diff --git a/Lib/mimetools.py b/Lib/mimetools.py
index 02963b55548..097eda4a75b 100644
--- a/Lib/mimetools.py
+++ b/Lib/mimetools.py
@@ -2,8 +2,12 @@
 
 
 import os
-import rfc822
 import tempfile
+from test.test_support import catch_warning
+from warnings import filterwarnings
+with catch_warning(record=False):
+    filterwarnings("ignore", ".*rfc822 has been removed", DeprecationWarning)
+    import rfc822
 
 from warnings import warnpy3k
 warnpy3k("in 3.x, mimetools has been removed in favor of the email package",
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
index 0a66c78f3d6..586aa7c18e4 100644
--- a/Misc/NEWS
+++ b/Misc/NEWS
@@ -48,6 +48,10 @@ Core and Builtins
 Library
 -------
 
+- Silence the DeprecationWarning of rfc822 when it is imported by mimetools
+  since mimetools itself is deprecated. Because modules are cached, all
+  subsequent imports of rfc822 will not raise a visible DeprecationWarning.
+
 - Issue #3134: shutil referenced undefined WindowsError symbol.
 
 - Issue #1342811: Fix leak in Tkinter.Menu.delete. Commands associated to