diff --git a/Lib/test/test_subprocess.py b/Lib/test/test_subprocess.py
index 4b58308..f1b49d5 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_subprocess.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_subprocess.py
@@ -587,7 +587,8 @@
                 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_issue8780(self):