diff --git a/AUTHORS b/AUTHORS
index 7ae2b50d9..f4a21b22d 100644
--- a/AUTHORS
+++ b/AUTHORS
@@ -49,6 +49,7 @@ Jaap Broekhuizen
 Jan Balster
 Janne Vanhala
 Jason R. Coombs
+John Towler
 Joshua Bronson
 Jurko Gospodnetić
 Katarzyna Jachim
diff --git a/_pytest/junitxml.py b/_pytest/junitxml.py
index 660d718a6..f4de1343e 100644
--- a/_pytest/junitxml.py
+++ b/_pytest/junitxml.py
@@ -369,7 +369,7 @@ class LogXML(object):
         suite_stop_time = time.time()
         suite_time_delta = suite_stop_time - self.suite_start_time
 
-        numtests = self.stats['passed'] + self.stats['failure']
+        numtests = self.stats['passed'] + self.stats['failure'] + self.stats['skipped']
 
         logfile.write('<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>')
         logfile.write(Junit.testsuite(
diff --git a/testing/test_junitxml.py b/testing/test_junitxml.py
index 5960f8825..a4f10dec5 100644
--- a/testing/test_junitxml.py
+++ b/testing/test_junitxml.py
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ class TestPython:
         result, dom = runandparse(testdir)
         assert result.ret
         node = dom.find_first_by_tag("testsuite")
-        node.assert_attr(name="pytest", errors=0, failures=1, skips=3, tests=2)
+        node.assert_attr(name="pytest", errors=0, failures=1, skips=3, tests=5)
 
     def test_timing_function(self, testdir):
         testdir.makepyfile("""
@@ -304,7 +304,7 @@ class TestPython:
         result, dom = runandparse(testdir)
         assert not result.ret
         node = dom.find_first_by_tag("testsuite")
-        node.assert_attr(skips=1, tests=0)
+        node.assert_attr(skips=1, tests=1)
         tnode = node.find_first_by_tag("testcase")
         tnode.assert_attr(
             file="test_xfailure_function.py",
@@ -325,7 +325,7 @@ class TestPython:
         result, dom = runandparse(testdir)
         # assert result.ret
         node = dom.find_first_by_tag("testsuite")
-        node.assert_attr(skips=1, tests=0)
+        node.assert_attr(skips=1, tests=1)
         tnode = node.find_first_by_tag("testcase")
         tnode.assert_attr(
             file="test_xfailure_xpass.py",
@@ -356,7 +356,7 @@ class TestPython:
         result, dom = runandparse(testdir)
         assert result.ret == EXIT_NOTESTSCOLLECTED
         node = dom.find_first_by_tag("testsuite")
-        node.assert_attr(skips=1, tests=0)
+        node.assert_attr(skips=1, tests=1)
         tnode = node.find_first_by_tag("testcase")
         tnode.assert_attr(
             file="test_collect_skipped.py",