diff --git a/tests/src/unit-regression2.cpp b/tests/src/unit-regression2.cpp
index 1ea5ac595..79ca5a770 100644
--- a/tests/src/unit-regression2.cpp
+++ b/tests/src/unit-regression2.cpp
@@ -808,6 +808,26 @@ TEST_CASE("regression tests 2")
         CHECK(j == k);
     }
 
+#ifdef JSON_HAS_CPP_17
+    SECTION("issue #5066 - MSVC converts json to std::variant<json> via the conversion operator")
+    {
+        // std::variant<json> must not be retrievable via get<>(), because otherwise the
+        // implicit conversion operator becomes a candidate that MSVC picks over the variant's
+        // converting constructor, routing a number through the string from_json overload
+        static_assert(!nlohmann::detail::is_detected<nlohmann::detail::get_template_function, const json&, std::variant<json>>::value,
+                      "std::variant<json> must not be retrievable via get<>()");
+
+        // clang before 7 cannot instantiate libstdc++'s std::variant<json>
+#if !(defined(__clang__) && __clang_major__ < 7)
+        // push_back, not emplace_back: #5066 needs the implicit conversion
+        // from json to the vector's value type
+        std::vector<std::variant<json>> v;
+        v.push_back(json(1)); // NOLINT(hicpp-use-emplace,modernize-use-emplace)
+        CHECK(std::get<0>(v[0]) == 1);
+#endif
+    }
+#endif
+
     SECTION("issue #3669 - invalid use of incomplete type with optional member and to_json")
     {
         const Issue3669Holder h{};