diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index d49fcc8613c..985ab3ae6be 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -1706,6 +1706,11 @@ in {
       url = mirror://pypi/a/azure-mgmt-compute/azure-mgmt-compute-0.20.0.zip;
       sha256 = "12hr5vxdg2sk2fzr608a37f4i8nbchca7dgdmly2w5fc7x88jx2v";
     };
+    preConfigure = ''
+      # Patch to make this package work on requests >= 2.11.x
+      # CAN BE REMOVED ON NEXT PACKAGE UPDATE
+      sed -i 's|len(request_content)|str(len(request_content))|' azure/mgmt/compute/computemanagement.py
+    '';
     postInstall = ''
       echo "__import__('pkg_resources').declare_namespace(__name__)" >> "$out/lib/${python.libPrefix}"/site-packages/azure/__init__.py
       echo "__import__('pkg_resources').declare_namespace(__name__)" >> "$out/lib/${python.libPrefix}"/site-packages/azure/mgmt/__init__.py
@@ -1726,6 +1731,11 @@ in {
       url = mirror://pypi/a/azure-mgmt-network/azure-mgmt-network-0.20.1.zip;
       sha256 = "10vj22h6nxpw0qpvib5x2g6qs5j8z31142icvh4qk8k40fcrs9hx";
     };
+    preConfigure = ''
+      # Patch to make this package work on requests >= 2.11.x
+      # CAN BE REMOVED ON NEXT PACKAGE UPDATE
+      sed -i 's|len(request_content)|str(len(request_content))|' azure/mgmt/network/networkresourceprovider.py
+    '';
     postInstall = ''
       echo "__import__('pkg_resources').declare_namespace(__name__)" >> "$out/lib/${python.libPrefix}"/site-packages/azure/__init__.py
       echo "__import__('pkg_resources').declare_namespace(__name__)" >> "$out/lib/${python.libPrefix}"/site-packages/azure/mgmt/__init__.py
@@ -1787,6 +1797,11 @@ in {
       url = mirror://pypi/a/azure-mgmt-storage/azure-mgmt-storage-0.20.0.zip;
       sha256 = "16iw7hqhq97vlzfwixarfnirc60l5mz951p57brpcwyylphl3yim";
     };
+    preConfigure = ''
+      # Patch to make this package work on requests >= 2.11.x
+      # CAN BE REMOVED ON NEXT PACKAGE UPDATE
+      sed -i 's|len(request_content)|str(len(request_content))|' azure/mgmt/storage/storagemanagement.py
+    '';
     postInstall = ''
       echo "__import__('pkg_resources').declare_namespace(__name__)" >> "$out/lib/${python.libPrefix}"/site-packages/azure/__init__.py
       echo "__import__('pkg_resources').declare_namespace(__name__)" >> "$out/lib/${python.libPrefix}"/site-packages/azure/mgmt/__init__.py