diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Tools-Demos/2023-04-05-07-19-36.gh-issue-103186.yEozgK.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Tools-Demos/2023-04-05-07-19-36.gh-issue-103186.yEozgK.rst
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..7e28ba69632
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Tools-Demos/2023-04-05-07-19-36.gh-issue-103186.yEozgK.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+``freeze`` now fetches ``CONFIG_ARGS`` from the original CPython instance
+the Makefile uses to call utility scripts. Patch by Ijtaba Hussain.
diff --git a/Tools/freeze/test/freeze.py b/Tools/freeze/test/freeze.py
index f6a5adb4519..92e97cb2617 100644
--- a/Tools/freeze/test/freeze.py
+++ b/Tools/freeze/test/freeze.py
@@ -153,7 +153,7 @@ def prepare(script=None, outdir=None):
     print(f'configuring python in {builddir}...')
     cmd = [
         os.path.join(srcdir, 'configure'),
-        *shlex.split(get_config_var(srcdir, 'CONFIG_ARGS') or ''),
+        *shlex.split(get_config_var(SRCDIR, 'CONFIG_ARGS') or ''),
     ]
     ensure_opt(cmd, 'cache-file', os.path.join(outdir, 'python-config.cache'))
     prefix = os.path.join(outdir, 'python-installation')