diff --git a/moto/packages/httpretty/core.py b/moto/packages/httpretty/core.py
index 4eb92108f..f94723017 100644
--- a/moto/packages/httpretty/core.py
+++ b/moto/packages/httpretty/core.py
@@ -268,10 +268,26 @@ class fakesock(object):
         _sent_data = []
 
         def __init__(self, family=socket.AF_INET, type=socket.SOCK_STREAM,
-                     protocol=0):
-            self.truesock = (old_socket(family, type, protocol)
-                             if httpretty.allow_net_connect
-                             else None)
+                     proto=0, fileno=None, _sock=None):
+            """
+                Matches both the Python 2 API:
+                    def __init__(self, family=AF_INET, type=SOCK_STREAM, proto=0, _sock=None):
+                    https://github.com/python/cpython/blob/2.7/Lib/socket.py
+
+                and the Python 3 API:
+                    def __init__(self, family=-1, type=-1, proto=-1, fileno=None):
+                    https://github.com/python/cpython/blob/3.5/Lib/socket.py
+            """
+            if httpretty.allow_net_connect:
+                if PY3:
+                    self.truesock = old_socket(family, type, proto, fileno)
+                else:
+                    # If Python 2, if parameters are passed as arguments, instead of kwargs,
+                    # the 4th argument `_sock` will be interpreted as the `fileno`.
+                    # Check if _sock is none, and if so, pass fileno.
+                    self.truesock = old_socket(family, type, proto, fileno or _sock)
+            else:
+                self.truesock = None
             self._closed = True
             self.fd = FakeSockFile()
             self.fd.socket = self
diff --git a/tests/test_core/test_socket.py b/tests/test_core/test_socket.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..2e73d7b5f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/test_core/test_socket.py
@@ -0,0 +1,48 @@
+import unittest
+from moto import mock_dynamodb2_deprecated, mock_dynamodb2
+import socket
+
+from six import PY3
+
+
+class TestSocketPair(unittest.TestCase):
+
+    @mock_dynamodb2_deprecated
+    def test_asyncio_deprecated(self):
+        if PY3:
+            self.assertIn(
+                'moto.packages.httpretty.core.fakesock.socket',
+                str(socket.socket),
+                'Our mock should be present'
+            )
+            import asyncio
+            self.assertIsNotNone(asyncio.get_event_loop())
+
+    @mock_dynamodb2_deprecated
+    def test_socket_pair_deprecated(self):
+
+        # In Python2, the fakesocket is not set, for some reason.
+        if PY3:
+            self.assertIn(
+                'moto.packages.httpretty.core.fakesock.socket',
+                str(socket.socket),
+                'Our mock should be present'
+            )
+        a, b = socket.socketpair()
+        self.assertIsNotNone(a)
+        self.assertIsNotNone(b)
+        if a:
+            a.close()
+        if b:
+            b.close()
+
+
+    @mock_dynamodb2
+    def test_socket_pair(self):
+        a, b = socket.socketpair()
+        self.assertIsNotNone(a)
+        self.assertIsNotNone(b)
+        if a:
+            a.close()
+        if b:
+            b.close()