diff --git a/mypy/test/helpers.py b/mypy/test/helpers.py
index 6e891d54bf1b..2dafc500d6e0 100644
--- a/mypy/test/helpers.py
+++ b/mypy/test/helpers.py
@@ -32,7 +32,8 @@
 def run_mypy(args: List[str]) -> None:
     __tracebackhide__ = True
     outval, errval, status = api.run(args + ['--show-traceback',
-                                             '--no-site-packages'])
+                                             '--no-site-packages',
+                                             '--no-silence-site-packages'])
     if status != 0:
         sys.stdout.write(outval)
         sys.stderr.write(errval)
diff --git a/mypy/test/testpythoneval.py b/mypy/test/testpythoneval.py
index d2b497717b6e..bc69155cf8f7 100644
--- a/mypy/test/testpythoneval.py
+++ b/mypy/test/testpythoneval.py
@@ -50,7 +50,12 @@ def test_python_evaluation(testcase: DataDrivenTestCase, cache_dir: str) -> None
     """
     assert testcase.old_cwd is not None, "test was not properly set up"
     # TODO: Enable strict optional for these tests
-    mypy_cmdline = ['--show-traceback', '--no-site-packages', '--no-strict-optional']
+    mypy_cmdline = [
+        '--show-traceback',
+        '--no-site-packages',
+        '--no-strict-optional',
+        '--no-silence-site-packages',
+    ]
     py2 = testcase.name.lower().endswith('python2')
     if py2:
         mypy_cmdline.append('--py2')