diff --git a/AUTHORS b/AUTHORS
index 28cce969d..9962325d2 100644
--- a/AUTHORS
+++ b/AUTHORS
@@ -87,6 +87,7 @@ Russel Winder
 Ryan Wooden
 Samuele Pedroni
 Simon Gomizelj
+Stefano Taschini
 Thomas Grainger
 Tom Viner
 Trevor Bekolay
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.rst b/CHANGELOG.rst
index 1a8dc9433..2ab8834b7 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.rst
+++ b/CHANGELOG.rst
@@ -9,16 +9,22 @@
 * Fix internal error issue when ``method`` argument is missing for 
   ``teardown_method()``. Fixes (`#1605`_).
 
-*
-
 * Fix exception visualization in case the current working directory (CWD) gets
   deleted during testing. Fixes (`#1235`). Thanks `@bukzor` for reporting. PR by
   `@marscher`. Thanks `@nicoddemus` for his help.
 
-.. _#1580: https://github.com/pytest-dev/pytest/issues/1580
+* Ensure that a module within a namespace package can be found when it
+  is specified on the command line together with the ``--pyargs``
+  option.  Thanks to `@taschini`_ for the PR (`#1597`_).
+
+*
+
+.. _#1580: https://github.com/pytest-dev/pytest/pull/1580
 .. _#1605: https://github.com/pytest-dev/pytest/issues/1605
+.. _#1597: https://github.com/pytest-dev/pytest/pull/1597
 
 .. _@graingert: https://github.com/graingert
+.. _@taschini: https://github.com/taschini
 
 
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