diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
index 37a16d0d0da..07a76e6bf03 100644
--- a/Misc/NEWS
+++ b/Misc/NEWS
@@ -177,6 +177,9 @@ Windows
 Build
 -----
 
+- Issue #27713: Surpress spurious build warnings when updating importlib's
+  bootstrap files.  Patch by Xiang Zhang
+
 - Issue #25825: Correct the references to Modules/python.exp, which is
   required on AIX.  The references were accidentally changed in 3.5.0a1.
 
diff --git a/Programs/_freeze_importlib.c b/Programs/_freeze_importlib.c
index aecb1232af1..07939848004 100644
--- a/Programs/_freeze_importlib.c
+++ b/Programs/_freeze_importlib.c
@@ -77,6 +77,7 @@ main(int argc, char *argv[])
     Py_NoUserSiteDirectory++;
     Py_NoSiteFlag++;
     Py_IgnoreEnvironmentFlag++;
+    Py_FrozenFlag++;
 
     Py_SetProgramName(L"./_freeze_importlib");
     /* Don't install importlib, since it could execute outdated bytecode. */