diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 8019012..b0eb97f 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -2,4 +2,7 @@ module github.com/NYTimes/gziphandler
 
 go 1.11
 
-require github.com/stretchr/testify v1.3.0
+require (
+	github.com/klauspost/compress v1.10.11
+	github.com/stretchr/testify v1.3.0
+)
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 4347755..da2e000 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 github.com/davecgh/go-spew v1.1.0 h1:ZDRjVQ15GmhC3fiQ8ni8+OwkZQO4DARzQgrnXU1Liz8=
 github.com/davecgh/go-spew v1.1.0/go.mod h1:J7Y8YcW2NihsgmVo/mv3lAwl/skON4iLHjSsI+c5H38=
+github.com/klauspost/compress v1.10.11 h1:K9z59aO18Aywg2b/WSgBaUX99mHy2BES18Cr5lBKZHk=
+github.com/klauspost/compress v1.10.11/go.mod h1:aoV0uJVorq1K+umq18yTdKaF57EivdYsUV+/s2qKfXs=
 github.com/pmezard/go-difflib v1.0.0 h1:4DBwDE0NGyQoBHbLQYPwSUPoCMWR5BEzIk/f1lZbAQM=
 github.com/pmezard/go-difflib v1.0.0/go.mod h1:iKH77koFhYxTK1pcRnkKkqfTogsbg7gZNVY4sRDYZ/4=
 github.com/stretchr/objx v0.1.0/go.mod h1:HFkY916IF+rwdDfMAkV7OtwuqBVzrE8GR6GFx+wExME=
diff --git a/gzip.go b/gzip.go
index 957fc92..0143bae 100644
--- a/gzip.go
+++ b/gzip.go
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@ package gziphandler // import "github.com/NYTimes/gziphandler"
 
 import (
 	"bufio"
-	"compress/gzip"
 	"fmt"
 	"io"
 	"mime"
@@ -11,6 +10,8 @@ import (
 	"strconv"
 	"strings"
 	"sync"
+
+	"github.com/klauspost/compress/gzip"
 )
 
 const (
diff --git a/gzip_test.go b/gzip_test.go
index bed7f52..9606ed2 100644
--- a/gzip_test.go
+++ b/gzip_test.go
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@ package gziphandler
 
 import (
 	"bytes"
-	"compress/gzip"
 	"fmt"
 	"io"
 	"io/ioutil"
@@ -13,6 +12,7 @@ import (
 	"strconv"
 	"testing"
 
+	"github.com/klauspost/compress/gzip"
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
 )