diff --git a/pytest_asyncio/plugin.py b/pytest_asyncio/plugin.py
index 3fcea6fc..c0b65da2 100644
--- a/pytest_asyncio/plugin.py
+++ b/pytest_asyncio/plugin.py
@@ -125,14 +125,18 @@ def pytest_pyfunc_call(pyfuncitem):
     if 'asyncio' in pyfuncitem.keywords:
         if getattr(pyfuncitem.obj, 'is_hypothesis_test', False):
             pyfuncitem.obj.hypothesis.inner_test = wrap_in_sync(
-                pyfuncitem.obj.hypothesis.inner_test
+                pyfuncitem.obj.hypothesis.inner_test,
+                _loop=pyfuncitem.funcargs['event_loop']
             )
         else:
-            pyfuncitem.obj = wrap_in_sync(pyfuncitem.obj)
+            pyfuncitem.obj = wrap_in_sync(
+                pyfuncitem.obj,
+                _loop=pyfuncitem.funcargs['event_loop']
+            )
     yield
 
 
-def wrap_in_sync(func):
+def wrap_in_sync(func, _loop):
     """Return a sync wrapper around an async function executing it in the
     current event loop."""
 
@@ -140,9 +144,15 @@ def wrap_in_sync(func):
     def inner(**kwargs):
         coro = func(**kwargs)
         if coro is not None:
-            task = asyncio.ensure_future(coro)
             try:
-                asyncio.get_event_loop().run_until_complete(task)
+                loop = asyncio.get_event_loop()
+            except RuntimeError as exc:
+                if 'no current event loop' not in str(exc):
+                    raise
+                loop = _loop
+            task = asyncio.ensure_future(coro, loop=loop)
+            try:
+                loop.run_until_complete(task)
             except BaseException:
                 # run_until_complete doesn't get the result from exceptions
                 # that are not subclasses of `Exception`. Consume all
@@ -154,9 +164,11 @@ def inner(**kwargs):
 
 
 def pytest_runtest_setup(item):
-    if 'asyncio' in item.keywords and 'event_loop' not in item.fixturenames:
+    if 'asyncio' in item.keywords:
         # inject an event loop fixture for all async tests
-        item.fixturenames.append('event_loop')
+        if 'event_loop' in item.fixturenames:
+            item.fixturenames.remove('event_loop')
+        item.fixturenames.insert(0, 'event_loop')
     if item.get_closest_marker("asyncio") is not None \
         and not getattr(item.obj, 'hypothesis', False) \
         and getattr(item.obj, 'is_hypothesis_test', False):
diff --git a/tests/test_simple.py b/tests/test_simple.py
index 00c07fcb..c8dccaf8 100644
--- a/tests/test_simple.py
+++ b/tests/test_simple.py
@@ -128,6 +128,29 @@ async def test_asyncio_marker_without_loop(self, remove_loop):
         assert ret == 'ok'
 
 
+class TestEventLoopStartedBeforeFixtures:
+    @pytest.fixture
+    async def loop(self):
+        return asyncio.get_event_loop()
+
+    @staticmethod
+    def foo():
+        return 1
+
+    @pytest.mark.asyncio
+    async def test_no_event_loop(self, loop):
+        assert await loop.run_in_executor(None, self.foo) == 1
+
+    @pytest.mark.asyncio
+    async def test_event_loop_after_fixture(self, loop, event_loop):
+        assert await loop.run_in_executor(None, self.foo) == 1
+
+    @pytest.mark.asyncio
+    async def test_event_loop_before_fixture(self, event_loop, loop):
+        assert await loop.run_in_executor(None, self.foo) == 1
+
+
+
 @pytest.mark.asyncio
 async def test_no_warning_on_skip():
     pytest.skip("Test a skip error inside asyncio")