diff --git a/mypyc/codegen/emitmodule.py b/mypyc/codegen/emitmodule.py
index ed44c0a40555b..c3cd06c8c7010 100644
--- a/mypyc/codegen/emitmodule.py
+++ b/mypyc/codegen/emitmodule.py
@@ -1282,7 +1282,10 @@ def declare_global(
 
     def declare_internal_globals(self, module_name: str, emitter: Emitter) -> None:
         static_name = emitter.static_name("globals", module_name)
-        self.declare_global("PyObject *", static_name)
+        if static_name not in self.context.declarations:
+            self.context.declarations[static_name] = HeaderDeclaration(
+                f"PyObject *{static_name};", needs_export=True
+            )
 
     def module_internal_static_name(self, module_name: str, emitter: Emitter) -> str:
         return emitter.static_name(module_name + "__internal", None, prefix=MODULE_PREFIX)
diff --git a/mypyc/irbuild/builder.py b/mypyc/irbuild/builder.py
index 30d117e42c71b..3e27cd91b99c9 100644
--- a/mypyc/irbuild/builder.py
+++ b/mypyc/irbuild/builder.py
@@ -252,6 +252,10 @@ def __init__(
 
         self.can_borrow = False
 
+        # When set, load_globals_dict uses this module instead of self.module_name.
+        # Used by generate_attr_defaults_init for cross-module inherited defaults.
+        self.globals_lookup_module: str | None = None
+
     # High-level control
 
     def set_module(self, module_name: str, module_path: str) -> None:
@@ -1422,7 +1426,8 @@ def load_global_str(self, name: str, line: int) -> Value:
         return self.primitive_op(dict_get_item_op, [_globals, reg], line)
 
     def load_globals_dict(self) -> Value:
-        return self.add(LoadStatic(dict_rprimitive, "globals", self.module_name))
+        module = self.globals_lookup_module or self.module_name
+        return self.add(LoadStatic(dict_rprimitive, "globals", module))
 
     def load_module_attr_by_fullname(self, fullname: str, line: int) -> Value:
         module, _, name = fullname.rpartition(".")
diff --git a/mypyc/irbuild/classdef.py b/mypyc/irbuild/classdef.py
index 03b24cefb7103..bfbe7f34af2e3 100644
--- a/mypyc/irbuild/classdef.py
+++ b/mypyc/irbuild/classdef.py
@@ -713,7 +713,7 @@ def add_non_ext_class_attr(
 
 def find_attr_initializers(
     builder: IRBuilder, cdef: ClassDef, skip: Callable[[str, AssignmentStmt], bool] | None = None
-) -> tuple[set[str], list[AssignmentStmt]]:
+) -> tuple[set[str], list[tuple[AssignmentStmt, str]]]:
     """Find initializers of attributes in a class body.
 
     If provided, the skip arg should be a callable which will return whether
@@ -728,7 +728,7 @@ def find_attr_initializers(
 
     # Pull out all assignments in classes in the mro so we can initialize them
     # TODO: Support nested statements
-    default_assignments = []
+    default_assignments: list[tuple[AssignmentStmt, str]] = []
     for info in reversed(cdef.info.mro):
         if info not in builder.mapper.type_to_ir:
             continue
@@ -763,13 +763,13 @@ def find_attr_initializers(
                         continue
 
                 attrs_with_defaults.add(name)
-                default_assignments.append(stmt)
+                default_assignments.append((stmt, info.module_name))
 
     return attrs_with_defaults, default_assignments
 
 
 def generate_attr_defaults_init(
-    builder: IRBuilder, cdef: ClassDef, default_assignments: list[AssignmentStmt]
+    builder: IRBuilder, cdef: ClassDef, default_assignments: list[tuple[AssignmentStmt, str]]
 ) -> None:
     """Generate an initialization method for default attr values (from class vars)."""
     if not default_assignments:
@@ -780,14 +780,23 @@ def generate_attr_defaults_init(
 
     with builder.enter_method(cls, "__mypyc_defaults_setup", bool_rprimitive):
         self_var = builder.self()
-        for stmt in default_assignments:
+        for stmt, origin_module in default_assignments:
             lvalue = stmt.lvalues[0]
             assert isinstance(lvalue, NameExpr), lvalue
             if not stmt.is_final_def and not is_constant(stmt.rvalue):
                 builder.warning("Unsupported default attribute value", stmt.rvalue.line)
 
             attr_type = cls.attr_type(lvalue.name)
-            val = builder.coerce(builder.accept(stmt.rvalue), attr_type, stmt.line)
+            # When the default comes from a parent in a different module,
+            # set the globals lookup module so NameExpr references resolve
+            # against the correct module's globals dict.
+            builder.globals_lookup_module = (
+                origin_module if origin_module != builder.module_name else None
+            )
+            try:
+                val = builder.coerce(builder.accept(stmt.rvalue), attr_type, stmt.line)
+            finally:
+                builder.globals_lookup_module = None
             init = SetAttr(self_var, lvalue.name, val, stmt.rvalue.line)
             init.mark_as_initializer()
             builder.add(init)
diff --git a/mypyc/test-data/run-multimodule.test b/mypyc/test-data/run-multimodule.test
index 216aed25a5e5b..2c27cdbde9188 100644
--- a/mypyc/test-data/run-multimodule.test
+++ b/mypyc/test-data/run-multimodule.test
@@ -962,3 +962,27 @@ def translate(b: bytes) -> bytes:
 [file driver.py]
 import native
 assert native.translate(b'ABCD') == b'BBCD'
+
+[case testCrossModuleAttrDefaults]
+from other import Parent
+
+class Child(Parent):
+    extra: int = 99
+
+def test() -> None:
+    c = Child()
+    assert c.config == {"key": "value"}
+    assert c.extra == 99
+    p = Parent()
+    assert p.config == {"key": "value"}
+
+[file other.py]
+from typing import Dict
+MY_DEFAULT: Dict[str, str] = {"key": "value"}
+
+class Parent:
+    config: Dict[str, str] = MY_DEFAULT
+
+[file driver.py]
+from native import test
+test()