diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 8399dc6d..0ba446f0 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 * removed node 0.6 support
 * added node 0.10 support
 * upgraded to latest `ncp` and `rimraf`.
-* optional `graceful-fs` support. See #17
+* optional `graceful-fs` support. Closes #17
 
 
 0.5.0 / 2013-02-03
diff --git a/lib/index.js b/lib/index.js
index 5d86d08a..1b9848f3 100644
--- a/lib/index.js
+++ b/lib/index.js
@@ -1,15 +1,21 @@
-var fs = require('fs')
+var fs = null
   , path = require('path')
   , jsonFile = require('jsonfile')
   , fse = {};
 
+try {
+  // optional dependency
+  fs = require("graceful-fs")
+} catch (er) {
+  fs = require("fs")
+}
+
 Object.keys(fs).forEach(function(key) {
   var func = fs[key];
   if (typeof func == 'function')
     fse[key] = func;
 });
 
-
 fs = fse;
 
 // copy