diff --git a/lib/file-stream.js b/lib/file-stream.js
index 3f2e46ad..bbb590e2 100644
--- a/lib/file-stream.js
+++ b/lib/file-stream.js
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ module.exports = FileStream
 
 var debug = require('debug')('webtorrent:file-stream')
 var inherits = require('inherits')
-var stream = require('stream')
+var stream = require('readable-stream')
 
 inherits(FileStream, stream.Readable)
 
diff --git a/lib/file.js b/lib/file.js
index f8a37f25..b8bcc1bd 100644
--- a/lib/file.js
+++ b/lib/file.js
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ var FileStream = require('./file-stream')
 var inherits = require('inherits')
 var path = require('path')
 var render = require('render-media')
-var stream = require('stream')
+var stream = require('readable-stream')
 var streamToBlobURL = require('stream-to-blob-url')
 var streamToBuffer = require('stream-with-known-length-to-buffer')
 
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 1fed26d0..207cee11 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -53,6 +53,7 @@
     "random-iterate": "^1.0.1",
     "range-parser": "^1.0.2",
     "re-emitter": "^1.0.0",
+    "readable-stream": "^2.0.5",
     "render-media": "^2.0.0",
     "run-parallel": "^1.0.0",
     "run-parallel-limit": "^1.0.2",