diff --git a/master_changes.md b/master_changes.md
index 3a947b6ac60..fec7d80d7cf 100644
--- a/master_changes.md
+++ b/master_changes.md
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ users)
 ## Init
   * Add rsync package to internal Cygwin packages list (enables local pinning and is used by the VCS backends [#5808 @dra27]
   * Recommend enabling Developer Mode on Windows [#5831 @dra27]
+  * Disable ACL in Cygwin internal install to avoid permission mismatch errors [#5796 @kit-ty-kate - fix #5781]
 
 ## Config report
 
diff --git a/src/state/opamSysInteract.ml b/src/state/opamSysInteract.ml
index 2b460749041..262aab4aa74 100644
--- a/src/state/opamSysInteract.ml
+++ b/src/state/opamSysInteract.ml
@@ -276,10 +276,20 @@ module Cygwin = struct
     in
     OpamDownload.download_as ~overwrite ?checksum url_setupexe dst
 
+  let set_fstab_noacl =
+    let orig = "binary," in
+    let re = Re.compile (Re.str orig) in
+    fun fstab ->
+      let content = OpamFilename.read fstab in
+      let content = Re.replace_string re ~by:("noacl,"^orig) content in
+      OpamFilename.with_open_out_bin_atomic fstab
+        (fun oc -> Stdlib.output_string oc content)
+
   let install ~packages =
     let open OpamProcess.Job.Op in
     let cygwin_root = internal_cygroot () in
     let cygwin_bin = cygwin_root / "bin" in
+    let fstab = cygwin_root / "etc" // "fstab" in
     let cygcheck = cygwin_bin // cygcheckexe in
     let local_cygwin_setupexe = cygsetup () in
     if OpamFilename.exists cygcheck then
@@ -317,6 +327,7 @@ module Cygwin = struct
          (OpamFilename.to_string local_cygwin_setupexe)
          args @@> fun r ->
        OpamSystem.raise_on_process_error r;
+       set_fstab_noacl fstab;
        Done ());
     cygcheck