diff --git a/modules/python/package/cv2/load_config_py3.py b/modules/python/package/cv2/load_config_py3.py
index 6f3b21ab86..83a44d19ce 100644
--- a/modules/python/package/cv2/load_config_py3.py
+++ b/modules/python/package/cv2/load_config_py3.py
@@ -5,5 +5,5 @@ import sys
 if sys.version_info[:2] >= (3, 0):
     def exec_file_wrapper(fpath, g_vars, l_vars):
         with open(fpath) as f:
-            code = compile(f.read(), os.path.basename(fpath), 'exec')
+            code = compile(f.read(), fpath, 'exec')
             exec(code, g_vars, l_vars)