diff --git a/Lib/test/ssl_servers.py b/Lib/test/ssl_servers.py
index a312e28573ea133..a5023052d3b628d 100644
--- a/Lib/test/ssl_servers.py
+++ b/Lib/test/ssl_servers.py
@@ -42,6 +42,11 @@ def get_request(self):
             raise
         return sslconn, addr
 
+    def handle_error(self, request, client_address):
+        "Suppose noisy error output by default."
+        if support.verbose:
+            _HTTPServer.handle_error(self, request, client_address)
+
 class RootedHTTPRequestHandler(SimpleHTTPRequestHandler):
     # need to override translate_path to get a known root,
     # instead of using os.curdir, since the test could be