diff -r 731375f83406 Lib/logging/handlers.py
--- a/Lib/logging/handlers.py	Mon Nov 03 14:36:48 2014 -0500
+++ b/Lib/logging/handlers.py	Mon Nov 03 12:00:27 2014 -0800
@@ -1089,7 +1089,8 @@
     A class which sends records to a Web server, using either GET or
     POST semantics.
     """
-    def __init__(self, host, url, method="GET", secure=False, credentials=None):
+    def __init__(self, host, url, method="GET", secure=False, credentials=None,
+                 context=None):
         """
         Initialize the instance with the host, the request URL, and the method
         ("GET" or "POST")
@@ -1103,6 +1104,7 @@
         self.method = method
         self.secure = secure
         self.credentials = credentials
+        self.context = context
 
     def mapLogRecord(self, record):
         """
@@ -1122,7 +1124,7 @@
             import http.client, urllib.parse
             host = self.host
             if self.secure:
-                h = http.client.HTTPSConnection(host)
+                h = http.client.HTTPSConnection(host, context=self.context)
             else:
                 h = http.client.HTTPConnection(host)
             url = self.url
diff -r 731375f83406 Lib/test/test_logging.py
--- a/Lib/test/test_logging.py	Mon Nov 03 14:36:48 2014 -0500
+++ b/Lib/test/test_logging.py	Mon Nov 03 12:00:27 2014 -0800
@@ -1663,21 +1663,11 @@
                     localhost_cert = os.path.join(here, "keycert.pem")
                     sslctx = ssl.SSLContext(ssl.PROTOCOL_SSLv23)
                     sslctx.load_cert_chain(localhost_cert)
-                    # Unfortunately, HTTPHandler doesn't allow us to change the
-                    # SSLContext used by HTTPSConnection, so we have to
-                    # monkeypatch. This can be cleaned up if issue 22788 is
-                    # fixed.
-                    old = ssl._create_default_https_context
-                    def restore_handler():
-                        ssl._create_default_https_context = old
-                    self.addCleanup(restore_handler)
-                    def hack_create_ctx():
-                        ctx = old()
-                        ctx.load_verify_locations(localhost_cert)
-                        return ctx
-                    ssl._create_default_https_context = hack_create_ctx
+
+                    context = ssl.create_default_context(cafile=localhost_cert)
             else:
                 sslctx = None
+                context = None
             self.server = server = TestHTTPServer(addr, self.handle_request,
                                                     0.01, sslctx=sslctx)
             server.start()
@@ -1685,7 +1675,8 @@
             host = 'localhost:%d' % server.server_port
             secure_client = secure and sslctx
             self.h_hdlr = logging.handlers.HTTPHandler(host, '/frob',
-                                                       secure=secure_client)
+                                                       secure=secure_client,
+                                                       context=context)
             self.log_data = None
             root_logger.addHandler(self.h_hdlr)