diff --git a/src/config/common/tests/test_utils.py b/src/config/common/tests/test_utils.py
index e873af204b7..1beea405f1d 100644
--- a/src/config/common/tests/test_utils.py
+++ b/src/config/common/tests/test_utils.py
@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@
 import gevent
 import gevent.queue
 import gevent.wsgi
+import gevent.monkey
+gevent.monkey.patch_all()
 import os
 import sys
 import logging
diff --git a/src/config/schema-transformer/config_db.py b/src/config/schema-transformer/config_db.py
index 3a1f2f154ec..06a638afccf 100644
--- a/src/config/schema-transformer/config_db.py
+++ b/src/config/schema-transformer/config_db.py
@@ -6,6 +6,9 @@
 This file contains config data model for schema transformer
 """
 
+import gevent.monkey
+gevent.monkey.patch_all()
+
 import sys
 reload(sys)
 sys.setdefaultencoding('UTF8')