diff --git a/CHANGELOG.rst b/CHANGELOG.rst
index 536e4b97d..7d5bee5a8 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.rst
+++ b/CHANGELOG.rst
@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
 3.1.0.dev
 =========
 
-*
+* Testcase reports with a url attribute will now properly write this to junitxml.
+  Thanks `@fushi`_ for the PR
 
 *
 
@@ -11,6 +12,8 @@
 
 *
 
+.. _@fushi: https://github.com/fushi
+
 
 3.0.2
 =====
@@ -35,7 +38,7 @@
   enabled. This allows proper post mortem debugging for all applications
   which have significant logic in their tearDown machinery (`#1890`_). Thanks
   `@mbyt`_ for the PR.
-  
+
 * Fix use of deprecated ``getfuncargvalue`` method in the internal doctest plugin.
   Thanks `@ViviCoder`_ for the report (`#1898`_).
 
diff --git a/_pytest/junitxml.py b/_pytest/junitxml.py
index da190ff21..88e4f5282 100644
--- a/_pytest/junitxml.py
+++ b/_pytest/junitxml.py
@@ -102,6 +102,8 @@ class _NodeReporter(object):
         }
         if testreport.location[1] is not None:
             attrs["line"] = testreport.location[1]
+        if hasattr(testreport, "url"):
+            attrs["url"] = testreport.url
         self.attrs = attrs
 
     def to_xml(self):
diff --git a/testing/test_junitxml.py b/testing/test_junitxml.py
index aec2741f1..382d7c137 100644
--- a/testing/test_junitxml.py
+++ b/testing/test_junitxml.py
@@ -922,3 +922,28 @@ def test_global_properties(testdir):
         actual[k] = v
 
     assert actual == expected
+
+
+def test_url_property(testdir):
+    test_url = "http://www.github.com/pytest-dev"
+    path = testdir.tmpdir.join("test_url_property.xml")
+    log = LogXML(str(path), None)
+    from _pytest.runner import BaseReport
+
+    class Report(BaseReport):
+        longrepr = "FooBarBaz"
+        sections = []
+        nodeid = "something"
+        location = 'tests/filename.py', 42, 'TestClass.method'
+        url = test_url
+
+    test_report = Report()
+
+    log.pytest_sessionstart()
+    node_reporter = log._opentestcase(test_report)
+    node_reporter.append_failure(test_report)
+    log.pytest_sessionfinish()
+
+    test_case = minidom.parse(str(path)).getElementsByTagName('testcase')[0]
+
+    assert (test_case.getAttribute('url') == test_url), "The URL did not get written to the xml"
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