diff --git a/Doc/whatsnew/3.11.rst b/Doc/whatsnew/3.11.rst
index 6853c04143512c..9b9e166e88896c 100644
--- a/Doc/whatsnew/3.11.rst
+++ b/Doc/whatsnew/3.11.rst
@@ -578,6 +578,12 @@ Build Changes
   ``libdb`` 3.x and 4.x are no longer supported.
   (Contributed by Christian Heimes in :issue:`45747`.)
 
+* The Python binary now builds the libpython static library using
+  ``-Wl,--whole-archive`` or ``-Wl,-all_load`` linker option to
+  export all symbols exported by object files.
+  Previously, the ``Py_FrozenMain`` symbol was not exported.
+  (Contributed by Hai Shi and Victor Stinner in :issue:`44133`.)
+
 C API Changes
 =============
 
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Build/2021-12-01-16-46-13.bpo-44133.TOgTVh.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Build/2021-12-01-16-46-13.bpo-44133.TOgTVh.rst
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..6d93f125790689
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Build/2021-12-01-16-46-13.bpo-44133.TOgTVh.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+The Python binary now builds the libpython static library using
+``-Wl,--whole-archive`` or ``-Wl,-all_load`` linker option to
+export all symbols exported by object files.
+Previously, the ``Py_FrozenMain`` symbol was not exported.
+Patch by Hai Shi and Victor Stinner.
diff --git a/configure b/configure
index 382e0309747279..f2c07f026cd878 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -6479,12 +6479,17 @@ $as_echo "#define Py_ENABLE_SHARED 1" >>confdefs.h
   esac
 else # shared is disabled
   PY_ENABLE_SHARED=0
-  case $ac_sys_system in
-    CYGWIN*)
-          BLDLIBRARY='$(LIBRARY)'
-          LDLIBRARY='libpython$(LDVERSION).dll.a'
-          ;;
-  esac
+  case $ac_sys_system in #(
+  CYGWIN*) :
+    BLDLIBRARY='$(LIBRARY)'
+    LDLIBRARY='libpython$(LDVERSION).dll.a' ;; #(
+  Linux*|GNU*|NetBSD*|FreeBSD*|DragonFly*|OpenBSD*|VxWorks*) :
+    BLDLIBRARY='-Wl,--whole-archive $(LDLIBRARY) -Wl,--no-whole-archive' ;; #(
+  Darwin*) :
+    BLDLIBRARY='-Wl,-all_load $(LDLIBRARY)' ;; #(
+  *) :
+     ;;
+esac
 fi
 
 if test "$cross_compiling" = yes; then
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 1e5fef337ca5d1..bdd7ed9b04853f 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -1295,12 +1295,14 @@ if test $enable_shared = "yes"; then
   esac
 else # shared is disabled
   PY_ENABLE_SHARED=0
-  case $ac_sys_system in
-    CYGWIN*)
-          BLDLIBRARY='$(LIBRARY)'
-          LDLIBRARY='libpython$(LDVERSION).dll.a'
-          ;;
-  esac
+  AS_CASE([$ac_sys_system],
+    [CYGWIN*],
+    [BLDLIBRARY='$(LIBRARY)'
+    LDLIBRARY='libpython$(LDVERSION).dll.a'],
+    [Linux*|GNU*|NetBSD*|FreeBSD*|DragonFly*|OpenBSD*|VxWorks*],
+    [BLDLIBRARY='-Wl,--whole-archive $(LDLIBRARY) -Wl,--no-whole-archive'],
+    [Darwin*],
+    [BLDLIBRARY='-Wl,-all_load $(LDLIBRARY)'])
 fi
 
 if test "$cross_compiling" = yes; then