1 files changed, 6 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/py/compile.c b/py/compile.c
index f10b378074..e0561e6c32 100644
--- a/py/compile.c
+++ b/py/compile.c
@@ -539,6 +539,12 @@ STATIC void close_over_variables_etc(compiler_t *comp, scope_t *this_scope, int
     assert(n_pos_defaults >= 0);
     assert(n_kw_defaults >= 0);
 
+    // set flags
+    if (n_kw_defaults > 0) {
+        this_scope->scope_flags |= MP_SCOPE_FLAG_DEFKWARGS;
+    }
+    this_scope->num_def_pos_args = n_pos_defaults;
+
     // make closed over variables, if any
     // ensure they are closed over in the order defined in the outer scope (mainly to agree with CPython)
     int nfree = 0;