diff --git a/Misc/ACKS b/Misc/ACKS
index 10ac51e8add..27e5767e8c9 100644
--- a/Misc/ACKS
+++ b/Misc/ACKS
@@ -1333,6 +1333,7 @@ Mark Shannon
 Ha Shao
 Richard Shapiro
 Varun Sharma
+Daniel Shaulov
 Vlad Shcherbina
 Justin Sheehy
 Charlie Shepherd
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
index 81bbad6ccd2..cef2b817b44 100644
--- a/Misc/NEWS
+++ b/Misc/NEWS
@@ -910,6 +910,9 @@ Windows
 Tools/Demos
 -----------
 
+- Issue #26271: Fix the Freeze tool to properly use flags passed through
+  configure. Patch by Daniel Shaulov.
+
 - Issue #26489: Add dictionary unpacking support to Tools/parser/unparse.py.
   Patch by Guo Ci Teo.
 
diff --git a/Tools/freeze/makemakefile.py b/Tools/freeze/makemakefile.py
index 32e804c551e..fa43fafe1e5 100644
--- a/Tools/freeze/makemakefile.py
+++ b/Tools/freeze/makemakefile.py
@@ -17,12 +17,12 @@ def makemakefile(outfp, makevars, files, target):
             base = os.path.basename(file)
             dest = base[:-2] + '.o'
             outfp.write("%s: %s\n" % (dest, file))
-            outfp.write("\t$(CC) $(CFLAGS) $(CPPFLAGS) -c %s\n" % file)
+            outfp.write("\t$(CC) $(PY_CFLAGS) $(PY_CPPFLAGS) -c %s\n" % file)
             files[i] = dest
             deps.append(dest)
 
     outfp.write("\n%s: %s\n" % (target, ' '.join(deps)))
-    outfp.write("\t$(LINKCC) $(LDFLAGS) $(LINKFORSHARED) %s -o %s $(LDLAST)\n" %
+    outfp.write("\t$(LINKCC) $(PY_LDFLAGS) $(LINKFORSHARED) %s -o %s $(LDLAST)\n" %
                 (' '.join(files), target))
 
     outfp.write("\nclean:\n\t-rm -f *.o %s\n" % target)