diff --git a/mesonbuild/interpreter/interpreter.py b/mesonbuild/interpreter/interpreter.py
index 165889db8..d4d6bb14e 100644
--- a/mesonbuild/interpreter/interpreter.py
+++ b/mesonbuild/interpreter/interpreter.py
@@ -825,6 +825,7 @@ external dependencies (including libraries) must go to "dependencies".''')
             subi.modules = self.modules
             subi.holder_map = self.holder_map
             subi.bound_holder_map = self.bound_holder_map
+            subi.summary = self.summary
 
             subi.subproject_stack = self.subproject_stack + [subp_name]
             current_active = self.active_projectname
@@ -854,7 +855,6 @@ external dependencies (including libraries) must go to "dependencies".''')
         self.build.merge(subi.build)
         self.build.subprojects[subp_name] = subi.project_version
         self.coredata.initialized_subprojects.add(subp_name)
-        self.summary.update(subi.summary)
         return self.subprojects[subp_name]
 
     def _do_subproject_cmake(self, subp_name, subdir, subdir_abs, default_options, kwargs):
@@ -1177,8 +1177,9 @@ external dependencies (including libraries) must go to "dependencies".''')
         # Print all summaries, main project last.
         mlog.log('')  # newline
         main_summary = self.summary.pop('', None)
-        for _, summary in sorted(self.summary.items()):
-            summary.dump()
+        for subp_name, summary in sorted(self.summary.items()):
+            if self.subprojects[subp_name].found():
+                summary.dump()
         if main_summary:
             main_summary.dump()
 
diff --git a/test cases/unit/72 summary/subprojects/sub2/meson.build b/test cases/unit/72 summary/subprojects/sub2/meson.build
index 86b9cfd85..2560bd05d 100644
--- a/test cases/unit/72 summary/subprojects/sub2/meson.build	
+++ b/test cases/unit/72 summary/subprojects/sub2/meson.build	
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 project('sub2')
 
-error('This subproject failed')
+subproject('subsub')
 
 summary('Section', 'Should not be seen')
+error('This subproject failed')
diff --git a/test cases/unit/72 summary/subprojects/sub2/subprojects/subsub/meson.build b/test cases/unit/72 summary/subprojects/sub2/subprojects/subsub/meson.build
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..98a5a269d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test cases/unit/72 summary/subprojects/sub2/subprojects/subsub/meson.build	
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+project('subsub')
+
+summary('Something', 'Some value')
diff --git a/unittests/allplatformstests.py b/unittests/allplatformstests.py
index b7881f641..6a405c1f6 100644
--- a/unittests/allplatformstests.py
+++ b/unittests/allplatformstests.py
@@ -3091,6 +3091,10 @@ class AllPlatformTests(BasePlatformTests):
                 integer: 1
                 boolean: True
 
+            subsub undefined
+
+                Something: Some value
+
             My Project 1.0
 
               Configuration
@@ -3120,6 +3124,7 @@ class AllPlatformTests(BasePlatformTests):
               Subprojects
                 sub            : YES
                 sub2           : NO Problem encountered: This subproject failed
+                subsub         : YES
             ''')
         expected_lines = expected.split('\n')[1:]
         out_start = out.find(expected_lines[0])