diff --git a/pluggy/callers.py b/pluggy/callers.py
index c5934b96..642bbcc2 100644
--- a/pluggy/callers.py
+++ b/pluggy/callers.py
@@ -96,7 +96,10 @@ def execute(self):
             except BaseException:
                 excinfo = sys.exc_info()
         finally:
-            outcome = _Result(results, excinfo)
+            if firstresult:  # first result hooks return a single value
+                outcome = _Result(results[0] if results else None, excinfo)
+            else:
+                outcome = _Result(results, excinfo)
 
             # run all wrapper post-yield blocks
             for gen in reversed(teardowns):
@@ -106,10 +109,6 @@ def execute(self):
                 except StopIteration:
                     pass
 
-            if firstresult:
-                result = outcome.get_result()
-                return result[0] if result else None
-
             return outcome.get_result()
 
     def __repr__(self):
diff --git a/testing/test_hookrelay.py b/testing/test_hookrelay.py
index 3653151b..7d9b6f52 100644
--- a/testing/test_hookrelay.py
+++ b/testing/test_hookrelay.py
@@ -87,13 +87,56 @@ class Plugin3(object):
         def hello(self, arg):
             return None
 
+    class Plugin4(object):
+        @hookimpl(hookwrapper=True)
+        def hello(self, arg):
+            assert arg == 3
+            outcome = yield
+            assert outcome.get_result() == 2
+
     pm.register(Plugin1())  # discarded - not the last registered plugin
     pm.register(Plugin2())  # used as result
     pm.register(Plugin3())  # None result is ignored
+    pm.register(Plugin4())  # hookwrapper should get same non-list result
     res = pm.hook.hello(arg=3)
     assert res == 2
 
 
+def test_firstresult_force_result(pm):
+    """Verify forcing a result in a wrapper.
+    """
+    class Api(object):
+        @hookspec(firstresult=True)
+        def hello(self, arg):
+            "api hook 1"
+
+    pm.add_hookspecs(Api)
+
+    class Plugin1(object):
+        @hookimpl
+        def hello(self, arg):
+            return arg + 1
+
+    class Plugin2(object):
+        @hookimpl(hookwrapper=True)
+        def hello(self, arg):
+            assert arg == 3
+            outcome = yield
+            assert outcome.get_result() == 4
+            outcome.force_result(0)
+
+    class Plugin3(object):
+        @hookimpl
+        def hello(self, arg):
+            return None
+
+    pm.register(Plugin1())
+    pm.register(Plugin2())  # wrapper
+    pm.register(Plugin3())  # ignored since returns None
+    res = pm.hook.hello(arg=3)
+    assert res == 0  # this result is forced and not a list
+
+
 def test_firstresult_returns_none(pm):
     """If None results are returned by underlying implementations ensure
     the multi-call loop returns a None value.