diff --git a/wakatime/base.py b/wakatime/base.py
index 71b2a90..58dc9ea 100644
--- a/wakatime/base.py
+++ b/wakatime/base.py
@@ -24,8 +24,9 @@ try:
 except ImportError:
     import configparser
 
-sys.path.insert(0, os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__)))
+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'))
 
 from .__about__ import __version__
 from .compat import u, open, is_py3