diff --git a/AUTHORS b/AUTHORS
index 1b3cbaf57..0bf529f02 100644
--- a/AUTHORS
+++ b/AUTHORS
@@ -69,6 +69,7 @@ Ralf Schmitt
 Raphael Pierzina
 Ronny Pfannschmidt
 Ross Lawley
+Ryan Wooden
 Samuele Pedroni
 Tom Viner
 Trevor Bekolay
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.rst b/CHANGELOG.rst
index e89a40954..1d83e6b7b 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.rst
+++ b/CHANGELOG.rst
@@ -30,7 +30,9 @@
 
 *
 
-*
+* catch IndexError exceptions when getting exception source location. This fixes
+  pytest internal error for dynamically generated code (fixtures and tests)
+  where source lines are fake by intention
 
 *
 
diff --git a/_pytest/python.py b/_pytest/python.py
index d5612a584..ec346f587 100644
--- a/_pytest/python.py
+++ b/_pytest/python.py
@@ -1774,7 +1774,7 @@ class FixtureLookupError(LookupError):
             fspath, lineno = getfslineno(function)
             try:
                 lines, _ = inspect.getsourcelines(get_real_func(function))
-            except IOError:
+            except (IOError, IndexError):
                 error_msg = "file %s, line %s: source code not available"
                 addline(error_msg % (fspath, lineno+1))
             else:
diff --git a/testing/test_runner.py b/testing/test_runner.py
index 6f4a0cee3..c3c415e0f 100644
--- a/testing/test_runner.py
+++ b/testing/test_runner.py
@@ -568,6 +568,32 @@ def test_makereport_getsource(testdir):
     result.stdout.fnmatch_lines(['*else: assert False*'])
 
 
+def test_makereport_getsource_dynamic_code(testdir, monkeypatch):
+    """Test that exception in dynamically generated code doesn't break getting the source line."""
+    import inspect
+    original_findsource = inspect.findsource
+    def findsource(obj, *args, **kwargs):
+        # Can be triggered by dynamically created functions
+        if obj.__name__ == 'foo':
+            raise IndexError()
+        return original_findsource(obj, *args, **kwargs)
+    monkeypatch.setattr(inspect, 'findsource', findsource)
+
+    testdir.makepyfile("""
+        import pytest
+
+        @pytest.fixture
+        def foo(missing):
+            pass
+
+        def test_fix(foo):
+            assert False
+    """)
+    result = testdir.runpytest('-vv')
+    assert 'INTERNALERROR' not in result.stdout.str()
+    result.stdout.fnmatch_lines(["*test_fix*", "*fixture*'missing'*not found*"])
+
+
 def test_store_except_info_on_eror():
     """ Test that upon test failure, the exception info is stored on
     sys.last_traceback and friends.