diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Core and Builtins/2019-01-12-23-33-04.bpo-35720.LELKQx.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Core and Builtins/2019-01-12-23-33-04.bpo-35720.LELKQx.rst
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9c57ebcb625
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Core and Builtins/2019-01-12-23-33-04.bpo-35720.LELKQx.rst	
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Fixed a minor memory leak in pymain_parse_cmdline_impl function in Modules/main.c
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diff --git a/Modules/main.c b/Modules/main.c
index 8e66ddded41..da79a6397b3 100644
--- a/Modules/main.c
+++ b/Modules/main.c
@@ -1376,6 +1376,7 @@ pymain_read_conf(_PyMain *pymain, _PyCoreConfig *config,
             goto done;
         }
         pymain_clear_cmdline(pymain, cmdline);
+        pymain_clear_pymain(pymain);
         memset(cmdline, 0, sizeof(*cmdline));
         config->utf8_mode = new_utf8_mode;
         config->coerce_c_locale = new_coerce_c_locale;