diff --git a/AUTHORS b/AUTHORS
index 862378be9f5..502cfff7ee7 100644
--- a/AUTHORS
+++ b/AUTHORS
@@ -149,6 +149,7 @@ Punyashloka Biswal
 Quentin Pradet
 Ralf Schmitt
 Ran Benita
+Raphael Castaneda
 Raphael Pierzina
 Raquel Alegre
 Ravi Chandra
diff --git a/_pytest/junitxml.py b/_pytest/junitxml.py
index 7fb40dc3548..e929eeba8e4 100644
--- a/_pytest/junitxml.py
+++ b/_pytest/junitxml.py
@@ -85,6 +85,9 @@ def append(self, node):
     def add_property(self, name, value):
         self.properties.append((str(name), bin_xml_escape(value)))
 
+    def add_attribute(self, name, value):
+        self.attrs[str(name)] = bin_xml_escape(value)
+
     def make_properties_node(self):
         """Return a Junit node containing custom properties, if any.
         """
@@ -98,6 +101,7 @@ def make_properties_node(self):
     def record_testreport(self, testreport):
         assert not self.testcase
         names = mangle_test_address(testreport.nodeid)
+        existing_attrs = self.attrs
         classnames = names[:-1]
         if self.xml.prefix:
             classnames.insert(0, self.xml.prefix)
@@ -111,6 +115,7 @@ def record_testreport(self, testreport):
         if hasattr(testreport, "url"):
             attrs["url"] = testreport.url
         self.attrs = attrs
+        self.attrs.update(existing_attrs)  # restore any user-defined attributes
 
     def to_xml(self):
         testcase = Junit.testcase(time=self.duration, **self.attrs)
@@ -211,6 +216,27 @@ def add_property_noop(name, value):
         return add_property_noop
 
 
+@pytest.fixture
+def record_xml_attribute(request):
+    """Add extra xml attributes to the tag for the calling test.
+    The fixture is callable with ``(name, value)``, with value being automatically
+    xml-encoded
+    """
+    request.node.warn(
+        code='C3',
+        message='record_xml_attribute is an experimental feature',
+    )
+    xml = getattr(request.config, "_xml", None)
+    if xml is not None:
+        node_reporter = xml.node_reporter(request.node.nodeid)
+        return node_reporter.add_attribute
+    else:
+        def add_attr_noop(name, value):
+            pass
+
+        return add_attr_noop
+
+
 def pytest_addoption(parser):
     group = parser.getgroup("terminal reporting")
     group.addoption(
diff --git a/changelog/3130.feature b/changelog/3130.feature
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..3c60cd75cf2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelog/3130.feature
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Add fixture `record_xml_attribute` that allows modifying and inserting attributes on the `<testcase>` xml node in junit reports.
diff --git a/testing/test_junitxml.py b/testing/test_junitxml.py
index b604c02a3de..d95f3de6209 100644
--- a/testing/test_junitxml.py
+++ b/testing/test_junitxml.py
@@ -879,6 +879,27 @@ def test_record_with_same_name(record_xml_property):
     pnodes[1].assert_attr(name="foo", value="baz")
 
 
+def test_record_attribute(testdir):
+    testdir.makepyfile("""
+        import pytest
+
+        @pytest.fixture
+        def other(record_xml_property):
+            record_xml_property("bar", 1)
+        def test_record(record_xml_property, other):
+            record_xml_property("foo", "<1");
+    """)
+    result, dom = runandparse(testdir, '-rw')
+    node = dom.find_first_by_tag("testsuite")
+    tnode = node.find_first_by_tag("testcase")
+    tnode.assert_attr(bar="1")
+    tnode.assert_attr(foo="<1")
+    result.stdout.fnmatch_lines([
+        'test_record_attribute.py::test_record',
+        '*record_xml_attribute*experimental*',
+    ])
+
+
 def test_random_report_log_xdist(testdir):
     """xdist calls pytest_runtest_logreport as they are executed by the slaves,
     with nodes from several nodes overlapping, so junitxml must cope with that