diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 0329a2c..4128188 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@
     "purescript"
   ],
   "dependencies": {
+    "cross-spawn": "^0.4.0",
     "glob": "^5.0.5",
     "gulp-util": "^3.0.4",
     "logalot": "^2.1.0",
diff --git a/src/ChildProcess.purs b/src/ChildProcess.purs
index a8f1656..1c97c85 100644
--- a/src/ChildProcess.purs
+++ b/src/ChildProcess.purs
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ spawn command args = makeAff $ runFn4 spawnFn command args
 foreign import spawnFn """
 function spawnFn(command, args, errback, callback) {
   return function(){
-    var child_process = require('child_process');
+    var child_process = require('cross-spawn');
 
     var process = child_process.spawn(command, args);