diff --git a/rollbar/__init__.py b/rollbar/__init__.py
index 5cd04ef0..65ea95d9 100644
--- a/rollbar/__init__.py
+++ b/rollbar/__init__.py
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@
     del ImproperlyConfigured
 
 try:
-    from werkzeug.wrappers import Request as WerkzeugRequest
+    from werkzeug.wrappers import BaseRequest as WerkzeugRequest
 except (ImportError, SyntaxError):
     WerkzeugRequest = None
 
@@ -1031,6 +1031,7 @@ def _get_actual_request(request):
         return actual_request
     return request
 
+
 def _build_request_data(request):
     """
     Returns a dictionary containing data from the request.