diff --git a/cabot/cabotapp/jenkins.py b/cabot/cabotapp/jenkins.py
index 43f91b4..6e469cf 100644
--- a/cabot/cabotapp/jenkins.py
+++ b/cabot/cabotapp/jenkins.py
@@ -1,13 +1,15 @@
 from datetime import datetime
 
-import requests
+from jenkinsapi.jenkins import Jenkins
 from celery.utils.log import get_task_logger
 from django.conf import settings
 from django.utils import timezone
 
 logger = get_task_logger(__name__)
 
-auth = (settings.JENKINS_USER, settings.JENKINS_PASS)
+
+def _get_jenkins_client():
+    return Jenkins(settings.JENKINS_API, username=settings.JENKINS_USER, password=settings.JENKINS_PASS)
 
 
 def get_job_status(jobname):
@@ -17,19 +19,18 @@ def get_job_status(jobname):
         'blocked_build_time': None,
         'status_code': 200
     }
-    endpoint = settings.JENKINS_API + 'job/%s/api/json' % jobname
-    resp = requests.get(endpoint, auth=auth, verify=True)
-    status = resp.json()
-    ret['status_code'] = resp.status_code
-    ret['job_number'] = status['lastBuild'].get('number', None)
-    if status['color'].startswith('blue') or status['color'].startswith('green'): # Jenkins uses "blue" for successful; Hudson uses "green"
-        ret['active'] = True
-        ret['succeeded'] = True
-    elif status['color'] == 'disabled':
-        ret['active'] = False
-        ret['succeeded'] = False
-    if status['queueItem'] and status['queueItem']['blocked']:
+    client = _get_jenkins_client()
+
+    job = client.get_job(jobname)
+    last_build = job.get_last_build()
+
+    ret['job_number'] = last_build.get_number()
+    ret['active'] = job.is_enabled()
+    ret['succeeded'] = (job.is_enabled()) and last_build.is_good()
+
+    if job.is_queued():
+        in_queued_since = job._data['queueItem']['inQueueSince']  # job.get_queue_item() crashes
         time_blocked_since = datetime.utcfromtimestamp(
-            float(status['queueItem']['inQueueSince']) / 1000).replace(tzinfo=timezone.utc)
+            float(in_queued_since) / 1000).replace(tzinfo=timezone.utc)
         ret['blocked_build_time'] = (timezone.now() - time_blocked_since).total_seconds()
     return ret
diff --git a/cabot/cabotapp/tests/tests_basic.py b/cabot/cabotapp/tests/tests_basic.py
index e07fc3f..1b93a05 100644
--- a/cabot/cabotapp/tests/tests_basic.py
+++ b/cabot/cabotapp/tests/tests_basic.py
@@ -420,6 +420,7 @@ class TestCheckRun(LocalTestCase):
 
     @patch('cabot.cabotapp.models.requests.get', throws_timeout)
     def test_timeout_handling_in_jenkins(self):
+        """This works because we are effectively patching requests.get globally, including in jenkinsapi."""
         checkresults = self.jenkins_check.statuscheckresult_set.all()
         self.assertEqual(len(checkresults), 0)
         custom_check_types = add_custom_check_plugins()
diff --git a/cabot/cabotapp/tests/tests_jenkins.py b/cabot/cabotapp/tests/tests_jenkins.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..cf81fe0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cabot/cabotapp/tests/tests_jenkins.py
@@ -0,0 +1,82 @@
+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+
+import unittest
+from freezegun import freeze_time
+from mock import patch, create_autospec
+from cabot.cabotapp import jenkins
+from django.utils import timezone
+from datetime import timedelta
+import jenkinsapi
+
+class TestGetStatus(unittest.TestCase):
+
+    def setUp(self):
+        self.mock_build = create_autospec(jenkinsapi.build.Build)
+        self.mock_build.get_number.return_value = 12
+
+        self.mock_job = create_autospec(jenkinsapi.job.Job)
+        self.mock_job.is_enabled.return_value = True
+        self.mock_job.get_last_build.return_value = self.mock_build
+
+        self.mock_client = create_autospec(jenkinsapi.jenkins.Jenkins)
+        self.mock_client.get_job.return_value = self.mock_job
+
+    @patch("cabot.cabotapp.jenkins._get_jenkins_client")
+    def test_job_passing(self, mock_jenkins):
+        mock_jenkins.return_value = self.mock_client
+
+        self.mock_build.is_good.return_value = True
+        self.mock_job.is_queued.return_value = False
+
+        status = jenkins.get_job_status('foo')
+
+        expected = {
+            'active': True,
+            'succeeded': True,
+            'job_number': 12,
+            'blocked_build_time': None,
+            'status_code': 200
+        }
+        self.assertEqual(status, expected)
+
+    @patch("cabot.cabotapp.jenkins._get_jenkins_client")
+    def test_job_failing(self, mock_jenkins):
+        mock_jenkins.return_value = self.mock_client
+
+        self.mock_build.is_good.return_value = False
+        self.mock_job.is_queued.return_value = False
+
+        status = jenkins.get_job_status('foo')
+
+        expected = {
+            'active': True,
+            'succeeded': False,
+            'job_number': 12,
+            'blocked_build_time': None,
+            'status_code': 200
+        }
+        self.assertEqual(status, expected)
+
+    @freeze_time('2017-03-02 10:30')
+    @patch("cabot.cabotapp.jenkins._get_jenkins_client")
+    def test_job_queued(self, mock_jenkins):
+        mock_jenkins.return_value = self.mock_client
+
+        self.mock_build.is_good.return_value = True
+        self.mock_job.is_queued.return_value = True
+        self.mock_job._data = {
+            'queueItem': {
+                'inQueueSince': float(timezone.now().strftime('%s')) * 1000
+            }
+        }
+        with freeze_time(timezone.now() + timedelta(minutes=10)):
+            status = jenkins.get_job_status('foo')
+
+        expected = {
+            'active': True,
+            'succeeded': True,
+            'job_number': 12,
+            'blocked_build_time': 600,
+            'status_code': 200
+        }
+        self.assertEqual(status, expected)
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 2b36707..966aa47 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ gunicorn==19.7.1
 httplib2==0.10.3
 icalendar==3.11.3
 itypes==1.1.0
+jenkinsapi==0.3.4
 Jinja2==2.9.6
 kombu==4.0.2
 Markdown==2.6.8