diff --git a/Lib/test/test_ssl.py b/Lib/test/test_ssl.py
index 645ec8d100c..d2fc36d84ea 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_ssl.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_ssl.py
@@ -821,7 +821,8 @@ class ContextTests(unittest.TestCase):
             self.assertEqual(ssl.OP_ALL | ssl.OP_NO_TLSv1 | ssl.OP_NO_SSLv3,
                              ctx.options)
             ctx.options = 0
-            self.assertEqual(0, ctx.options)
+            # Ubuntu has OP_NO_SSLv3 forced on by default
+            self.assertEqual(0, ctx.options & ~ssl.OP_NO_SSLv3)
         else:
             with self.assertRaises(ValueError):
                 ctx.options = 0