diff --git a/Lib/BaseHTTPServer.py b/Lib/BaseHTTPServer.py
index 5f2d558..0a6381e 100644
--- a/Lib/BaseHTTPServer.py
+++ b/Lib/BaseHTTPServer.py
@@ -73,7 +73,12 @@
 import sys
 import time
 import socket # For gethostbyaddr()
-import mimetools
+from test.test_support import catch_warning
+from warnings import filterwarnings
+with catch_warning(record=False):
+    filterwarnings("ignore", ".*mimetools has been removed",
+                    DeprecationWarning)
+    import mimetools
 import SocketServer
 
 # Default error message template
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
index 0a16e8f..53158d1 100644
--- a/Misc/NEWS
+++ b/Misc/NEWS
@@ -48,6 +48,9 @@
 Library
 -------
 
+- Silence the DeprecationWarning raised when importing mimetools in
+  BaseHTTPServer.
+
 - Issue #2776: fixed small issue when handling an URL with double slash
   after a 302 response in the case of not going through a proxy.