diff --git a/include/aspect/simulator.h b/include/aspect/simulator.h
index 38d8cfe4db8..07cd4a2c3c5 100644
--- a/include/aspect/simulator.h
+++ b/include/aspect/simulator.h
@@ -2003,6 +2003,7 @@ namespace aspect
       unsigned int                                              timestep_number;
       unsigned int                                              pre_refinement_step;
       unsigned int                                              nonlinear_iteration;
+      unsigned int                                              nonlinear_solver_failures;
       /**
        * @}
        */
diff --git a/source/simulator/core.cc b/source/simulator/core.cc
index 97dc539ef1d..de1a03a59cf 100644
--- a/source/simulator/core.cc
+++ b/source/simulator/core.cc
@@ -196,6 +196,7 @@ namespace aspect
     old_time_step (numbers::signaling_nan<double>()),
     timestep_number (numbers::invalid_unsigned_int),
     nonlinear_iteration (numbers::invalid_unsigned_int),
+    nonlinear_solver_failures (0),
 
     // We need to disable eliminate_refined_boundary_islands as this leads to
     // a deadlock for deal.II <= 9.2.0 as described in
@@ -1981,6 +1982,7 @@ namespace aspect
       {
         pcout << "\nWARNING: The nonlinear solver in the current timestep failed to converge." << std::endl
               << "Acting according to the parameter 'Nonlinear solver failure strategy'..." << std::endl;
+        ++nonlinear_solver_failures;
 
         switch (parameters.nonlinear_solver_failure_strategy)
           {
@@ -2208,6 +2210,9 @@ namespace aspect
     // throwing an exception. Therefore, we have to do this manually here:
     computing_timer.print_summary ();
 
+    if (nonlinear_solver_failures>0)
+      pcout << "\nWARNING: During this computation " << nonlinear_solver_failures << " nonlinear solver failures occurred!" << std::endl;
+
     pcout << "-- Total wallclock time elapsed including restarts: "
           << round(wall_timer.wall_time()+total_walltime_until_last_snapshot)
           << 's' << std::endl;