diff --git a/api/humbug/__init__.py b/api/humbug/__init__.py
index 7d6d341828..e68438e6f1 100644
--- a/api/humbug/__init__.py
+++ b/api/humbug/__init__.py
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ __version__ = "0.1.5"
 # Older versions don't provide the 'json' attribute on responses.
 assert(LooseVersion(requests.__version__) >= LooseVersion('0.12.1'))
 # In newer versions, the 'json' attribute is a function, not a property
-requests_json_is_function = not isinstance(requests.Response.json, property)
+requests_json_is_function = callable(requests.Response.json)
 
 API_VERSTRING = "/api/v1/"
 
diff --git a/zephyr/lib/event_queue.py b/zephyr/lib/event_queue.py
index ef957697ff..647ecb9fa2 100644
--- a/zephyr/lib/event_queue.py
+++ b/zephyr/lib/event_queue.py
@@ -205,6 +205,15 @@ def setup_event_queue():
 
 # The following functions are called from Django
 
+# Workaround to support the Python-requests 1.0 transition of .json
+# from a property to a function
+requests_json_is_function = callable(requests.Response.json)
+def extract_json_response(resp):
+    if requests_json_is_function:
+        return resp.json()
+    else:
+        return resp.json
+
 def request_event_queue(user_profile, apply_markdown, event_types=None):
     if settings.TORNADO_SERVER:
         req = {'dont_block'    : 'true',
@@ -219,7 +228,7 @@ def request_event_queue(user_profile, apply_markdown, event_types=None):
 
         resp.raise_for_status()
 
-        return resp.json['queue_id']
+        return extract_json_response(resp)['queue_id']
 
     return None
 
@@ -235,4 +244,4 @@ def get_user_events(user_profile, queue_id, last_event_id):
 
         resp.raise_for_status()
 
-        return resp.json['events']
+        return extract_json_response(resp)['events']