diff --git a/CHANGELOG b/CHANGELOG
index 53a19d5ae..e3bafb69e 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG
+++ b/CHANGELOG
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ Changes between 2.1.2 and [next version]
 ----------------------------------------
 
 - fix issue67 / junitxml now contains correct test durations, thanks ronny
+- fix issue75 / skipping test failure on jython
 
 Changes between 2.1.1 and 2.1.2
 ----------------------------------------
diff --git a/_pytest/pytester.py b/_pytest/pytester.py
index 8bfa3d37b..3edfc6dd5 100644
--- a/_pytest/pytester.py
+++ b/_pytest/pytester.py
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ def pytest_configure(config):
         _pytest_fullpath
     except NameError:
         _pytest_fullpath = os.path.abspath(pytest.__file__.rstrip("oc"))
+        _pytest_fullpath = _pytest_fullpath.replace("$py.class", ".py")
 
 def pytest_funcarg___pytest(request):
     return PytestArg(request)
diff --git a/testing/test_skipping.py b/testing/test_skipping.py
index 0bb29b60f..7bcc8bfb7 100644
--- a/testing/test_skipping.py
+++ b/testing/test_skipping.py
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 import pytest
+import sys
 
 from _pytest.skipping import MarkEvaluator, folded_skips
 from _pytest.skipping import pytest_runtest_setup
@@ -486,6 +487,10 @@ def test_errors_in_xfail_skip_expressions(testdir):
             pass
     """)
     result = testdir.runpytest()
+    markline = "                ^"
+    if sys.platform.startswith("java"):
+        # XXX report this to java
+        markline = "*" + markline[8:]
     result.stdout.fnmatch_lines([
         "*ERROR*test_nameerror*",
         "*evaluating*skipif*expression*",
@@ -493,7 +498,7 @@ def test_errors_in_xfail_skip_expressions(testdir):
         "*ERROR*test_syntax*",
         "*evaluating*xfail*expression*",
         "    syntax error",
-        "                ^",
+        markline,
         "SyntaxError: invalid syntax",
         "*1 pass*2 error*",
     ])
diff --git a/tox.ini b/tox.ini
index a80e3755c..6605d35bd 100644
--- a/tox.ini
+++ b/tox.ini
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ deps=py>=1.4.0
 [testenv:jython]
 changedir=testing
 commands=
-    {envpython} {envbindir}/py.test-jython --no-tools-on-path \
+    {envpython} {envbindir}/py.test-jython \
         -rfsxX --junitxml={envlogdir}/junit-{envname}2.xml []
 
 [pytest]