diff --git a/mopidy/__init__.py b/mopidy/__init__.py
index 14c67b80..48375ae4 100644
--- a/mopidy/__init__.py
+++ b/mopidy/__init__.py
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 from distutils.version import StrictVersion as SV
 # pylint: enable = E0611,F0401
 import sys
+import warnings
 
 import pykka
 
@@ -17,6 +18,9 @@ if (isinstance(pykka.__version__, basestring)
         u'Mopidy requires Pykka >= 1.0, < 2, but found %s' % pykka.__version__)
 
 
+warnings.filterwarnings('ignore', 'could not open display')
+
+
 __version__ = '0.8.0'