diff --git a/hspec-core.cabal b/hspec-core.cabal
--- a/hspec-core.cabal
+++ b/hspec-core.cabal
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 -- see: https://github.com/sol/hpack
 
 name:             hspec-core
-version:          2.4.0
+version:          2.4.1
 license:          MIT
 license-file:     LICENSE
 copyright:        (c) 2011-2017 Simon Hengel,
diff --git a/src/Test/Hspec/Core/Example.hs b/src/Test/Hspec/Core/Example.hs
--- a/src/Test/Hspec/Core/Example.hs
+++ b/src/Test/Hspec/Core/Example.hs
@@ -153,7 +153,7 @@
         Just loc -> Just $ Location (HUnit.locationFile loc) (HUnit.locationLine loc) (HUnit.locationColumn loc) ExactLocation
 #endif
 #else
-  HUnit.HUnitFailure err -> Failure Nothing err
+  HUnit.HUnitFailure err -> Failure Nothing (Reason err)
 #endif
 
 instance Example (a -> Expectation) where