diff --git a/pytest/__init__.py b/pytest/__init__.py
index 3ded672c1..19bde72c5 100644
--- a/pytest/__init__.py
+++ b/pytest/__init__.py
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ see http://pytest.org for documentation and details
 
 (c) Holger Krekel and others, 2004-2010
 """
-__version__ = "2.0.0.dev4"
+__version__ = '2.0.0.dev6'
 
 __all__ = ['config', 'cmdline']
 
diff --git a/pytest/plugin/config.py b/pytest/plugin/config.py
index 89433a4d2..619e84983 100644
--- a/pytest/plugin/config.py
+++ b/pytest/plugin/config.py
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ import py
 import sys, os
 from pytest._core import PluginManager
 
+
 def pytest_cmdline_parse(pluginmanager, args):
     config = Config(pluginmanager)
     config.parse(args)
@@ -283,11 +284,25 @@ class Config(object):
             if not hasattr(self.option, opt.dest):
                 setattr(self.option, opt.dest, opt.default)
 
+    def _setinitialconftest(self, args):
+        # capture output during conftest init (#issue93)
+        name = hasattr(os, 'dup') and 'StdCaptureFD' or 'StdCapture'
+        cap = getattr(py.io, name)()
+        try:
+            try:
+                self._conftest.setinitial(args)
+            finally:
+                out, err = cap.reset()
+        except:
+            sys.stdout.write(out)
+            sys.stderr.write(err)
+            raise
+
     def _preparse(self, args):
         self.pluginmanager.consider_setuptools_entrypoints()
         self.pluginmanager.consider_env()
         self.pluginmanager.consider_preparse(args)
-        self._conftest.setinitial(args)
+        self._setinitialconftest(args)
         self.pluginmanager.do_addoption(self._parser)
 
     def parse(self, args):
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 1ddbf92fd..c6d19a7f8 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ def main():
         name='pytest',
         description='py.test: simple powerful testing with Python',
         long_description = long_description,
-        version='2.0.0.dev5',
+        version='2.0.0.dev6',
         url='http://pytest.org',
         license='MIT license',
         platforms=['unix', 'linux', 'osx', 'cygwin', 'win32'],
diff --git a/testing/acceptance_test.py b/testing/acceptance_test.py
index 9e04ff7bf..c751dcfad 100644
--- a/testing/acceptance_test.py
+++ b/testing/acceptance_test.py
@@ -138,15 +138,23 @@ class TestGeneralUsage:
             "*Module*test_issue88*",
         ])
 
-    @py.test.mark.xfail
     def test_issue93_initialnode_importing_capturing(self, testdir):
         testdir.makeconftest("""
-            print "should not be seen"
+            print ("should not be seen")
         """)
         result = testdir.runpytest()
         assert result.ret == 0
         assert "should not be seen" not in result.stdout.str()
 
+    def test_conftest_printing_shows_if_error(self, testdir):
+        testdir.makeconftest("""
+            print ("should be seen")
+            assert 0
+        """)
+        result = testdir.runpytest()
+        assert result.ret != 0
+        assert "should be seen" in result.stdout.str()
+
     @py.test.mark.skipif("not hasattr(os, 'symlink')")
     def test_chdir(self, testdir):
         testdir.tmpdir.join("py").mksymlinkto(py._pydir)