diff --git a/Modules/getpath.py b/Modules/getpath.py
index 47f075caf5551b..f05ab3c2ed7555 100644
--- a/Modules/getpath.py
+++ b/Modules/getpath.py
@@ -738,7 +738,7 @@ def search_up(prefix, *landmarks, test=isfile):
 # ******************************************************************************
 
 config['program_name'] = program_name
-config['home'] = home
+config['home'] = home if home_was_set else None
 config['executable'] = executable
 config['base_executable'] = base_executable
 config['prefix'] = prefix