diff --git a/src/azure-cli-core/azure/cli/core/util.py b/src/azure-cli-core/azure/cli/core/util.py
index b3317d6528e..020bc0e6972 100644
--- a/src/azure-cli-core/azure/cli/core/util.py
+++ b/src/azure-cli-core/azure/cli/core/util.py
@@ -288,7 +288,10 @@ def open_page_in_browser(url):
         #    understand the "open location" message"
         # b. Python 2.x can't sniff out the default browser
         return subprocess.Popen(['open', url])
-    return webbrowser.open(url, new=2)  # 2 means: open in a new tab, if possible
+    try:
+        return webbrowser.open(url, new=2)  # 2 means: open in a new tab, if possible
+    except TypeError:  # See https://bugs.python.org/msg322439
+        return webbrowser.open(url, new=2)
 
 
 def _get_platform_info():