diff --git a/AUTHORS b/AUTHORS
index fb20de20d..b22511db1 100644
--- a/AUTHORS
+++ b/AUTHORS
@@ -210,6 +210,7 @@ Omer Hadari
 Ondřej Súkup
 Oscar Benjamin
 Patrick Hayes
+Pauli Virtanen
 Paweł Adamczak
 Pedro Algarvio
 Philipp Loose
diff --git a/changelog/6384.improvement.rst b/changelog/6384.improvement.rst
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..75d1e605d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelog/6384.improvement.rst
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Make `--showlocals` work also with `--tb=short`.
diff --git a/src/_pytest/_code/code.py b/src/_pytest/_code/code.py
index f0e503f4f..8c6857280 100644
--- a/src/_pytest/_code/code.py
+++ b/src/_pytest/_code/code.py
@@ -786,9 +786,7 @@ class FormattedExcinfo:
                 message = excinfo and excinfo.typename or ""
             path = self._makepath(entry.path)
             filelocrepr = ReprFileLocation(path, entry.lineno + 1, message)
-            localsrepr = None
-            if not short:
-                localsrepr = self.repr_locals(entry.locals)
+            localsrepr = self.repr_locals(entry.locals)
             return ReprEntry(lines, reprargs, localsrepr, filelocrepr, style)
         if excinfo:
             lines.extend(self.get_exconly(excinfo, indent=4))
@@ -1045,6 +1043,8 @@ class ReprEntry(TerminalRepr):
             for line in self.lines:
                 red = line.startswith("E   ")
                 tw.line(line, bold=True, red=red)
+            if self.reprlocals:
+                self.reprlocals.toterminal(tw, indent=" " * 8)
             return
         if self.reprfuncargs:
             self.reprfuncargs.toterminal(tw)
@@ -1086,9 +1086,9 @@ class ReprLocals(TerminalRepr):
     def __init__(self, lines: Sequence[str]) -> None:
         self.lines = lines
 
-    def toterminal(self, tw) -> None:
+    def toterminal(self, tw, indent="") -> None:
         for line in self.lines:
-            tw.line(line)
+            tw.line(indent + line)
 
 
 class ReprFuncArgs(TerminalRepr):
diff --git a/testing/test_terminal.py b/testing/test_terminal.py
index 98d7d96bc..66b22a8a7 100644
--- a/testing/test_terminal.py
+++ b/testing/test_terminal.py
@@ -670,6 +670,26 @@ class TestTerminalFunctional:
             ]
         )
 
+    def test_showlocals_short(self, testdir):
+        p1 = testdir.makepyfile(
+            """
+            def test_showlocals_short():
+                x = 3
+                y = "xxxx"
+                assert 0
+        """
+        )
+        result = testdir.runpytest(p1, "-l", "--tb=short")
+        result.stdout.fnmatch_lines(
+            [
+                "test_showlocals_short.py:*",
+                "    assert 0",
+                "E   assert 0",
+                "        x          = 3",
+                "        y          = 'xxxx'",
+            ]
+        )
+
     @pytest.fixture
     def verbose_testfile(self, testdir):
         return testdir.makepyfile(