diff --git a/CHANGES b/CHANGES
index 6ef2c3b2b..e192bf5b7 100644
--- a/CHANGES
+++ b/CHANGES
@@ -13,6 +13,8 @@ Features added
 Bugs fixed
 ----------
 
+* #3614: Sphinx crashes with requests-2.5.0
+
 Testing
 --------
 
diff --git a/sphinx/util/requests.py b/sphinx/util/requests.py
index 48d9ae93a..9fe4cfdcd 100644
--- a/sphinx/util/requests.py
+++ b/sphinx/util/requests.py
@@ -36,6 +36,16 @@ except ImportError:
         # for requests < 2.4.0
         InsecureRequestWarning = None
 
+try:
+    from requests.packages.urllib3.exceptions import InsecurePlatformWarning
+except ImportError:
+    try:
+        # for Debian-jessie
+        from urllib3.exceptions import InsecurePlatformWarning
+    except ImportError:
+        # for requests < 2.4.0
+        InsecurePlatformWarning = None
+
 # try to load requests[security] (but only if SSL is available)
 try:
     import ssl
@@ -48,8 +58,8 @@ else:
             pkg_resources.VersionConflict):
         if not getattr(ssl, 'HAS_SNI', False):
             # don't complain on each url processed about the SSL issue
-            requests.packages.urllib3.disable_warnings(
-                requests.packages.urllib3.exceptions.InsecurePlatformWarning)
+            if InsecurePlatformWarning:
+                requests.packages.urllib3.disable_warnings(InsecurePlatformWarning)
             warnings.warn(
                 'Some links may return broken results due to being unable to '
                 'check the Server Name Indication (SNI) in the returned SSL cert '