The present invention relates to a method and apparatus for reporting a cell quality measurement result for minimization of drive test (MDT) to a base station in an efficient manner by a terminal. The method for reporting a quality measurement result for MDT by a terminal according to one aspect of the present invention comprises: receiving from a base station a first message that contains logging configuration information of a quality measurement result for the MDT; performing quality measurement for the MDT and logging the quality measurement result according to logging configuration information contained in the first message; receiving from the base station a second message that contains information regarding whether the base station supports the report of the quality measurement result; and transmitting to the base station a message notifying the existence of the logged quality measurement result, if the second message contains the information regarding the support of the measurement result.