diff -r 378bdb92e5b7 Lib/ensurepip/__init__.py
--- a/Lib/ensurepip/__init__.py	Thu Feb 13 22:53:42 2014 -0800
+++ b/Lib/ensurepip/__init__.py	Fri Feb 14 20:56:20 2014 +1000
@@ -144,6 +144,9 @@
 
 
 def _main(argv=None):
+    if ssl is None:
+        sys.exit("ensurepip failed: {}".format(_MISSING_SSL_MESSAGE))
+
     import argparse
     parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(prog="python -m ensurepip")
     parser.add_argument(