diff --git a/lib/streams/BufferedWriteStream.js b/lib/streams/BufferedWriteStream.js
index d10c8c7..6820c82 100644
--- a/lib/streams/BufferedWriteStream.js
+++ b/lib/streams/BufferedWriteStream.js
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 var events = require('events'),
+    Dequeue = require('dequeue'),
     util = require('util');
 
 module.exports = BufferedWriteStream;
@@ -6,7 +7,7 @@ module.exports = BufferedWriteStream;
 function BufferedWriteStream(stream) {
     var that = this;
     this.stream = stream;
-    this.buffer = [];
+    this.buffer = new Dequeue();
     this.canWrite = false;
     this.bytes = 0;
 
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 44a12ad..a24cdc5 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -26,7 +26,8 @@
        "lib": "lib"
    },
    "dependencies": {
-       "async": "0.1.15"
+       "async": "0.1.15",
+       "dequeue": "1.0.3"
    },
    "devDependencies": {
        "vows": "0.6.2",