diff --git a/Modules/main.c b/Modules/main.c
index 6904e3f76e8911..eb197c7471cdbf 100644
--- a/Modules/main.c
+++ b/Modules/main.c
@@ -51,6 +51,7 @@ pymain_init(const _PyArgv *args)
 
     PyConfig config;
     PyConfig_InitPythonConfig(&config);
+    config.pathconfig_warnings = 0;
 
     /* pass NULL as the config: config is read from command line arguments,
        environment variables, configuration files */
diff --git a/build.zig b/build.zig
index c7fc831039a7f9..c1d634ea770c06 100644
--- a/build.zig
+++ b/build.zig
@@ -814,7 +814,7 @@ pub fn build(b: *std.Build) void {
         "-fvisibility=hidden",
         "-DPy_BUILD_CORE",
 
-        "-DPYTHONPATH=\"\"",
+        std.fmt.allocPrint(b.allocator, "-DPYTHONPATH=\"{s}\"", .{b.path("Lib").getPath(b)}) catch @panic("OOM"),
         "-DPREFIX=\"/usr/local\"",
         "-DEXEC_PREFIX=\"/usr/local\"",
         "-DVERSION=\"3.11\"",