diff --git a/Lib/test/test_gdb.py b/Lib/test/test_gdb.py
index fe98530..8d3d772 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_gdb.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_gdb.py
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@
     try:
         proc = subprocess.Popen(["gdb", "-nx", "--version"],
                                 stdout=subprocess.PIPE,
+                                stderr=subprocess.PIPE,
                                 universal_newlines=True)
         version = proc.communicate()[0]
     except OSError: