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diff --git a/Lib/sysconfig.py b/Lib/sysconfig.py
index 619e4583bd..0122f08476 100644
--- a/Lib/sysconfig.py
+++ b/Lib/sysconfig.py
@@ -84,7 +84,12 @@ _PREFIX = os.path.normpath(sys.prefix)
_EXEC_PREFIX = os.path.normpath(sys.exec_prefix)
_CONFIG_VARS = None
_USER_BASE = None
-_PROJECT_BASE = os.path.dirname(realpath(sys.executable))
+if sys.executable:
+ _PROJECT_BASE = os.path.dirname(realpath(sys.executable))
+else:
+ # sys.executable can be empty if argv[0] has been changed and Python is
+ # unable to retrieve the real program name
+ _PROJECT_BASE = realpath(os.getcwd())
if os.name == "nt" and "pcbuild" in _PROJECT_BASE[-8:].lower():
_PROJECT_BASE = realpath(os.path.join(_PROJECT_BASE, pardir))