diff --git a/changelog/3033.bugfix.rst b/changelog/3033.bugfix.rst
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..3fcd9dd116c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelog/3033.bugfix.rst
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Fixtures during teardown can again use ``capsys`` and ``cafd`` to inspect output captured during tests.
diff --git a/src/_pytest/capture.py b/src/_pytest/capture.py
index b2ab4e57abb..deabcac8de4 100644
--- a/src/_pytest/capture.py
+++ b/src/_pytest/capture.py
@@ -188,6 +188,7 @@ def pytest_runtest_call(self, item):
     def pytest_runtest_teardown(self, item):
         self._current_item = item
         self.resume_global_capture()
+        self.activate_fixture(item)
         yield
         self.suspend_capture_item(item, "teardown")
         self._current_item = None
@@ -308,6 +309,9 @@ class CaptureFixture(object):
     def __init__(self, captureclass, request):
         self.captureclass = captureclass
         self.request = request
+        self._capture = None
+        self._captured_out = self.captureclass.EMPTY_BUFFER
+        self._captured_err = self.captureclass.EMPTY_BUFFER
 
     def _start(self):
         self._capture = MultiCapture(
@@ -316,20 +320,26 @@ def _start(self):
         self._capture.start_capturing()
 
     def close(self):
-        cap = self.__dict__.pop("_capture", None)
-        if cap is not None:
-            self._outerr = cap.pop_outerr_to_orig()
-            cap.stop_capturing()
+        if self._capture is not None:
+            out, err = self._capture.pop_outerr_to_orig()
+            self._captured_out += out
+            self._captured_err += err
+            self._capture.stop_capturing()
+            self._capture = None
 
     def readouterr(self):
         """Read and return the captured output so far, resetting the internal buffer.
 
         :return: captured content as a namedtuple with  ``out`` and ``err`` string attributes
         """
-        try:
-            return self._capture.readouterr()
-        except AttributeError:
-            return self._outerr
+        captured_out, captured_err = self._captured_out, self._captured_err
+        if self._capture is not None:
+            out, err = self._capture.readouterr()
+            captured_out += out
+            captured_err += err
+        self._captured_out = self.captureclass.EMPTY_BUFFER
+        self._captured_err = self.captureclass.EMPTY_BUFFER
+        return CaptureResult(captured_out, captured_err)
 
     @contextlib.contextmanager
     def _suspend(self):
@@ -462,6 +472,7 @@ def readouterr(self):
 
 
 class NoCapture(object):
+    EMPTY_BUFFER = None
     __init__ = start = done = suspend = resume = lambda *args: None
 
 
@@ -471,6 +482,8 @@ class FDCaptureBinary(object):
     snap() produces `bytes`
     """
 
+    EMPTY_BUFFER = bytes()
+
     def __init__(self, targetfd, tmpfile=None):
         self.targetfd = targetfd
         try:
@@ -544,6 +557,8 @@ class FDCapture(FDCaptureBinary):
     snap() produces text
     """
 
+    EMPTY_BUFFER = str()
+
     def snap(self):
         res = FDCaptureBinary.snap(self)
         enc = getattr(self.tmpfile, "encoding", None)
@@ -553,6 +568,9 @@ def snap(self):
 
 
 class SysCapture(object):
+
+    EMPTY_BUFFER = str()
+
     def __init__(self, fd, tmpfile=None):
         name = patchsysdict[fd]
         self._old = getattr(sys, name)
@@ -590,6 +608,8 @@ def writeorg(self, data):
 
 
 class SysCaptureBinary(SysCapture):
+    EMPTY_BUFFER = bytes()
+
     def snap(self):
         res = self.tmpfile.buffer.getvalue()
         self.tmpfile.seek(0)
diff --git a/testing/test_capture.py b/testing/test_capture.py
index da0fb5369f5..be3385dfbcc 100644
--- a/testing/test_capture.py
+++ b/testing/test_capture.py
@@ -647,6 +647,34 @@ def test_captured_print(captured_print):
         assert "stdout contents begin" not in result.stdout.str()
         assert "stderr contents begin" not in result.stdout.str()
 
+    @pytest.mark.parametrize("cap", ["capsys", "capfd"])
+    def test_fixture_use_by_other_fixtures_teardown(self, testdir, cap):
+        """Ensure we can access setup and teardown buffers from teardown when using capsys/capfd (##3033)"""
+        testdir.makepyfile(
+            """
+            import sys
+            import pytest
+            import os
+
+            @pytest.fixture()
+            def fix({cap}):
+                print("setup out")
+                sys.stderr.write("setup err\\n")
+                yield
+                out, err = {cap}.readouterr()
+                assert out == 'setup out\\ncall out\\n'
+                assert err == 'setup err\\ncall err\\n'
+
+            def test_a(fix):
+                print("call out")
+                sys.stderr.write("call err\\n")
+        """.format(
+                cap=cap
+            )
+        )
+        reprec = testdir.inline_run()
+        reprec.assertoutcome(passed=1)
+
 
 def test_setup_failure_does_not_kill_capturing(testdir):
     sub1 = testdir.mkpydir("sub1")
@@ -1318,26 +1346,6 @@ def test_capattr():
     reprec = testdir.inline_run()
     reprec.assertoutcome(passed=1)
 
-def test_capfd_after_test(testdir):
-    testdir.makepyfile("""
-    import sys
-    import pytest
-    import os
-
-    @pytest.fixture()
-    def fix(capfd):
-        yield
-        out, err = capfd.readouterr()
-        assert out == 'lolcatz' + os.linesep
-        assert err == 'err'
-
-    def test_a(fix):
-        print("lolcatz")
-        sys.stderr.write("err")
-    """)
-    reprec = testdir.inline_run()
-    reprec.assertoutcome(passed=1)
-
 
 @pytest.mark.skipif(
     not sys.platform.startswith("win") and sys.version_info[:2] >= (3, 6),