diff --git a/runtests.py b/runtests.py
index a1925f907d..8e0cac6ac5 100755
--- a/runtests.py
+++ b/runtests.py
@@ -17,6 +17,10 @@ def runtests():
     warnings.simplefilter('default', DeprecationWarning)
     warnings.simplefilter('default', PendingDeprecationWarning)
 
+    # Don't ignore ResourceWarnings (Python 3 only)
+    if sys.version_info >= (3, 0):
+        warnings.simplefilter('default', ResourceWarning)
+
     argv = sys.argv[:1] + ['test'] + sys.argv[1:]
     try:
         execute_from_command_line(argv)