diff --git a/AUTHORS b/AUTHORS
index 88bbfe352..1dbef3d5d 100644
--- a/AUTHORS
+++ b/AUTHORS
@@ -55,6 +55,7 @@ Charnjit SiNGH (CCSJ)
 Chris Lamb
 Christian Boelsen
 Christian Fetzer
+Christian Neumüller
 Christian Theunert
 Christian Tismer
 Christopher Gilling
diff --git a/changelog/5792.bugfix.rst b/changelog/5792.bugfix.rst
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..1ee0364dd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelog/5792.bugfix.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+Windows: Fix error that occurs in certain circumstances when loading
+``conftest.py`` from a working directory that has casing other than the one stored
+in the filesystem (e.g., ``c:\test`` instead of ``C:\test``).