diff -r 61463ff7dc68 Lib/test/test_py_compile.py
--- a/Lib/test/test_py_compile.py	Wed Oct 23 22:03:45 2013 +0200
+++ b/Lib/test/test_py_compile.py	Fri Oct 25 08:20:41 2013 +0300
@@ -75,6 +75,8 @@
         self.assertTrue(os.path.exists(self.pyc_path))
         self.assertFalse(os.path.exists(self.cache_path))
 
+    @unittest.skipIf(hasattr(os, 'geteuid') and os.geteuid() == 0,
+                     "non-root user required")
     @unittest.skipIf(os.name == 'nt',
                      'cannot control directory permissions on Windows')
     def test_exceptions_propagate(self):