diff --git a/test/streams.js b/test/streams.js
index 8454993..8f8b857 100644
--- a/test/streams.js
+++ b/test/streams.js
@@ -31,7 +31,10 @@ describe('strong-remoting', function() {
   it('should stream the file output', function(done) {
     remotes.fs = fs;
     fs.createReadStream.shared = true;
-    fs.createReadStream.accepts = [{arg: 'path', type: 'string'}];
+    fs.createReadStream.accepts = [
+      { arg: 'path', type: 'string' },
+      { arg: 'encoding', type: 'string' }
+    ];
     fs.createReadStream.returns = {arg: 'res', type: 'stream'};
     fs.createReadStream.http = {
       verb: 'get',
@@ -41,7 +44,7 @@ describe('strong-remoting', function() {
       }
     };
 
-    json('get', '/fs/createReadStream?path=' + __dirname + '/data/foo.json')
+    json('get', '/fs/createReadStream?path=' + __dirname + '/data/foo.json&encoding=utf8')
       .expect({bar: 'baz'}, done);
   });
 });