diff --git a/crates/vm/src/import.rs b/crates/vm/src/import.rs
index f970a335aa5..d67bf59b35f 100644
--- a/crates/vm/src/import.rs
+++ b/crates/vm/src/import.rs
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ use crate::{
     builtins::{PyCode, list, traceback::PyTraceback},
     exceptions::types::PyBaseException,
     scope::Scope,
-    vm::{VirtualMachine, thread},
+    vm::{VirtualMachine, resolve_frozen_alias, thread},
 };
 
 pub(crate) fn init_importlib_base(vm: &mut VirtualMachine) -> PyResult<PyObjectRef> {
@@ -69,11 +69,16 @@ pub fn make_frozen(vm: &VirtualMachine, name: &str) -> PyResult<PyRef<PyCode>> {
 }
 
 pub fn import_frozen(vm: &VirtualMachine, module_name: &str) -> PyResult {
-    let frozen = make_frozen(vm, module_name)?;
-    let module = import_code_obj(vm, module_name, frozen, false)?;
+    let frozen = vm.state.frozen.get(module_name).ok_or_else(|| {
+        vm.new_import_error(
+            format!("No such frozen object named {module_name}"),
+            vm.ctx.new_str(module_name),
+        )
+    })?;
+    let module = import_code_obj(vm, module_name, vm.ctx.new_code(frozen.code), false)?;
     debug_assert!(module.get_attr(identifier!(vm, __name__), vm).is_ok());
-    // TODO: give a correct origname here
-    module.set_attr("__origname__", vm.ctx.new_str(module_name.to_owned()), vm)?;
+    let origname = resolve_frozen_alias(module_name);
+    module.set_attr("__origname__", vm.ctx.new_str(origname), vm)?;
     Ok(module)
 }
 
diff --git a/crates/vm/src/stdlib/imp.rs b/crates/vm/src/stdlib/imp.rs
index df32b0c0068..ad2cede975c 100644
--- a/crates/vm/src/stdlib/imp.rs
+++ b/crates/vm/src/stdlib/imp.rs
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@ use crate::frozen::FrozenModule;
 use crate::{VirtualMachine, builtins::PyBaseExceptionRef};
 pub(crate) use _imp::make_module;
 
+pub use crate::vm::resolve_frozen_alias;
+
 #[cfg(feature = "threading")]
 #[pymodule(sub)]
 mod lock {
@@ -191,7 +193,7 @@ mod _imp {
             Err(e) => return Err(e.to_pyexception(name.as_str(), vm)),
         };
 
-        let origname = name; // FIXME: origname != name
+        let origname = vm.ctx.new_str(super::resolve_frozen_alias(name.as_str()));
         Ok(Some((None, info.package, origname)))
     }
 
diff --git a/crates/vm/src/vm/mod.rs b/crates/vm/src/vm/mod.rs
index b156e30b738..2eef479d1b4 100644
--- a/crates/vm/src/vm/mod.rs
+++ b/crates/vm/src/vm/mod.rs
@@ -1001,6 +1001,16 @@ impl AsRef<Context> for VirtualMachine {
     }
 }
 
+/// Resolve frozen module alias to its original name.
+/// Returns the original module name if an alias exists, otherwise returns the input name.
+pub fn resolve_frozen_alias(name: &str) -> &str {
+    match name {
+        "_frozen_importlib" => "importlib._bootstrap",
+        "_frozen_importlib_external" => "importlib._bootstrap_external",
+        _ => name,
+    }
+}
+
 fn core_frozen_inits() -> impl Iterator<Item = (&'static str, FrozenModule)> {
     let iter = core::iter::empty();
     macro_rules! ext_modules {
@@ -1064,3 +1074,26 @@ fn test_nested_frozen() {
         }
     })
 }
+
+#[test]
+fn frozen_origname_matches() {
+    use rustpython_vm as vm;
+
+    vm::Interpreter::with_init(Default::default(), |_vm| {}).enter(|vm| {
+        let check = |name, expected| {
+            let module = import::import_frozen(vm, name).unwrap();
+            let origname: PyStrRef = module
+                .get_attr("__origname__", vm)
+                .unwrap()
+                .try_into_value(vm)
+                .unwrap();
+            assert_eq!(origname.as_str(), expected);
+        };
+
+        check("_frozen_importlib", "importlib._bootstrap");
+        check(
+            "_frozen_importlib_external",
+            "importlib._bootstrap_external",
+        );
+    });
+}