diff --git a/testing/test_fixture_finalizer.py b/testing/test_fixture_finalizer.py
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+"""Tests for fixtures with different scoping."""
+import py.code
+
+
+def test_fixture_finalizer(testdir):
+    testdir.makeconftest("""
+    import pytest
+
+    @pytest.fixture
+    def browser(request):
+
+        def finalize():
+            print 'Finalized'
+        request.addfinalizer(finalize)
+        return {}
+    """)
+    b = testdir.mkdir("subdir")
+    b.join("test_overriden_fixture_finalizer.py").write(py.code.Source("""
+    import pytest
+    @pytest.fixture
+    def browser(browser):
+        browser['visited'] = True
+        return browser
+
+    def test_browser(browser):
+        assert browser['visited'] is True
+    """))
+    reprec = testdir.runpytest("-s")
+    for test in ['test_browser']:
+        reprec.stdout.fnmatch_lines('Finalized')