diff --git a/Lib/test/test_ssl.py b/Lib/test/test_ssl.py
index a17d6131a6eb68..a1258c65a576b5 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_ssl.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_ssl.py
@@ -777,7 +777,8 @@ def test_options(self):
             ctx.options = (ctx.options & ~ssl.OP_NO_TLSv1)
             self.assertEqual(default, 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