diff --git a/python/publish/unittestresults.py b/python/publish/unittestresults.py
index 14eb1ee7..127ea623 100644
--- a/python/publish/unittestresults.py
+++ b/python/publish/unittestresults.py
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ def with_commit(self, commit: str) -> 'ParsedUnitTestResultsWithCommit':
 class ParsedUnitTestResultsWithCommit(ParsedUnitTestResults):
     commit: str
 
-    def with_stats(self,
+    def with_cases(self,
                    cases_skipped: int,
                    cases_failures: int,
                    cases_errors: int,
@@ -113,6 +113,22 @@ def with_stats(self,
             tests_errors=tests_errors
         )
 
+    def without_cases(self):
+        # when there are no case information, we use the
+        # testsuite information for case and test level
+        return self.with_cases(
+            # test states and counts from cases
+            cases_skipped=self.suite_skipped,
+            cases_failures=self.suite_failures,
+            cases_errors=self.suite_errors,
+            cases_time=self.suite_time,
+            case_results=UnitTestCaseResults(),
+
+            tests=self.suite_tests,
+            tests_skipped=self.suite_skipped,
+            tests_failures=self.suite_failures,
+            tests_errors=self.suite_errors,
+        )
 
 @dataclass(frozen=True)
 class UnitTestResults(ParsedUnitTestResultsWithCommit):
@@ -268,6 +284,10 @@ def get_test_results(parsed_results: ParsedUnitTestResultsWithCommit,
     :return: unit test result statistics
     """
     cases = parsed_results.cases
+
+    if len(cases) == 0:
+        return parsed_results.without_cases()
+
     cases_skipped = [case for case in cases if case.result in ['skipped', 'disabled']]
     cases_failures = [case for case in cases if case.result == 'failure']
     cases_errors = [case for case in cases if case.result == 'error']
@@ -288,7 +308,7 @@ def get_test_results(parsed_results: ParsedUnitTestResultsWithCommit,
     tests_failures = len([test for test, state in test_results.items() if state == 'failure'])
     tests_errors = len([test for test, state in test_results.items() if state == 'error'])
 
-    return parsed_results.with_stats(
+    return parsed_results.with_cases(
         # test states and counts from cases
         cases_skipped=len(cases_skipped),
         cases_failures=len(cases_failures),
diff --git a/python/test/files/no-cases-but-tests.xml b/python/test/files/no-cases-but-tests.xml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..a1f85fbb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/python/test/files/no-cases-but-tests.xml
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><testsuites><testsuite errors="0" failures="1" hostname="test" name="pytest" skipped="2" tests="6" time="0.010" timestamp="2020-09-01T07:11:23.815873"></testsuite></testsuites>
diff --git a/python/test/test_publish.py b/python/test/test_publish.py
index dc8fe64d..d835daa0 100644
--- a/python/test/test_publish.py
+++ b/python/test/test_publish.py
@@ -1868,6 +1868,16 @@ def test_file_without_cases(self):
                               f'\n'
                               f'Results for commit a commit.\n'))
 
+    def test_file_without_cases_but_with_tests(self):
+        parsed = parse_junit_xml_files(['files/no-cases-but-tests.xml']).with_commit('a commit sha')
+        results = get_test_results(parsed, False)
+        stats = get_stats(results)
+        md = get_long_summary_md(stats)
+        self.assertEqual(md, (f'1 files  1 suites   0s {duration_label_md}\n'
+                              f'6 {all_tests_label_md} 3 {passed_tests_label_md} 2 {skipped_tests_label_md} 1 {failed_tests_label_md}\n'
+                              f'\n'
+                              f'Results for commit a commit.\n'))
+
     def test_non_parsable_file(self):
         parsed = parse_junit_xml_files(['files/empty.xml']).with_commit('a commit sha')
         results = get_test_results(parsed, False)