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-rw-r--r--Misc/NEWS.d/next/Core and Builtins/2022-07-17-15-54-29.gh-issue-91256.z7i7Q5.rst1
-rw-r--r--Python/initconfig.c3
2 files changed, 4 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Core and Builtins/2022-07-17-15-54-29.gh-issue-91256.z7i7Q5.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Core and Builtins/2022-07-17-15-54-29.gh-issue-91256.z7i7Q5.rst
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..802a614
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Core and Builtins/2022-07-17-15-54-29.gh-issue-91256.z7i7Q5.rst
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Ensures the program name is known for help text during interpreter startup.
diff --git a/Python/initconfig.c b/Python/initconfig.c
index 355f986..d29c693 100644
--- a/Python/initconfig.c
+++ b/Python/initconfig.c
@@ -2310,6 +2310,9 @@ config_parse_cmdline(PyConfig *config, PyWideStringList *warnoptions,
const PyWideStringList *argv = &config->argv;
int print_version = 0;
const wchar_t* program = config->program_name;
+ if (!program && argv->length >= 1) {
+ program = argv->items[0];
+ }
_PyOS_ResetGetOpt();
do {