diff --git a/fabric/network.py b/fabric/network.py
index e12203c..330af7e 100644
--- a/fabric/network.py
+++ b/fabric/network.py
@@ -16,11 +16,15 @@ from fabric.auth import get_password, set_password
 try:
     import warnings
     warnings.simplefilter('ignore', DeprecationWarning)
+    import paraproxy
     import paramiko as ssh
 except ImportError:
-    abort("paramiko is a required module. Please install it:\n\t$ sudo easy_install paramiko")
-
-
+    try:
+        import warnings
+        warnings.simplefilter('ignore', DeprecationWarning)
+        import paramiko as ssh
+    except ImportError:
+        abort("paramiko is a required module. Please install it:\n\t$ sudo easy_install paramiko") 
 
 host_pattern = r'((?P<user>.+)@)?(?P<host>[^:]+)(:(?P<port>\d+))?'
 host_regex = re.compile(host_pattern)