1 files changed, 7 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/Python/coreconfig.c b/Python/coreconfig.c
index 08273765098..de2058c0f34 100644
--- a/Python/coreconfig.c
+++ b/Python/coreconfig.c
@@ -1367,6 +1367,11 @@ _PyCoreConfig_Read(_PyCoreConfig *config, const _PyPreConfig *preconfig)
 {
     _PyInitError err;
 
+    err = _Py_PreInitialize();
+    if (_Py_INIT_FAILED(err)) {
+        return err;
+    }
+
     _PyCoreConfig_GetGlobalConfig(config);
 
     if (preconfig != NULL) {
@@ -2025,6 +2030,8 @@ config_from_cmdline(_PyCoreConfig *config, _PyCmdline *cmdline,
     int need_usage = 0;
     _PyInitError err;
 
+    _PyCoreConfig_GetGlobalConfig(config);
+
     err = config_init_program(config, cmdline);
     if (_Py_INIT_FAILED(err)) {
         return err;