diff --git a/manage.py b/manage.py
index bc7b310077..83164e8190 100755
--- a/manage.py
+++ b/manage.py
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env python3
 import os
 import sys
+import types
 
 BASE_DIR = os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__))
 sys.path.append(BASE_DIR)
@@ -21,6 +22,15 @@ if __name__ == "__main__":
         print("Error accessing Zulip secrets; manage.py in production must be run as the zulip user.")
         sys.exit(1)
 
+    # Performance Hack: We make the pika.adapters.twisted_connection
+    # module unavailable, to save ~100ms of import time for most Zulip
+    # management commands for code we don't use.  The correct
+    # long-term fix for this will be to get a setting integrated
+    # upstream to disable pika importing this.
+    #   See https://github.com/pika/pika/issues/1128
+    sys.modules['pika.adapters.twisted_connection'] = types.ModuleType(
+        'pika.adapters.twisted_connection')
+
     os.environ.setdefault("DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE", "zproject.settings")
     from django.conf import settings
     from django.core.management import execute_from_command_line
diff --git a/zproject/wsgi.py b/zproject/wsgi.py
index 9fbbafc561..b00e13ee3a 100644
--- a/zproject/wsgi.py
+++ b/zproject/wsgi.py
@@ -15,11 +15,21 @@ framework.
 """
 import os
 import sys
+import types
 
 BASE_DIR = os.path.dirname(os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__)))
 sys.path.append(BASE_DIR)
 import scripts.lib.setup_path_on_import
 
+# Performance Hack: We make the pika.adapters.twisted_connection
+# module unavailable, to save ~100ms of import time for most Zulip
+# management commands for code we don't use.  The correct
+# long-term fix for this will be to get a setting integrated
+# upstream to disable pika importing this.
+#   See https://github.com/pika/pika/issues/1128
+sys.modules['pika.adapters.twisted_connection'] = types.ModuleType(
+    'pika.adapters.twisted_connection')
+
 os.environ.setdefault("DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE", "zproject.settings")
 import django
 django.setup()  # We need to call setup to load applications.