diff --git a/py/test/defaultconftest.py b/py/test/defaultconftest.py
index 2ffdedc42..a83eb41f4 100644
--- a/py/test/defaultconftest.py
+++ b/py/test/defaultconftest.py
@@ -10,8 +10,7 @@ Instance = py.test.collect.Instance
 
 conf_iocapture = "fd" # overridable from conftest.py 
 
-# XXX resultlog should go, pypy's nightrun depends on it
-pytest_plugins = "default terminal xfail tmpdir execnetcleanup resultlog monkeypatch".split()
+pytest_plugins = "default terminal xfail tmpdir execnetcleanup monkeypatch".split()
 
 # ===================================================
 # settings in conftest only (for now) - for distribution
diff --git a/py/test/plugin/pytest_resultlog.py b/py/test/plugin/pytest_resultlog.py
index 76abad5c5..2f8d3358d 100644
--- a/py/test/plugin/pytest_resultlog.py
+++ b/py/test/plugin/pytest_resultlog.py
@@ -5,8 +5,9 @@ class ResultlogPlugin:
        Useful for buildbot integration code. 
     """ 
     def pytest_addoption(self, parser):
-        parser.addoption('--resultlog', action="store", dest="resultlog", 
-               help="path for machine-readable result log")
+        group = parser.addgroup("resultlog", "resultlog plugin options")
+        group.addoption('--resultlog', action="store", dest="resultlog", metavar="path",
+               help="path for machine-readable result log.")
     
     def pytest_configure(self, config):
         resultlog = config.option.resultlog
diff --git a/py/test/pytestplugin.py b/py/test/pytestplugin.py
index 115a90cc5..51d524058 100644
--- a/py/test/pytestplugin.py
+++ b/py/test/pytestplugin.py
@@ -78,7 +78,9 @@ class PytestPlugins(object):
         return self.pyplugins.notify(eventname, *args, **kwargs)
 
     def do_addoption(self, parser):
-        self.pyplugins.call_each('pytest_addoption', parser=parser)
+        methods = self.pyplugins.listattr("pytest_addoption", reverse=True)
+        mc = py._com.MultiCall(methods, parser=parser)
+        mc.execute()
 
     def pyevent_plugin_registered(self, plugin):
         if hasattr(self, '_config'):