diff --git a/Lib/test/test_subprocess.py b/Lib/test/test_subprocess.py
index 37dc245..04eb9b1 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_subprocess.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_subprocess.py
@@ -573,7 +573,8 @@
                 subprocess.Popen(['nonexisting_i_hope'],
                                  stdout=subprocess.PIPE,
                                  stderr=subprocess.PIPE)
-            if c.exception.errno != errno.ENOENT:  # ignore "no such file"
+            # ignore errors that indicate the command was not found
+            if c.exception.errno not in (errno.ENOENT, errno.EACCES):
                 raise c.exception
 
     def test_handles_closed_on_exception(self):