diff --git a/CHANGES b/CHANGES
index f21540d758f0..6a1fc376c2f2 100644
--- a/CHANGES
+++ b/CHANGES
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+1.5.0+nimbis.3 (2018-10-25):
+
+    * Add mock_ssm_deprecated for botocore 1.8 work-around.
+      See: https://github.com/spulec/moto/issues/1793
+
 1.5.0+nimbis.1 (2018-07-25):
 
     * Extend the ssm backend with the get_command_invocation endpoint.
diff --git a/moto/__init__.py b/moto/__init__.py
index 0ce5e54d1311..ce7f3a66983e 100644
--- a/moto/__init__.py
+++ b/moto/__init__.py
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@
 from .sns import mock_sns, mock_sns_deprecated  # flake8: noqa
 from .sqs import mock_sqs, mock_sqs_deprecated  # flake8: noqa
 from .sts import mock_sts, mock_sts_deprecated  # flake8: noqa
-from .ssm import mock_ssm  # flake8: noqa
+from .ssm import mock_ssm, mock_ssm_deprecated  # flake8: noqa
 from .route53 import mock_route53, mock_route53_deprecated  # flake8: noqa
 from .swf import mock_swf, mock_swf_deprecated  # flake8: noqa
 from .xray import mock_xray, mock_xray_client, XRaySegment  # flake8: noqa
diff --git a/moto/ssm/__init__.py b/moto/ssm/__init__.py
index c42f3b780e61..298476f33cbe 100644
--- a/moto/ssm/__init__.py
+++ b/moto/ssm/__init__.py
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 from __future__ import unicode_literals
 from .models import ssm_backends
 from ..core.models import base_decorator
+from ..core.models import deprecated_base_decorator
 
 ssm_backend = ssm_backends['us-east-1']
 mock_ssm = base_decorator(ssm_backends)
+mock_ssm_deprecated = deprecated_base_decorator(ssm_backends)
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 7a3338146e68..3f88f93b009b 100755
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@
 
 setup(
     name='moto',
-    version='1.5.0+nimbis.1',
+    version='1.5.0+nimbis.3',
     description='A library that allows your python tests to easily'
                 ' mock out the boto library',
     author='Steve Pulec',