diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 7d017e1..3b4f697 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
 
 A pytest plug-in for easy integration of PyStack in your test suite.
 
-It can be used to automatically dump the stack trace of a hanging test in your suite.
+It can be used to automatically dump the stack trace of a hanging test in your suite (with exception to test using `pytester` fixture).
 
 See [PyStack](https://github.com/bloomberg/pystack) for further information about the tool.
 
diff --git a/src/pytest_pystack/plugin.py b/src/pytest_pystack/plugin.py
index 16a1cd0..563d1e8 100644
--- a/src/pytest_pystack/plugin.py
+++ b/src/pytest_pystack/plugin.py
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ def pytest_addoption(parser) -> None:
 
 @pytest.hookimpl
 def pytest_runtest_makereport(item, call):
-    if call.when in {"setup", "teardown"} and item.config._pystack_queue:
+    if call.when in {"setup", "teardown"} and item.config._pystack_queue and "pytester" not in item.fixturenames:
         item.config._pystack_queue.put(item.name)