diff --git a/httprunner/exceptions.py b/httprunner/exceptions.py
index 29b743d7..7eeeb7c8 100644
--- a/httprunner/exceptions.py
+++ b/httprunner/exceptions.py
@@ -15,6 +15,12 @@ class ValidationFailure(MyBaseFailure):
 class ExtractFailure(MyBaseFailure):
     pass
 
+class SetupHooksFailure(MyBaseFailure):
+    pass
+
+class TeardownHooksFailure(MyBaseFailure):
+    pass
+
 
 """ error type exceptions
     these exceptions will mark test as error
diff --git a/httprunner/response.py b/httprunner/response.py
index 424d9084..869fe950 100644
--- a/httprunner/response.py
+++ b/httprunner/response.py
@@ -153,7 +153,7 @@ class ResponseObject(object):
                 logger.log_error(err_msg)
                 raise exceptions.ExtractFailure(err_msg)
 
-        # new set response attributes
+        # new set response attributes in teardown_hooks
         elif top_query == "attributes":
             if not sub_query:
                 # extract response attributes
@@ -163,10 +163,10 @@ class ResponseObject(object):
                 return self.attributes[sub_query]
             else:
                 # content = "attributes.new_attribute_not_exist"
-                err_msg = u"Failed to extract cumstom set attribute! => {}\n".format(field)
+                err_msg = u"Failed to extract cumstom set attribute from teardown hooks! => {}\n".format(field)
                 err_msg += u"response set attributes: {}\n".format(self.attributes)
                 logger.log_error(err_msg)
-                raise exceptions.ExtractFailure(err_msg)
+                raise exceptions.TeardownHooksFailure(err_msg)
 
         # others
         else:
diff --git a/httprunner/runner.py b/httprunner/runner.py
index fd0cced9..1742f249 100644
--- a/httprunner/runner.py
+++ b/httprunner/runner.py
@@ -171,6 +171,7 @@ class Runner(object):
         # teardown hooks
         teardown_hooks = testcase_dict.get("teardown_hooks", [])
         if teardown_hooks:
+            logger.log_info("start to run teardown hooks")
             self.context.bind_testcase_variable("response", resp_obj)
             self.do_hook_actions(teardown_hooks)
 
diff --git a/tests/debugtalk.py b/tests/debugtalk.py
index 1d10b20a..c6029c3e 100644
--- a/tests/debugtalk.py
+++ b/tests/debugtalk.py
@@ -103,3 +103,7 @@ def alter_response(response):
     response.headers["Content-Type"] = "html/text"
     response.json["headers"]["Host"] = "127.0.0.1:8888"
     response.attributes["new_attribute"] = "new_attribute"
+
+def alter_response_error(response):
+    # NameError
+    not_defined_variable
diff --git a/tests/test_runner.py b/tests/test_runner.py
index 029bea7e..cd406211 100644
--- a/tests/test_runner.py
+++ b/tests/test_runner.py
@@ -222,11 +222,37 @@ class TestRunner(ApiServerUnittest):
                 ]
             }
         ]
-        # with self.assertRaises(exceptions.AssertionError):
         runner = HttpRunner().run(testsets)
-
         summary = runner.summary
         self.assertFalse(summary["success"])
+        self.assertEqual(summary["stat"]["failures"], 1)
+
+    def test_run_httprunner_with_teardown_hooks_error(self):
+        testsets = [
+            {
+                "name": "test teardown hooks",
+                "config": {
+                    'path': 'tests/httpbin/hooks.yml',
+                },
+                "testcases": [
+                    {
+                        "name": "test teardown hooks",
+                        "request": {
+                            "url": "http://127.0.0.1:3458/headers",
+                            "method": "GET",
+                            "data": "abc"
+                        },
+                        "teardown_hooks": [
+                            "${alter_response_error($response)}"
+                        ]
+                    }
+                ]
+            }
+        ]
+        runner = HttpRunner().run(testsets)
+        summary = runner.summary
+        self.assertFalse(summary["success"])
+        self.assertEqual(summary["stat"]["errors"], 1)
 
     def test_run_testset_with_teardown_hooks_success(self):
         test = {