diff --git a/src/_pytest/monkeypatch.py b/src/_pytest/monkeypatch.py
index 2e5cca52628..e360c9d334e 100644
--- a/src/_pytest/monkeypatch.py
+++ b/src/_pytest/monkeypatch.py
@@ -13,10 +13,10 @@
 from typing import TypeVar
 from typing import Union
 
-import pytest
 from _pytest.compat import overload
 from _pytest.fixtures import fixture
 from _pytest.pathlib import Path
+from _pytest.warning_types import PytestWarning
 
 RE_IMPORT_ERROR_NAME = re.compile(r"^No module named (.*)$")
 
@@ -272,7 +272,7 @@ def setenv(self, name: str, value: str, prepend: Optional[str] = None) -> None:
         and prepend the ``value`` adjoined with the ``prepend`` character."""
         if not isinstance(value, str):
             warnings.warn(
-                pytest.PytestWarning(
+                PytestWarning(
                     "Value of environment variable {name} type should be str, but got "
                     "{value!r} (type: {type}); converted to str implicitly".format(
                         name=name, value=value, type=type(value).__name__
diff --git a/src/pytest/__init__.py b/src/pytest/__init__.py
index 64d6d1f23ee..a7bea9be15f 100644
--- a/src/pytest/__init__.py
+++ b/src/pytest/__init__.py
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@
 from _pytest.main import Session
 from _pytest.mark import MARK_GEN as mark
 from _pytest.mark import param
+from _pytest.monkeypatch import MonkeyPatch
 from _pytest.nodes import Collector
 from _pytest.nodes import File
 from _pytest.nodes import Item
@@ -76,6 +77,7 @@
     "main",
     "mark",
     "Module",
+    "MonkeyPatch",
     "Package",
     "param",
     "PytestAssertRewriteWarning",