diff --git a/configure b/configure
index a1ad0ae25101cd..451bc70442bb11 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -6961,7 +6961,7 @@ fi
 fi
      ;; #(
               WASI/*) :
-    HOSTRUNNER='wasmtime run --wasm max-wasm-stack=8388608 --wasi preview2 --env PYTHONPATH=/$(shell realpath --relative-to $(abs_srcdir) $(abs_builddir))/$(shell cat pybuilddir.txt):/Lib --dir $(srcdir)::/' ;; #(
+    HOSTRUNNER='wasmtime run --argv0 /$(shell realpath --relative-to $(abs_srcdir) $(abs_builddir))/python.wasm --wasm max-wasm-stack=8388608 --wasi preview2 --env PYTHONPATH=/$(shell realpath --relative-to $(abs_srcdir) $(abs_builddir))/$(shell cat pybuilddir.txt):/Lib --dir $(srcdir)::/' ;; #(
   *) :
     HOSTRUNNER=''
    ;;
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 7b4000fa9c340d..e7b70a83e10820 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -1580,7 +1580,7 @@ then
     dnl TODO: support other WASI runtimes
     dnl wasmtime starts the proces with "/" as CWD. For OOT builds add the
     dnl directory containing _sysconfigdata to PYTHONPATH.
-    [WASI/*], [HOSTRUNNER='wasmtime run --wasm max-wasm-stack=8388608 --wasi preview2 --env PYTHONPATH=/$(shell realpath --relative-to $(abs_srcdir) $(abs_builddir))/$(shell cat pybuilddir.txt):/Lib --dir $(srcdir)::/'],
+    [WASI/*], [HOSTRUNNER='wasmtime run --argv0 /$(shell realpath --relative-to $(abs_srcdir) $(abs_builddir))/python.wasm --wasm max-wasm-stack=8388608 --wasi preview2 --env PYTHONPATH=/$(shell realpath --relative-to $(abs_srcdir) $(abs_builddir))/$(shell cat pybuilddir.txt):/Lib --dir $(srcdir)::/'],
     [HOSTRUNNER='']
   )
 fi