diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 93e74cb8..6575a7ca 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -38,7 +38,8 @@
     "read": "1.0.7",
     "request": "2.69.0",
     "slate-irc": "0.8.1",
-    "socket.io": "1.4.5"
+    "socket.io": "1.4.5",
+    "spdy": "3.2.3"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
     "chai": "3.5.0",
diff --git a/src/server.js b/src/server.js
index 46261d3f..5ff0226e 100644
--- a/src/server.js
+++ b/src/server.js
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ module.exports = function(options) {
 		server = require("http");
 		server = server.createServer(app).listen(port, host);
 	} else {
-		server = require("https");
+		server = require("spdy");
 		server = server.createServer({
 			key: fs.readFileSync(https.key),
 			cert: fs.readFileSync(https.certificate)