diff --git a/tests/filterpyflakes.py b/tests/filterpyflakes.py
--- a/tests/filterpyflakes.py
+++ b/tests/filterpyflakes.py
@@ -29,13 +29,16 @@ lines = []
 for line in sys.stdin:
     # We whitelist tests (see more messages in pyflakes.messages)
     pats = [
-            r"imported but unused",
-            r"local variable '.*' is assigned to but never used",
-            r"unable to detect undefined names",
-            r"undefined name '.*'",
+            (r"imported but unused", None),
+            (r"local variable '.*' is assigned to but never used", None),
+            (r"unable to detect undefined names", None),
            ]
-    for msgtype, pat in enumerate(pats):
-        if re.search(pat, line):
+    if sys.version_info >= (2, 7):
+        pats.append((r"undefined name '.*'", None))
+    else:
+        pats.append((r"undefined name '.*'", r"undefined name 'memoryview'"))
+    for msgtype, (pat, excl) in enumerate(pats):
+        if re.search(pat, line) and (not excl or not re.search(excl, line)):
             break # pattern matches
     else:
         continue # no pattern matched, next line
@@ -50,3 +53,7 @@ for line in sys.stdin:
 for msgtype, line in sorted(lines, key=makekey):
     sys.stdout.write(line)
 print
+
+# self test of "undefined name" detection for other than 'memoryview'
+if False:
+    print undefinedname
diff --git a/tests/test-check-pyflakes.t b/tests/test-check-pyflakes.t
--- a/tests/test-check-pyflakes.t
+++ b/tests/test-check-pyflakes.t
@@ -17,5 +17,6 @@ run pyflakes on all tracked files ending
   tests/hghave.py:*: 'pygments' imported but unused (glob)
   tests/hghave.py:*: 'ssl' imported but unused (glob)
   contrib/win32/hgwebdir_wsgi.py:93: 'from isapi.install import *' used; unable to detect undefined names (glob)
+  tests/filterpyflakes.py:59: undefined name 'undefinedname'
   
 #endif