diff --git a/Python/compile.c b/Python/compile.c
index 4a587c0..fccc688 100644
--- a/Python/compile.c
+++ b/Python/compile.c
@@ -4321,6 +4321,9 @@
                     if (!compiler_subkwargs(c, keywords, i - nseen, i)) {
                         return 0;
                     }
+                    if (have_dict) {
+                        ADDOP_I(c, DICT_MERGE, 1);
+                    }
                     have_dict = 1;
                     nseen = 0;
                 }