diff --git a/src/_pytest/pytester.py b/src/_pytest/pytester.py
index d5faed41820..d399abf2c2e 100644
--- a/src/_pytest/pytester.py
+++ b/src/_pytest/pytester.py
@@ -67,6 +67,12 @@ def pytest_configure(config):
         if checker.matching_platform():
             config.pluginmanager.register(checker)
 
+    config.addinivalue_line(
+        "markers",
+        "pytester_example_path(*path_segments): join the given path "
+        "segments to `pytester_example_dir` for this test.",
+    )
+
 
 def raise_on_kwargs(kwargs):
     if kwargs: