diff --git a/moviepy/editor.py b/moviepy/editor.py
index f634f3d21..3c2609d9d 100644
--- a/moviepy/editor.py
+++ b/moviepy/editor.py
@@ -29,6 +29,9 @@
         #uses an old version of imageio with ffmpeg.download.
         imageio.plugins.ffmpeg.download()
 
+# Hide the welcome message from pygame: https://github.com/pygame/pygame/issues/542
+os.environ['PYGAME_HIDE_SUPPORT_PROMPT'] = "1"
+
 # Clips
 from .video.io.VideoFileClip import VideoFileClip
 from .video.io.ImageSequenceClip import ImageSequenceClip