diff --git a/CHANGELOG b/CHANGELOG
index 03c804514..8bff69a53 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG
+++ b/CHANGELOG
@@ -16,6 +16,10 @@
   fixtures declared on the first one.
   Thanks Florian Bruhin for reporting and Bruno Oliveira for the PR.
 
+- fix issue863: skipped tests now report the correct reason when a skip/xfail
+  condition is met when using multiple markers.
+  Thanks Raphael Pierzina for reporting and Bruno Oliveira for the PR.
+
 - optimized tmpdir fixture initialization, which should make test sessions
   faster (specially when using pytest-xdist). The only visible effect
   is that now pytest uses a subdirectory in the $TEMP directory for all
diff --git a/_pytest/skipping.py b/_pytest/skipping.py
index 5f31166aa..2f931d879 100644
--- a/_pytest/skipping.py
+++ b/_pytest/skipping.py
@@ -98,24 +98,36 @@ class MarkEvaluator:
         return d
 
     def _istrue(self):
+        if hasattr(self, 'result'):
+            return self.result
         if self.holder:
             d = self._getglobals()
             if self.holder.args:
                 self.result = False
-                for expr in self.holder.args:
-                    self.expr = expr
-                    if isinstance(expr, py.builtin._basestring):
-                        result = cached_eval(self.item.config, expr, d)
-                    else:
-                        if self.get("reason") is None:
-                            # XXX better be checked at collection time
-                            pytest.fail("you need to specify reason=STRING "
-                                        "when using booleans as conditions.")
-                        result = bool(expr)
-                    if result:
-                        self.result = True
+                # "holder" might be a MarkInfo or a MarkDecorator; only
+                # MarkInfo keeps track of all parameters it received in an
+                # _arglist attribute
+                if hasattr(self.holder, '_arglist'):
+                    arglist = self.holder._arglist
+                else:
+                    arglist = [(self.holder.args, self.holder.kwargs)]
+                for args, kwargs in arglist:
+                    for expr in args:
                         self.expr = expr
-                        break
+                        if isinstance(expr, py.builtin._basestring):
+                            result = cached_eval(self.item.config, expr, d)
+                        else:
+                            if "reason" not in kwargs:
+                                # XXX better be checked at collection time
+                                msg = "you need to specify reason=STRING " \
+                                      "when using booleans as conditions."
+                                pytest.fail(msg)
+                            result = bool(expr)
+                        if result:
+                            self.result = True
+                            self.reason = kwargs.get('reason', None)
+                            self.expr = expr
+                            return self.result
             else:
                 self.result = True
         return getattr(self, 'result', False)
@@ -124,7 +136,7 @@ class MarkEvaluator:
         return self.holder.kwargs.get(attr, default)
 
     def getexplanation(self):
-        expl = self.get('reason', None)
+        expl = getattr(self, 'reason', None) or self.get('reason', None)
         if not expl:
             if not hasattr(self, 'expr'):
                 return ""
diff --git a/testing/test_skipping.py b/testing/test_skipping.py
index 00f6833e6..6e827cb46 100644
--- a/testing/test_skipping.py
+++ b/testing/test_skipping.py
@@ -409,6 +409,26 @@ class TestSkipif:
         ])
         assert result.ret == 0
 
+    @pytest.mark.parametrize('marker, msg1, msg2', [
+        ('skipif', 'SKIP', 'skipped'),
+        ('xfail', 'XPASS', 'xpassed'),
+    ])
+    def test_skipif_reporting_multiple(self, testdir, marker, msg1, msg2):
+        testdir.makepyfile(test_foo="""
+            import pytest
+            @pytest.mark.{marker}(False, reason='first_condition')
+            @pytest.mark.{marker}(True, reason='second_condition')
+            def test_foobar():
+                assert 1
+        """.format(marker=marker))
+        result = testdir.runpytest('-s', '-rsxX')
+        result.stdout.fnmatch_lines([
+            "*{msg1}*test_foo.py*second_condition*".format(msg1=msg1),
+            "*1 {msg2}*".format(msg2=msg2),
+        ])
+        assert result.ret == 0
+
+
 def test_skip_not_report_default(testdir):
     p = testdir.makepyfile(test_one="""
         import pytest