diff --git a/lib/appenders/gelf.js b/lib/appenders/gelf.js
index ebeff38..38a09b6 100644
--- a/lib/appenders/gelf.js
+++ b/lib/appenders/gelf.js
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-var compress = require('compress-buffer').compress;
+var zlib = require('zlib');
 var layouts = require('../layouts');
 var levels = require('../levels');
 var dgram = require('dgram');
@@ -67,12 +67,17 @@ function gelfAppender (layout, host, port, hostname, facility) {
 
     return function(loggingEvent) {
         var message = preparePacket(loggingEvent);
-        var packet = compress(new Buffer(JSON.stringify(message)));
-        if (packet.length > 8192) {
-            util.debug("Message packet length (" + packet.length + ") is larger than 8k. Not sending");
-        } else {
-            sendPacket(packet);
-        }
+        zlib.gzip(new Buffer(JSON.stringify(message)), function(err, packet) {
+            if (err) {
+                console.error(err.stack);
+            } else {
+                if (packet.length > 8192) {
+                    util.debug("Message packet length (" + packet.length + ") is larger than 8k. Not sending");
+                } else {
+                    sendPacket(packet);
+                }
+            }
+        });
     };
 }
 
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index b20466b..b094ead 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -26,8 +26,7 @@
        "lib": "lib"
    },
    "dependencies": {
-       "async": "0.1.15",
-       "compress-buffer": "0.5.1"
+       "async": "0.1.15"
    },
    "devDependencies": {
        "vows": "0.6.2",
diff --git a/test/gelfAppender.js b/test/gelfAppender.js
index 713f146..3273212 100644
--- a/test/gelfAppender.js
+++ b/test/gelfAppender.js
@@ -23,20 +23,20 @@ var vows = require('vows')
             return this.socket;
         }
     }
-  , fakeCompressBuffer = {
-      compress: function(objectToCompress) {
-          fakeCompressBuffer.uncompressed = objectToCompress;
+  , fakeZlib = {
+      gzip: function(objectToCompress, callback) {
+          fakeZlib.uncompressed = objectToCompress;
           if (compressedLength) {
-              return { length: compressedLength };
+              callback(null, { length: compressedLength });
           } else {
-              return "I've been compressed";
+              callback(null, "I've been compressed");
           }
       }
   }
   , appender = sandbox.require('../lib/appenders/gelf', {
       requires: {
           dgram: fakeDgram,
-          "compress-buffer": fakeCompressBuffer
+          zlib: fakeZlib
       }
   });
 
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ var vows = require('vows')
     log4js.addAppender(appender.configure(options || {}), category || "gelf-test");
     return {
         dgram: fakeDgram,
-        compress: fakeCompressBuffer,
+        compress: fakeZlib,
         logger: log4js.getLogger(category || "gelf-test")
     };
 };