diff --git a/wakatime/base.py b/wakatime/base.py
index 05173dd..b0d73aa 100644
--- a/wakatime/base.py
+++ b/wakatime/base.py
@@ -27,6 +27,8 @@ except ImportError:
 sys.path.insert(0, os.path.dirname(os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__))))
 sys.path.insert(0, os.path.join(os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__)), 'packages'))
 sys.path.insert(0, os.path.join(os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__)), 'packages', 'requests', 'packages'))
+sys.path.insert(0, os.path.join(os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__)), 'packages', 'requests', 'packages', 'urllib3'))
+sys.path.insert(0, os.path.join(os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__)), 'packages', 'requests', 'packages', 'urllib3', 'util'))
 
 from .__about__ import __version__
 from .compat import u, open, is_py3