diff -r a064abfd436c Lib/test/test_ssl.py
--- a/Lib/test/test_ssl.py	Thu Apr 02 17:20:48 2015 +0200
+++ b/Lib/test/test_ssl.py	Thu Apr 02 17:32:18 2015 +0200
@@ -2817,6 +2817,11 @@ else:
                 s.close()
 
         def test_handshake_timeout(self):
+            import signal
+            signal.signal(signal.SIGALRM, lambda *args: None)
+            self.addCleanup(signal.setitimer, signal.ITIMER_REAL, 0, 0)
+            signal.setitimer(signal.ITIMER_REAL, 0.001, 0.001)
+
             # Issue #5103: SSL handshake must respect the socket timeout
             server = socket.socket(socket.AF_INET)
             host = "127.0.0.1"