diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index a85f8b9..bbc4499 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -53,5 +53,8 @@
 		"test-phantomjs": "node tests/test.js --phantomjs",
 		"test-node": "mocha tests/node-tests.js tests/test-cases.js",
 		"test": "npm run lint && npm run test-node && npm run test-phantomjs"
+	},
+	"dependencies": {
+	  "xmlhttprequest": "^1.8.0"
 	}
 }
diff --git a/papaparse.js b/papaparse.js
index 0b3dc49..49c9908 100755
--- a/papaparse.js
+++ b/papaparse.js
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 	https://github.com/mholt/PapaParse
 	License: MIT
 */
+var XMLHttpRequest = XMLHttpRequest || require('xmlhttprequest').XMLHttpRequest;
 (function(root, factory)
 {
 	/* globals define */