diff --git a/tests/end-to-end/regression/5771.phpt b/tests/end-to-end/regression/5771.phpt
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..c711be82fd3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/end-to-end/regression/5771.phpt
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+--TEST--
+https://github.com/sebastianbergmann/phpunit/issues/5771
+--FILE--
+<?php declare(strict_types=1);
+$_SERVER['argv'][] = '--no-configuration';
+$_SERVER['argv'][] = __DIR__ . '/5771/Issue5771Test.php';
+
+require_once __DIR__ . '/../../bootstrap.php';
+
+(new PHPUnit\TextUI\Application)->run($_SERVER['argv']);
+--EXPECTF--
+PHPUnit %s by Sebastian Bergmann and contributors.
+
+Runtime: %s
+
+E                                                                   1 / 1 (100%)
+
+Time: %s, Memory: %s
+
+There was 1 error:
+
+1) PHPUnit\TestFixture\Issue5771\Issue5771Test::test
+Test was run in child process and ended unexpectedly
+
+ERRORS!
+Tests: 1, Assertions: 0, Errors: 1.
diff --git a/tests/end-to-end/regression/5771/Issue5771Test.php b/tests/end-to-end/regression/5771/Issue5771Test.php
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..72fd7f94a24
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/end-to-end/regression/5771/Issue5771Test.php
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+<?php declare(strict_types=1);
+/*
+ * This file is part of PHPUnit.
+ *
+ * (c) Sebastian Bergmann <sebastian@phpunit.de>
+ *
+ * For the full copyright and license information, please view the LICENSE
+ * file that was distributed with this source code.
+ */
+namespace PHPUnit\TestFixture\Issue5771;
+
+use PHPUnit\Framework\Attributes\RunInSeparateProcess;
+use PHPUnit\Framework\TestCase;
+
+final class Issue5771Test extends TestCase
+{
+    #[RunInSeparateProcess]
+    public function test(): void
+    {
+        exit;
+    }
+}