diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index bb7b66a3..1a38cdc2 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 language: node_js
 node_js:
+  - "0.8"
+  - "0.10"
   - "0.12"
   - "1.8"
   - "2.5"
@@ -66,21 +68,21 @@ before_install:
     fi
   - |
     # Configure mocha for testing
-    if   node_version_lt '0.12'; then npm_use_module 'mocha' '2.5.3'
+    if   node_version_lt '0.10'; then npm_use_module 'mocha' '2.5.3'
     elif node_version_lt '4.0' ; then npm_use_module 'mocha' '3.5.3'
     elif node_version_lt '6.0' ; then npm_use_module 'mocha' '5.2.0'
     elif node_version_lt '8.0' ; then npm_use_module 'mocha' '6.2.2'
     fi
   - |
     # Configure nyc for coverage
-    if   node_version_lt '0.12'; then npm_remove_module_re '^nyc$'
+    if   node_version_lt '0.10'; then npm_remove_module_re '^nyc$'
     elif node_version_lt '4.0' ; then npm_use_module 'nyc' '10.3.2'
     elif node_version_lt '6.0' ; then npm_use_module 'nyc' '11.9.0'
     elif node_version_lt '8.0' ; then npm_use_module 'nyc' '14.1.1'
     fi
   - |
     # Configure supertest for http calls
-    if   node_version_lt '0.12'; then npm_use_module 'supertest' '1.1.0'
+    if   node_version_lt '0.10'; then npm_use_module 'supertest' '1.1.0'
     elif node_version_lt '4.0' ; then npm_use_module 'supertest' '2.0.0'
     elif node_version_lt '6.0' ; then npm_use_module 'supertest' '3.4.2'
     fi
diff --git a/lib/read.js b/lib/read.js
index c414d96a..453f90f6 100644
--- a/lib/read.js
+++ b/lib/read.js
@@ -73,68 +73,73 @@ function read (req, res, next, parse, debug, options) {
   }
 
   // read body
-  debug('read body')
-  new Promise(function (resolve, reject) {
-    getBody(stream, opts, function (error, body) {
-      if (error) {
-        return reject(error)
-      }
-      resolve(body)
+  function readErrorHandler (error) {
+    var _error
+    if (error.type === 'encoding.unsupported') {
+      // echo back charset
+      _error = createError(415, 'unsupported charset "' + encoding.toUpperCase() + '"', {
+        charset: encoding.toLowerCase(),
+        type: 'charset.unsupported'
+      })
+    } else {
+      // set status code on error
+      _error = createError(400, error)
+    }
+
+    // read off entire request
+    stream.resume()
+    onFinished(req, function onfinished () {
+      next(createError(400, _error))
     })
-  })
-    .then(function (body) {
-      // verify
-      if (verify) {
-        try {
-          debug('verify body')
-          verify(req, res, body, encoding)
-        } catch (err) {
-          next(createError(403, err, {
-            body: body,
-            type: err.type || 'entity.verify.failed'
-          }))
-          return
-        }
-      }
+  }
 
-      // parse
-      var str = body
+  function readSuccessHandler (body) {
+    // verify
+    if (verify) {
       try {
-        debug('parse body')
-        str = typeof body !== 'string' && encoding !== null
-          ? iconv.decode(body, encoding)
-          : body
-        req.body = parse(str)
+        debug('verify body')
+        verify(req, res, body, encoding)
       } catch (err) {
-        next(createError(400, err, {
-          body: str,
-          type: err.type || 'entity.parse.failed'
+        next(createError(403, err, {
+          body: body,
+          type: err.type || 'entity.verify.failed'
         }))
         return
       }
+    }
+
+    // parse
+    var str = body
+    try {
+      debug('parse body')
+      str = typeof body !== 'string' && encoding !== null
+        ? iconv.decode(body, encoding)
+        : body
+      req.body = parse(str)
+    } catch (err) {
+      next(createError(400, err, {
+        body: str,
+        type: err.type || 'entity.parse.failed'
+      }))
+      return
+    }
+
+    next()
+  }
 
-      next()
-    })
-    .catch(function (error) {
-      var _error
-
-      if (error.type === 'encoding.unsupported') {
-        // echo back charset
-        _error = createError(415, 'unsupported charset "' + encoding.toUpperCase() + '"', {
-          charset: encoding.toLowerCase(),
-          type: 'charset.unsupported'
-        })
-      } else {
-        // set status code on error
-        _error = createError(400, error)
+  debug('read body')
+  if (typeof global.Promise === 'function') {
+    getBody(stream, opts)
+      .then(readSuccessHandler)
+      .catch(readErrorHandler)
+  } else {
+    getBody(stream, opts, function (error, body) {
+      if (error) {
+        return readErrorHandler(error)
       }
-
-      // read off entire request
-      stream.resume()
-      onFinished(req, function onfinished () {
-        next(createError(400, _error))
-      })
+      readSuccessHandler(body)
     })
+  }
 }
 
 /**
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index ad1ff2e4..1ea75517 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@
     "index.js"
   ],
   "engines": {
-    "node": ">= 0.12"
+    "node": ">= 0.8"
   },
   "scripts": {
     "lint": "eslint --plugin markdown --ext js,md .",