diff --git a/google/auth/transport/requests.py b/google/auth/transport/requests.py
index cf5f0b1a0..f4a7c65d7 100644
--- a/google/auth/transport/requests.py
+++ b/google/auth/transport/requests.py
@@ -150,8 +150,14 @@ def __init__(self, session=None):
         self.session = session
 
     def __del__(self):
-        if hasattr(self, "session") and self.session is not None:
-            self.session.close()
+        try:
+            if hasattr(self, "session") and self.session is not None:
+                self.session.close()
+        except TypeError:
+            # NOTE: For certain Python binary built, the queue.Empty exception
+            # might not be considered a normal Python exception causing
+            # TypeError.
+            pass
 
     def __call__(
         self,
diff --git a/tests/transport/test_requests.py b/tests/transport/test_requests.py
index 9018e5c8d..7899419be 100644
--- a/tests/transport/test_requests.py
+++ b/tests/transport/test_requests.py
@@ -57,6 +57,12 @@ def test_session_closed_on_del(self):
         request.__del__()
         http.close.assert_called_with()
 
+        http = mock.create_autospec(requests.Session, instance=True)
+        http.close.side_effect = TypeError("test injected TypeError")
+        request = google.auth.transport.requests.Request(http)
+        request.__del__()
+        http.close.assert_called_with()
+
 
 class TestTimeoutGuard(object):
     def make_guard(self, *args, **kwargs):