diff --git a/lib/ansible/modules/network/iosxr/iosxr_user.py b/lib/ansible/modules/network/iosxr/iosxr_user.py
index 9e4b8356e8c..95f978a57df 100644
--- a/lib/ansible/modules/network/iosxr/iosxr_user.py
+++ b/lib/ansible/modules/network/iosxr/iosxr_user.py
@@ -216,11 +216,14 @@ try:
 except ImportError:
     HAS_B64 = False
 
+HAS_PARAMIKO = True
 try:
     import paramiko
-    HAS_PARAMIKO = True
 except ImportError:
-    HAS_PARAMIKO = False
+    try:
+        import ansible_paramiko as paramiko
+    except ImportError:
+        HAS_PARAMIKO = False
 
 
 class PublicKeyManager(object):
diff --git a/lib/ansible/modules/network/nxos/nxos_file_copy.py b/lib/ansible/modules/network/nxos/nxos_file_copy.py
index 6dcffc2b522..8cd2fd2e376 100644
--- a/lib/ansible/modules/network/nxos/nxos_file_copy.py
+++ b/lib/ansible/modules/network/nxos/nxos_file_copy.py
@@ -165,11 +165,14 @@ from ansible.module_utils.network.nxos.nxos import nxos_argument_spec, check_arg
 from ansible.module_utils.basic import AnsibleModule
 from ansible.module_utils._text import to_native, to_text, to_bytes
 
+HAS_PARAMIKO = True
 try:
     import paramiko
-    HAS_PARAMIKO = True
 except ImportError:
-    HAS_PARAMIKO = False
+    try:
+        import ansible_paramiko as paramiko
+    except ImportError:
+        HAS_PARAMIKO = False
 
 try:
     from scp import SCPClient
diff --git a/lib/ansible/modules/network/panos/_panos_admpwd.py b/lib/ansible/modules/network/panos/_panos_admpwd.py
index c6d0407b8f9..8bf85abd63e 100644
--- a/lib/ansible/modules/network/panos/_panos_admpwd.py
+++ b/lib/ansible/modules/network/panos/_panos_admpwd.py
@@ -86,11 +86,14 @@ from ansible.module_utils.basic import AnsibleModule
 import time
 import sys
 
+HAS_LIB = True
 try:
     import paramiko
-    HAS_LIB = True
 except ImportError:
-    HAS_LIB = False
+    try:
+        import ansible_paramiko as paramiko
+    except ImportError:
+        HAS_LIB = False
 
 _PROMPTBUFF = 4096
 
diff --git a/lib/ansible/modules/network/panos/_panos_cert_gen_ssh.py b/lib/ansible/modules/network/panos/_panos_cert_gen_ssh.py
index c15c155c045..990e861c5c0 100644
--- a/lib/ansible/modules/network/panos/_panos_cert_gen_ssh.py
+++ b/lib/ansible/modules/network/panos/_panos_cert_gen_ssh.py
@@ -91,11 +91,15 @@ from ansible.module_utils.basic import AnsibleModule
 from ansible.module_utils._text import to_native
 import time
 
+HAS_LIB = True
 try:
     import paramiko
-    HAS_LIB = True
 except ImportError:
-    HAS_LIB = False
+    try:
+        import ansible_paramiko as paramiko
+    except ImportError:
+        HAS_LIB = False
+
 
 _PROMPTBUFF = 4096
 
diff --git a/lib/ansible/plugins/connection/paramiko_ssh.py b/lib/ansible/plugins/connection/paramiko_ssh.py
index 70a85ab0713..e590775ea96 100644
--- a/lib/ansible/plugins/connection/paramiko_ssh.py
+++ b/lib/ansible/plugins/connection/paramiko_ssh.py
@@ -176,7 +176,13 @@ with warnings.catch_warnings():
     try:
         import paramiko
         HAVE_PARAMIKO = True
-    except (ImportError, AttributeError) as err:  # paramiko and gssapi are incompatible and raise AttributeError not ImportError
+    except ImportError:
+        try:
+            import ansible_paramiko as paramiko
+            HAVE_PARAMIKO = True
+        except (ImportError, AttributeError) as err:  # paramiko and gssapi are incompatible and raise AttributeError not ImportError
+            PARAMIKO_IMP_ERR = err
+    except AttributeError as err:  # paramiko and gssapi are incompatible and raise AttributeError not ImportError
         PARAMIKO_IMP_ERR = err