diff --git a/CHANGELOG b/CHANGELOG
index b80c5a66a..23869e22f 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG
+++ b/CHANGELOG
@@ -1,6 +1,9 @@
 Changes between 2.0.2 and 2.0.3.dev
 ----------------------------------------------
 
+- fix missing skip reason/meta information in junitxml files, reported
+  via http://lists.idyll.org/pipermail/testing-in-python/2011-March/003928.html
+
 - fix issue34: avoid collection failure with "test" prefixed classes
   deriving from object.
 
diff --git a/_pytest/junitxml.py b/_pytest/junitxml.py
index db6c5a8b2..d28b19efb 100644
--- a/_pytest/junitxml.py
+++ b/_pytest/junitxml.py
@@ -106,7 +106,13 @@ class LogXML(object):
                 '<skipped message="expected test failure">%s</skipped>',
                 report.keywords['xfail'])
         else:
-            self.appendlog("<skipped/>")
+            filename, lineno, skipreason = report.longrepr
+            if skipreason.startswith("Skipped: "):
+                skipreason = skipreason[9:]
+            self.appendlog('<skipped type="pytest.skip" '
+                           'message="%s">%s</skipped>',
+                skipreason, "%s:%s: %s" % report.longrepr,
+                )
         self._closetestcase()
         self.skipped += 1
 
diff --git a/pytest.py b/pytest.py
index 90757b93c..baa3bb4e2 100644
--- a/pytest.py
+++ b/pytest.py
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 """
 unit and functional testing with Python.
 """
-__version__ = '2.0.3.dev2'
+__version__ = '2.0.3.dev3'
 __all__ = ['main']
 
 from _pytest.core import main, UsageError, _preloadplugins
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index b17306fc5..72cf5f98c 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ def main():
         name='pytest',
         description='py.test: simple powerful testing with Python',
         long_description = long_description,
-        version='2.0.3.dev2',
+        version='2.0.3.dev3',
         url='http://pytest.org',
         license='MIT license',
         platforms=['unix', 'linux', 'osx', 'cygwin', 'win32'],
diff --git a/testing/test_junitxml.py b/testing/test_junitxml.py
index 186f5c84b..4521ff1ac 100644
--- a/testing/test_junitxml.py
+++ b/testing/test_junitxml.py
@@ -58,6 +58,26 @@ class TestPython:
         assert_attr(fnode, message="test setup failure")
         assert "ValueError" in fnode.toxml()
 
+    def test_skip_contains_name_reason(self, testdir):
+        testdir.makepyfile("""
+            import pytest
+            def test_skip():
+                pytest.skip("hello23")
+        """)
+        result, dom = runandparse(testdir)
+        assert result.ret == 0
+        node = dom.getElementsByTagName("testsuite")[0]
+        assert_attr(node, skips=1)
+        tnode = node.getElementsByTagName("testcase")[0]
+        assert_attr(tnode,
+            classname="test_skip_contains_name_reason",
+            name="test_skip")
+        snode = tnode.getElementsByTagName("skipped")[0]
+        assert_attr(snode,
+            type="pytest.skip",
+            message="hello23",
+            )
+
     def test_classname_instance(self, testdir):
         testdir.makepyfile("""
             class TestClass: