diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 3bd8985ad..70b82e2c2 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ decorator
 jsonpatch
 ipaddress
 os-client-config>=1.9.0
+requestsexceptions>=1.1.1
 six
 
 keystoneauth1>=1.0.0
diff --git a/shade/__init__.py b/shade/__init__.py
index 320503498..c2820c353 100644
--- a/shade/__init__.py
+++ b/shade/__init__.py
@@ -13,32 +13,24 @@
 # limitations under the License.
 
 import logging
+import warnings
 
 import keystoneauth1.exceptions
 import os_client_config
 import pbr.version
-
-# Disable the Rackspace warnings about deprecated certificates. We are aware
-import warnings
-try:
-    from requests.packages.urllib3.exceptions import SubjectAltNameWarning
-except ImportError:
-    try:
-        from urllib3.exceptions import SubjectAltNameWarning
-    except ImportError:
-        SubjectAltNameWarning = None
-
-if SubjectAltNameWarning:
-    warnings.filterwarnings('ignore', category=SubjectAltNameWarning)
+import requestsexceptions
 
 from shade.exc import *  # noqa
 from shade.openstackcloud import OpenStackCloud
 from shade.operatorcloud import OperatorCloud
 from shade import _log
 
-
 __version__ = pbr.version.VersionInfo('shade').version_string()
 
+if requestsexceptions.SubjectAltNameWarning:
+    warnings.filterwarnings(
+        'ignore', category=requestsexceptions.SubjectAltNameWarning)
+
 
 def simple_logging(debug=False):
     if debug:
diff --git a/shade/openstackcloud.py b/shade/openstackcloud.py
index d79e7e110..732c232b3 100644
--- a/shade/openstackcloud.py
+++ b/shade/openstackcloud.py
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ import time
 import warnings
 
 from dogpile import cache
+import requestsexceptions
 
 from cinderclient.v1 import client as cinder_client
 from designateclient.v1 import Client as designate_client
@@ -49,15 +50,6 @@ from shade import task_manager
 from shade import _tasks
 from shade import _utils
 
-# Importing these for later but not disabling for now
-try:
-    from requests.packages.urllib3.exceptions import InsecureRequestWarning
-except ImportError:
-    try:
-        from urllib3.exceptions import InsecureRequestWarning
-    except ImportError:
-        InsecureRequestWarning = None
-
 OBJECT_MD5_KEY = 'x-object-meta-x-shade-md5'
 OBJECT_SHA256_KEY = 'x-object-meta-x-shade-sha256'
 IMAGE_MD5_KEY = 'owner_specified.shade.md5'
@@ -172,7 +164,8 @@ class OpenStackCloud(object):
         if not self.verify:
             self.log.debug(
                 "Turning off Insecure SSL warnings since verify=False")
-            warnings.filterwarnings('ignore', category=InsecureRequestWarning)
+            category = requestsexceptions.InsecureRequestWarning
+            warnings.filterwarnings('ignore', category)
 
         self._servers = []
         self._servers_time = 0