diff --git a/CHANGELOG b/CHANGELOG
index ebdb57e4b..8fca5f9ad 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG
+++ b/CHANGELOG
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-Changes between 1.3.1 and 1.3.x
+Changes between 1.3.1 and 1.3.2a
 ==================================================
 
 New features 
@@ -56,6 +56,8 @@ Bug fixes / Maintenance
 - make path.bestrelpath(path) return ".", note that when calling 
   X.bestrelpath the assumption is that X is a directory. 
 - make initial conftest discovery ignore "--" prefixed arguments 
+- fix resultlog plugin when used in an multicpu/multihost xdist situation 
+  (thanks Jakub Gustak) 
 
 Changes between 1.3.0 and 1.3.1
 ==================================================
diff --git a/py/_plugin/pytest_resultlog.py b/py/_plugin/pytest_resultlog.py
index 6763ebfd0..f16d5f73a 100644
--- a/py/_plugin/pytest_resultlog.py
+++ b/py/_plugin/pytest_resultlog.py
@@ -16,7 +16,8 @@ def pytest_addoption(parser):
 
 def pytest_configure(config):
     resultlog = config.option.resultlog
-    if resultlog:
+    # prevent opening resultlog on slave nodes (xdist)
+    if resultlog and not hasattr(config, 'slaveinput'):
         logfile = open(resultlog, 'w', 1) # line buffered
         config._resultlog = ResultLog(config, logfile) 
         config.pluginmanager.register(config._resultlog)
@@ -50,7 +51,7 @@ def generic_path(item):
         gpath.append(name)
         fspath = newfspath
     return ''.join(gpath)
-        
+
 class ResultLog(object):
     def __init__(self, config, logfile):
         self.config = config
diff --git a/testing/plugin/test_pytest_resultlog.py b/testing/plugin/test_pytest_resultlog.py
index 7d41947d2..1585d366d 100644
--- a/testing/plugin/test_pytest_resultlog.py
+++ b/testing/plugin/test_pytest_resultlog.py
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 import py
 import os
-from py._plugin.pytest_resultlog import generic_path, ResultLog
+from py._plugin.pytest_resultlog import generic_path, ResultLog, \
+        pytest_configure, pytest_unconfigure
 from py._test.collect import Node, Item, FSCollector
 
 def test_generic_path(testdir):
@@ -172,4 +173,19 @@ def test_generic(testdir, LineMatcher):
         "x *:test_xfail", 
         "x *:test_xfail_norun", 
     ])
-    
+
+def test_no_resultlog_on_slaves(testdir):
+    config = testdir.parseconfig("-p", "resultlog", "--resultlog=resultlog")
+
+    assert not hasattr(config, '_resultlog')
+    pytest_configure(config)
+    assert hasattr(config, '_resultlog')
+    pytest_unconfigure(config)
+    assert not hasattr(config, '_resultlog')
+
+    config.slaveinput = {}
+    pytest_configure(config)
+    assert not hasattr(config, '_resultlog')
+    pytest_unconfigure(config)
+    assert not hasattr(config, '_resultlog')
+