diff -r cfe541c694f3 Lib/test/test_zipimport.py --- a/Lib/test/test_zipimport.py Wed Mar 18 01:39:23 2015 +0100 +++ b/Lib/test/test_zipimport.py Wed Mar 18 01:56:43 2015 +0100 @@ -450,7 +450,10 @@ class BadFileZipImportTestCase(unittest. fd = os.open(TESTMOD, os.O_CREAT, 000) try: os.close(fd) - self.assertZipFailure(TESTMOD) + + with self.assertRaises(zipimport.ZipImportError) as cm: + zipimport.zipimporter(TESTMOD) + self.assertIsInstance(cm.exception.__context__, PermissionError) finally: # If we leave "the read-only bit" set on Windows, nothing can # delete TESTMOD, and later tests suffer bogus failures. diff -r cfe541c694f3 Modules/zipimport.c --- a/Modules/zipimport.c Wed Mar 18 01:39:23 2015 +0100 +++ b/Modules/zipimport.c Wed Mar 18 01:56:43 2015 +0100 @@ -875,8 +875,12 @@ read_directory(PyObject *archive) fp = _Py_fopen_obj(archive, "rb"); if (fp == NULL) { - if (PyErr_ExceptionMatches(PyExc_OSError)) + if (PyErr_ExceptionMatches(PyExc_OSError)) { + PyObject *exc, *val, *tb; + PyErr_Fetch(&exc, &val, &tb); PyErr_Format(ZipImportError, "can't open Zip file: %R", archive); + _PyErr_ChainExceptions(exc, val, tb); + } return NULL; }