diff --git a/src/commands/run.zsh b/src/commands/run.zsh
index 078f552..9207233 100644
--- a/src/commands/run.zsh
+++ b/src/commands/run.zsh
@@ -167,6 +167,7 @@ function _zunit_execute_test() {
             # The kill time has been reached, kill the child process,
             # and exit the wrapper function
             kill -9 $pid >/dev/null 2>&1
+            echo "Test took too long to run. Terminated after $time_limit seconds"
             exit 78
           fi
         done
@@ -191,7 +192,7 @@ function _zunit_execute_test() {
 
       return
     elif [[ $state -eq 78 ]]; then
-      _zunit_error "Test took too long to run. Terminated after $time_limit seconds" $output
+      _zunit_error $output
 
       return
     elif [[ -z $allow_risky && $state -eq 248 ]]; then
diff --git a/src/helpers.zsh b/src/helpers.zsh
index 9cf55db..b634566 100644
--- a/src/helpers.zsh
+++ b/src/helpers.zsh
@@ -158,6 +158,37 @@ function assert() {
   IFS=$oldIFS
 }
 
+###
+# Mark the current test as passed
+###
+function pass() {
+  # Exit code 0 will end the test, and mark is as passed. The reason for
+  # skipping is echoed to stdout first, so that it can be picked up by the
+  # error handler
+  exit 0
+}
+
+###
+# Mark the current test as failed
+###
+function fail() {
+  # Any non-zero exit code without special meaning will mark the test as failed.
+  # The failure message is echoed to stdout first, so that it can be picked up
+  # by the error handler
+  echo "$@"
+  exit 1
+}
+
+###
+# Mark the current test as skipped
+###
+function error() {
+  # Exit code 78 will end the test, and report an error. The error message
+  # is echoed to stdout first, so that it can be picked up by the error handler
+  echo "$@"
+  exit 78
+}
+
 ###
 # Mark the current test as skipped
 ###
diff --git a/tests/helpers.zunit b/tests/helpers.zunit
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..04d2077
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/helpers.zunit
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env zunit
+
+@test 'Test pass helper' {
+  run pass
+
+  assert $state equals 0
+  assert "$output" is_empty
+}
+
+@test 'Test fail helper' {
+  run fail 'The failure message'
+
+  assert $state equals 1
+  assert "$output" same_as 'The failure message'
+}
+
+@test 'Test error helper' {
+  run error 'The error message'
+
+  assert $state equals 78
+  assert "$output" same_as 'The error message'
+}
+
+@test 'Test skip helper' {
+  run skip 'The skip message'
+
+  assert $state equals 48
+  assert "$output" same_as 'The skip message'
+}