diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/win-script-become.yml b/changelogs/fragments/win-script-become.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..db7a7affd28
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelogs/fragments/win-script-become.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+bugfixes:
+  - >-
+    script - Fix up become support for Windows scripts when become was set through host variables and not on the task
+    directly - https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/85076
diff --git a/lib/ansible/plugins/action/script.py b/lib/ansible/plugins/action/script.py
index 78304163348..5e6705cbe25 100644
--- a/lib/ansible/plugins/action/script.py
+++ b/lib/ansible/plugins/action/script.py
@@ -150,11 +150,23 @@ class ActionModule(ActionBase):
             # like become and environment args
             if getattr(self._connection._shell, "_IS_WINDOWS", False):
                 # FUTURE: use a more public method to get the exec payload
-                pc = self._task
+                become = False
+                become_method = None
+                become_user = None
+                become_pass = None
+                become_flags = None
+                if self._connection.become:
+                    become_plugin = self._connection.become
+                    become = True
+                    become_method = become_plugin.name
+                    become_user = become_plugin.get_option('become_user', playcontext=self._play_context)
+                    become_pass = become_plugin.get_option('become_pass', playcontext=self._play_context)
+                    become_flags = become_plugin.get_option('become_flags', playcontext=self._play_context)
+
                 exec_data = ps_manifest._create_powershell_wrapper(
                     to_bytes(script_cmd), source, {}, env_dict, self._task.async_val,
-                    pc.become, pc.become_method, pc.become_user,
-                    self._play_context.become_pass, pc.become_flags, "script", task_vars, None
+                    become, become_method, become_user,
+                    become_pass, become_flags, "script", task_vars, None
                 )
                 # build the necessary exec wrapper command
                 # FUTURE: this still doesn't let script work on Windows with non-pipelined connections or
diff --git a/test/integration/targets/win_script/tasks/main.yml b/test/integration/targets/win_script/tasks/main.yml
index 4d57eda2ba3..750324f09d9 100644
--- a/test/integration/targets/win_script/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/test/integration/targets/win_script/tasks/main.yml
@@ -314,3 +314,17 @@
     that:
     - test_script_result_become.stdout_lines[0]|lower == 'nt authority\\system'
     - test_script_result_become.stdout_lines[1] == 'finished'
+
+- name: run test script with become set by vars
+  script: test_script_whoami.ps1
+  register: test_script_result_become_vars
+  vars:
+    ansible_become: yes
+    ansible_become_user: SYSTEM
+    ansible_become_method: runas
+
+- name: check that the script ran and we get both outputs on new lines
+  assert:
+    that:
+    - test_script_result_become_vars.stdout_lines[0]|lower == 'nt authority\\system'
+    - test_script_result_become_vars.stdout_lines[1] == 'finished'