diff --git a/letsencrypt/colored_logging.py b/letsencrypt/colored_logging.py
index 28d0bea3c..443364ddd 100644
--- a/letsencrypt/colored_logging.py
+++ b/letsencrypt/colored_logging.py
@@ -18,8 +18,9 @@ class StreamHandler(logging.StreamHandler):
 
     def __init__(self, stream=None):
         if sys.version_info < (2, 7):
+            # pragma: no cover
             # pylint: disable=non-parent-init-called
-            logging.StreamHandler.__init__(self)  # pragma: no cover
+            logging.StreamHandler.__init__(self, stream)
         else:
             super(StreamHandler, self).__init__(stream)
         self.colored = (sys.stderr.isatty() if stream is None else