diff --git a/Makefile.pre.in b/Makefile.pre.in
index 6ab1422c789..9b35398c4fe 100644
--- a/Makefile.pre.in
+++ b/Makefile.pre.in
@@ -961,7 +961,7 @@ regen-test-frozenmain: $(BUILDPYTHON)
 .PHONY: regen-test-levenshtein
 regen-test-levenshtein:
 	# Regenerate Lib/test/levenshtein_examples.json
-	$(PYTHON_FOR_REGEN) $(srcdir)/Tools/build/generate_levenshtein_examples.py Lib/test/levenshtein_examples.json
+	$(PYTHON_FOR_REGEN) $(srcdir)/Tools/build/generate_levenshtein_examples.py $(srcdir)/Lib/test/levenshtein_examples.json
 
 .PHONY: regen-re
 regen-re: $(BUILDPYTHON)
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Build/2022-10-27-19-47-31.gh-issue-98776.lt_UOG.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Build/2022-10-27-19-47-31.gh-issue-98776.lt_UOG.rst
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..049f13463b8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Build/2022-10-27-19-47-31.gh-issue-98776.lt_UOG.rst
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Fix ``make regen-test-levenshtein`` for out-of-tree builds.