diff --git a/Lib/test/regrtest.py b/Lib/test/regrtest.py
index deb422903d0..9f038c4d6a1 100755
--- a/Lib/test/regrtest.py
+++ b/Lib/test/regrtest.py
@@ -894,16 +894,16 @@ def runtest_inner(test, verbose, quiet,
     except KeyboardInterrupt:
         raise
     except test_support.TestFailed, msg:
-        print "test", test, "failed --", msg
-        sys.stdout.flush()
+        print >>sys.stderr, "test", test, "failed --", msg
+        sys.stderr.flush()
         return FAILED, test_time
     except:
         type, value = sys.exc_info()[:2]
-        print "test", test, "crashed --", str(type) + ":", value
-        sys.stdout.flush()
+        print >>sys.stderr, "test", test, "crashed --", str(type) + ":", value
+        sys.stderr.flush()
         if verbose:
-            traceback.print_exc(file=sys.stdout)
-            sys.stdout.flush()
+            traceback.print_exc(file=sys.stderr)
+            sys.stderr.flush()
         return FAILED, test_time
     else:
         if refleak:
diff --git a/Misc/ACKS b/Misc/ACKS
index 4cd83504570..24c072c3687 100644
--- a/Misc/ACKS
+++ b/Misc/ACKS
@@ -791,6 +791,7 @@ Frank J. Tobin
 R Lindsay Todd
 Bennett Todd
 Matias Torchinsky
+Sandro Tosi
 Richard Townsend
 Laurence Tratt
 John Tromp
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
index 79ee4a2fcdb..6ca939a1c9a 100644
--- a/Misc/NEWS
+++ b/Misc/NEWS
@@ -24,6 +24,12 @@ Library
 
 - Issue #10464: netrc now correctly handles lines with embedded '#' characters.
 
+Tests
+-----
+
+- Issue #7110: regrtest now sends test failure reports and single-failure
+  tracebacks to stderr rather than stdout.
+
 
 What's New in Python 2.7.1?
 ===========================