diff --git a/Lib/compiler/pycodegen.py b/Lib/compiler/pycodegen.py
index 83e64336d93..f526ae18bbe 100644
--- a/Lib/compiler/pycodegen.py
+++ b/Lib/compiler/pycodegen.py
@@ -1378,4 +1378,4 @@ def wrap_aug(node):
     import sys
 
     for file in sys.argv[1:]:
-        compile(file)
+        compileFile(file)