diff --git a/test/functional/test_runner.py b/test/functional/test_runner.py
--- a/test/functional/test_runner.py
+++ b/test/functional/test_runner.py
@@ -191,8 +191,9 @@
     logging.basicConfig(format='%(message)s', level=logging_level)
 
     # Create base test directory
-    tmpdir = os.path.join("{}", "bitcoin_test_runner_{:%Y%m%d_%H%M%S}").format(
-        args.tmpdirprefix, datetime.datetime.now())
+    runner_id = "bitcoin_test_runner_{:%Y%m%d_%H%M%S}".format(
+        datetime.datetime.now())
+    tmpdir = os.path.join("{}", "{}").format(args.tmpdirprefix, runner_id)
     os.makedirs(tmpdir)
 
     logging.debug("Temporary test directory at {}".format(tmpdir))
@@ -302,10 +303,10 @@
                                    "cache"), ignore_errors=True)
 
     run_tests(test_list, build_dir, tests_dir, args.junitoutput,
-              tmpdir, args.jobs, args.coverage, passon_args, args.combinedlogslen, build_timings)
+              tmpdir, args.jobs, runner_id, args.coverage, passon_args, args.combinedlogslen, build_timings)
 
 
-def run_tests(test_list, build_dir, tests_dir, junitoutput, tmpdir, num_jobs, enable_coverage=False, args=[], combined_logs_len=0, build_timings=None):
+def run_tests(test_list, build_dir, tests_dir, junitoutput, tmpdir, num_jobs, runner_id, enable_coverage=False, args=[], combined_logs_len=0, build_timings=None):
     # Warn if bitcoind is already running (unix only)
     try:
         pidofOutput = subprocess.check_output(["pidof", "bitcoind"])
@@ -349,7 +350,7 @@
     max_len_name = len(max(test_list, key=len))
     print_results(test_results, tests_dir, max_len_name,
                   runtime, combined_logs_len)
-    save_results_as_junit(test_results, junitoutput, runtime)
+    save_results_as_junit(test_results, junitoutput, runtime, runner_id)
 
     if (build_timings is not None):
         build_timings.save_timings(test_results)
@@ -677,14 +678,14 @@
         return all_cmds - covered_cmds
 
 
-def save_results_as_junit(test_results, file_name, time):
+def save_results_as_junit(test_results, file_name, time, runner_id):
     """
     Save tests results to file in JUnit format
 
     See http://llg.cubic.org/docs/junit/ for specification of format
     """
     e_test_suite = ET.Element("testsuite",
-                              {"name": "bitcoin_abc_tests",
+                              {"name": runner_id,
                                "tests": str(len(test_results)),
                                # "errors":
                                "failures": str(len([t for t in test_results if t.status == "Failed"])),