diff --git a/AUTHORS b/AUTHORS
index 7ce822b43..06947d17b 100644
--- a/AUTHORS
+++ b/AUTHORS
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ Andy Freeland
 Anthon van der Neut
 Anthony Shaw
 Anthony Sottile
+Anton Lodder
 Antony Lee
 Armin Rigo
 Aron Coyle
diff --git a/changelog/4631.bugfix.rst b/changelog/4631.bugfix.rst
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..df929e8af
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelog/4631.bugfix.rst
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Don't rewrite assertion when ``__getattr__`` is broken