diff --git a/Lib/ssl.py b/Lib/ssl.py
index 26cdd7b..b7bb54b 100644
--- a/Lib/ssl.py
+++ b/Lib/ssl.py
@@ -62,8 +62,6 @@
 from _ssl import OPENSSL_VERSION_NUMBER, OPENSSL_VERSION_INFO, OPENSSL_VERSION
 from _ssl import _SSLContext, SSLError
 from _ssl import CERT_NONE, CERT_OPTIONAL, CERT_REQUIRED
-from _ssl import (PROTOCOL_SSLv2, PROTOCOL_SSLv3, PROTOCOL_SSLv23,
-                  PROTOCOL_TLSv1)
 from _ssl import OP_ALL, OP_NO_SSLv2, OP_NO_SSLv3, OP_NO_TLSv1
 from _ssl import RAND_status, RAND_egd, RAND_add
 from _ssl import (
@@ -78,6 +76,19 @@
     SSL_ERROR_INVALID_ERROR_CODE,
     )
 from _ssl import HAS_SNI
+from _ssl import (PROTOCOL_SSLv3, PROTOCOL_SSLv23,
+                  PROTOCOL_TLSv1)
+_PROTOCOL_NAMES = {
+    PROTOCOL_TLSv1: "TLSv1",
+    PROTOCOL_SSLv23: "SSLv23",
+    PROTOCOL_SSLv3: "SSLv3",
+}
+try:
+    from _ssl import PROTOCOL_SSLv2
+except ImportError:
+    pass
+else:
+    _PROTOCOL_NAMES[PROTOCOL_SSLv2] = "SSLv2"
 
 from socket import getnameinfo as _getnameinfo
 from socket import error as socket_error
@@ -552,13 +563,4 @@
     return DER_cert_to_PEM_cert(dercert)
 
 def get_protocol_name(protocol_code):
-    if protocol_code == PROTOCOL_TLSv1:
-        return "TLSv1"
-    elif protocol_code == PROTOCOL_SSLv23:
-        return "SSLv23"
-    elif protocol_code == PROTOCOL_SSLv2:
-        return "SSLv2"
-    elif protocol_code == PROTOCOL_SSLv3:
-        return "SSLv3"
-    else:
-        return "<unknown>"
+    return _PROTOCOL_NAMES.get(protocol_code, '<unknown>')
diff --git a/Lib/test/test_ssl.py b/Lib/test/test_ssl.py
index 77adc43..2af2e5c 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_ssl.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_ssl.py
@@ -21,9 +21,11 @@
 ssl = support.import_module("ssl")
 
 PROTOCOLS = [
-    ssl.PROTOCOL_SSLv2, ssl.PROTOCOL_SSLv3,
+    ssl.PROTOCOL_SSLv3,
     ssl.PROTOCOL_SSLv23, ssl.PROTOCOL_TLSv1
 ]
+if hasattr(ssl, 'PROTOCOL_SSLv2'):
+    PROTOCOLS.append(ssl.PROTOCOL_SSLv2)
 
 HOST = support.HOST
 
@@ -67,22 +69,25 @@
 
 # Issue #9415: Ubuntu hijacks their OpenSSL and forcefully disables SSLv2
 def skip_if_broken_ubuntu_ssl(func):
-    @functools.wraps(func)
-    def f(*args, **kwargs):
-        try:
-            ssl.SSLContext(ssl.PROTOCOL_SSLv2)
-        except ssl.SSLError:
-            if (ssl.OPENSSL_VERSION_INFO == (0, 9, 8, 15, 15) and
-                platform.linux_distribution() == ('debian', 'squeeze/sid', '')):
-                raise unittest.SkipTest("Patched Ubuntu OpenSSL breaks behaviour")
-        return func(*args, **kwargs)
-    return f
+    if hasattr(ssl, 'PROTOCOL_SSLv2'):
+        @functools.wraps(func)
+        def f(*args, **kwargs):
+            try:
+                ssl.SSLContext(ssl.PROTOCOL_SSLv2)
+            except ssl.SSLError:
+                if (ssl.OPENSSL_VERSION_INFO == (0, 9, 8, 15, 15) and
+                    platform.linux_distribution() == ('debian', 'squeeze/sid', '')):
+                    raise unittest.SkipTest("Patched Ubuntu OpenSSL breaks behaviour")
+            return func(*args, **kwargs)
+        return f
+    else:
+        return func
 
 
 class BasicSocketTests(unittest.TestCase):
 
     def test_constants(self):
-        ssl.PROTOCOL_SSLv2
+        #ssl.PROTOCOL_SSLv2
         ssl.PROTOCOL_SSLv23
         ssl.PROTOCOL_SSLv3
         ssl.PROTOCOL_TLSv1
@@ -310,7 +315,8 @@
 
     @skip_if_broken_ubuntu_ssl
     def test_constructor(self):
-        ctx = ssl.SSLContext(ssl.PROTOCOL_SSLv2)
+        if hasattr(ssl, 'PROTOCOL_SSLv2'):
+            ctx = ssl.SSLContext(ssl.PROTOCOL_SSLv2)
         ctx = ssl.SSLContext(ssl.PROTOCOL_SSLv23)
         ctx = ssl.SSLContext(ssl.PROTOCOL_SSLv3)
         ctx = ssl.SSLContext(ssl.PROTOCOL_TLSv1)
@@ -1204,6 +1210,8 @@
                 t.join()
 
         @skip_if_broken_ubuntu_ssl
+        @unittest.skipUnless(hasattr(ssl, 'PROTOCOL_SSLv2'),
+                             "OpenSSL is compiled without SSLv2 support")
         def test_protocol_sslv2(self):
             """Connecting to an SSLv2 server with various client options"""
             if support.verbose:
@@ -1229,14 +1237,15 @@
             """Connecting to an SSLv23 server with various client options"""
             if support.verbose:
                 sys.stdout.write("\n")
-            try:
-                try_protocol_combo(ssl.PROTOCOL_SSLv23, ssl.PROTOCOL_SSLv2, True)
-            except (ssl.SSLError, socket.error) as x:
-                # this fails on some older versions of OpenSSL (0.9.7l, for instance)
-                if support.verbose:
-                    sys.stdout.write(
-                        " SSL2 client to SSL23 server test unexpectedly failed:\n %s\n"
-                        % str(x))
+            if hasattr(ssl, 'PROTOCOL_SSLv2'):
+                try:
+                    try_protocol_combo(ssl.PROTOCOL_SSLv23, ssl.PROTOCOL_SSLv2, True)
+                except (ssl.SSLError, socket.error) as x:
+                    # this fails on some older versions of OpenSSL (0.9.7l, for instance)
+                    if support.verbose:
+                        sys.stdout.write(
+                            " SSL2 client to SSL23 server test unexpectedly failed:\n %s\n"
+                            % str(x))
             try_protocol_combo(ssl.PROTOCOL_SSLv23, ssl.PROTOCOL_SSLv3, True)
             try_protocol_combo(ssl.PROTOCOL_SSLv23, ssl.PROTOCOL_SSLv23, True)
             try_protocol_combo(ssl.PROTOCOL_SSLv23, ssl.PROTOCOL_TLSv1, True)
@@ -1267,7 +1276,8 @@
             try_protocol_combo(ssl.PROTOCOL_SSLv3, ssl.PROTOCOL_SSLv3, True)
             try_protocol_combo(ssl.PROTOCOL_SSLv3, ssl.PROTOCOL_SSLv3, True, ssl.CERT_OPTIONAL)
             try_protocol_combo(ssl.PROTOCOL_SSLv3, ssl.PROTOCOL_SSLv3, True, ssl.CERT_REQUIRED)
-            try_protocol_combo(ssl.PROTOCOL_SSLv3, ssl.PROTOCOL_SSLv2, False)
+            if hasattr(ssl, 'PROTOCOL_SSLv2'):
+                try_protocol_combo(ssl.PROTOCOL_SSLv3, ssl.PROTOCOL_SSLv2, False)
             try_protocol_combo(ssl.PROTOCOL_SSLv3, ssl.PROTOCOL_SSLv23, False)
             try_protocol_combo(ssl.PROTOCOL_SSLv3, ssl.PROTOCOL_TLSv1, False)
             if no_sslv2_implies_sslv3_hello():
@@ -1283,7 +1293,8 @@
             try_protocol_combo(ssl.PROTOCOL_TLSv1, ssl.PROTOCOL_TLSv1, True)
             try_protocol_combo(ssl.PROTOCOL_TLSv1, ssl.PROTOCOL_TLSv1, True, ssl.CERT_OPTIONAL)
             try_protocol_combo(ssl.PROTOCOL_TLSv1, ssl.PROTOCOL_TLSv1, True, ssl.CERT_REQUIRED)
-            try_protocol_combo(ssl.PROTOCOL_TLSv1, ssl.PROTOCOL_SSLv2, False)
+            if hasattr(ssl, 'PROTOCOL_SSLv2'):
+                try_protocol_combo(ssl.PROTOCOL_TLSv1, ssl.PROTOCOL_SSLv2, False)
             try_protocol_combo(ssl.PROTOCOL_TLSv1, ssl.PROTOCOL_SSLv3, False)
             try_protocol_combo(ssl.PROTOCOL_TLSv1, ssl.PROTOCOL_SSLv23, False)