diff --git a/Lib/test/test_subprocess.py b/Lib/test/test_subprocess.py
index ce3e0c2..d7db802 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_subprocess.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_subprocess.py
@@ -554,7 +554,8 @@
                                  stderr=subprocess.PIPE)
             # Windows raises IOError
             except (IOError, OSError) as err:
-                if err.errno != errno.ENOENT:  # ignore "no such file"
+                # ignore errors that indicate the command was not found
+                if err.errno not in (errno.ENOENT, errno.EACCES): 
                     raise
 
     def test_issue8780(self):