diff --git a/CHANGELOG b/CHANGELOG
index cb1e23731..5487b5b91 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG
+++ b/CHANGELOG
@@ -10,6 +10,10 @@ Unreleased
   hook and expecting certain fixture instances are torn down within (very
   unlikely and would have been unreliable anyway).
 
+- fix issue290 - there is preliminary support now for parametrizing
+  with repeated same values (sometimes useful to to test if calling 
+  a second time works as with the first time).
+
 - fix issue246 (again) fix finalizer order to be LIFO on independent fixtures
   depending on a parametrized higher-than-function scoped fixture. 
   (fix quite some effort so please bear with the complexity of this sentence :)
diff --git a/testing/python/metafunc.py b/testing/python/metafunc.py
index 0a04b82e9..b0804220d 100644
--- a/testing/python/metafunc.py
+++ b/testing/python/metafunc.py
@@ -814,7 +814,7 @@ class TestMarkersWithParametrization:
         reprec.assertoutcome(passed=2, skipped=2)
 
 
-    @pytest.mark.xfail(reason="issue 290")
+    @pytest.mark.issue290
     def test_parametrize_ID_generation_string_int_works(self, testdir):
         testdir.makepyfile("""
             import pytest