERNAL_PRESISTENT_DATA
-declare -p __INTERNAL_PHASE_PASSED >> $__INTERNAL_PRESISTENT_DATA
-declare -p __INTERNAL_PHASE_STARTTIME >> $__INTERNAL_PRESISTENT_DATA
-declare -p __INTERNAL_PHASE_TXTLOG_START >> $__INTERNAL_PRESISTENT_DATA
-declare -p __INTERNAL_PHASE_METRICS >> $__INTERNAL_PRESISTENT_DATA
+declare -p __INTERNAL_PHASE_FAILED >> $__INTERNAL_PERSISTENT_DATA
+declare -p __INTERNAL_PHASE_PASSED >> $__INTERNAL_PERSISTENT_DATA
+declare -p __INTERNAL_PHASE_STARTTIME >> $__INTERNAL_PERSISTENT_DATA
+declare -p __INTERNAL_PHASE_TXTLOG_START >> $__INTERNAL_PERSISTENT_DATA
+declare -p __INTERNAL_PHASE_METRICS >> $__INTERNAL_PERSISTENT_DATA
 }
 
 __INTERNAL_PersistentDataLoad() {
-  [[ -r "$__INTERNAL_PRESISTENT_DATA" ]] && . "$__INTERNAL_PRESISTENT_DATA"
+  [[ -r "$__INTERNAL_PERSISTENT_DATA" ]] && . "$__INTERNAL_PERSISTENT_DATA"
 }
 
 # ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
only in patch2:
unchanged:
--- a/src/beakerlib.sh
+++ b/src/beakerlib.sh
@@ -96,6 +96,48 @@ See the BKRDOC section for more information about Automated documentation genera
 
 =for comment beakerlib-manual-footer
 
+=head1 OUTPUT FILES
+
+Location of test results related output files can be configured by setting BEAKERLIB_DIR variable before running the test. If it is not set, temporary directory is created.
+
+=head2 journal.txt
+
+Journal in human readable form.
+
+=head2 journal.xml
+
+Journal in XML format, requires python. This dependency can be avoided if the test is run with variable BEAKERLIB_JOURNAL set to 0 in which case journal.xml is not created.
+
+=head3 XSLT
+
+XML journal can be transformed through XSLT template. Which template is used is configurable by setting BEAKERLIB_JOURNAL variable. Value can be either filename in which case beakerlib will try to use $INSTALL_DIR/xslt-template/$filename (e.g.: /usr/share/beakerlib/xstl-templates/xunit.xsl) or it can be path to a template anywhere on the system.
+
+=head2 TestResults
+
+Overall results of the test in a 'sourceable' form. Each line contains a pair VAR=VALUE. All variable names have 'TESTRESULT_' prefix.
+
+=head3 List of variables:
+
+TESTRESULT_RESULT_STRING - Result of the test in a string, e.g.: PASS, FAIL, WARN.
+
+TESTRESULT_RESULT_ECODE - Result of the test as an integer, 0 equals to PASS.
+
+TESTRESULT_PHASES_PASSED - Number of phases that ended with PASS.
+
+TESTRESULT_PHASES_FAILED - Number of phases that ended with non-PASS result.
+
+TESTRESULT_PHASES_SKIPPED - Number of skipped phases.
+
+TESTRESULT_ASSERTS_FAILED - Number of asserts that ended with non-PASS result in the whole test.
+
+TESTRESULT_STARTTIME - Time when test started in seconds since epoch.
+
+TESTRESULT_ENDTIME - Time when test ended in seconds since epoch.
+
+TESTRESULT_DURATION - Duration of the test run in seconds.
+
+TESTRESULT_BEAKERLIB_DIR - Directory with test results files.
+
 =head1 EXAMPLES
 
 =head2 Simple