diff --git a/test/Jamfile b/test/Jamfile
index 22f85c2f2..9d28cd6e4 100644
--- a/test/Jamfile
+++ b/test/Jamfile
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ project
    ;
 
 feature launcher : none valgrind : composite ;
-feature.compose <launcher>valgrind : <testing.launcher>"valgrind --tool=memcheck -v --num-callers=20 --read-var-info=yes --track-origins=yes --error-exitcode=222" <valgrind>on ;
+feature.compose <launcher>valgrind : <testing.launcher>"valgrind --tool=memcheck -v --num-callers=20 --read-var-info=yes --track-origins=yes --error-exitcode=222 --suppressions=valgrind_suppressions.txt" <valgrind>on ;
 
 test-suite libtorrent : 	
 	[ run test_bitfield.cpp ]
diff --git a/test/valgrind_suppressions.txt b/test/valgrind_suppressions.txt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..45b46f4fa
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/valgrind_suppressions.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+{
+	openssl_asn_uninitialized_length
+	Memcheck:ASN1_STRING_set
+	fun:ASN1_STRING_set
+	fun:ASN1_mbstring_ncopy
+	fun:ASN1_mbstring_copy
+	fun:ASN1_STRING_to_UTF8
+}