diff --git a/lib/analyze/browsertime.js b/lib/analyze/browsertime.js
index 66a3d9b3a..11b30638a 100644
--- a/lib/analyze/browsertime.js
+++ b/lib/analyze/browsertime.js
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 
 var util = require('../util'),
   fs = require('fs-extra'),
-  spawn = require('child_process').spawn,
+  spawn = require('cross-spawn'),
   config = require('../conf'),
   path = require('path'),
   log = require('winston'),
diff --git a/lib/crawler.js b/lib/crawler.js
index 22bdc3f8b..e365434a7 100644
--- a/lib/crawler.js
+++ b/lib/crawler.js
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
  * and other contributors
  * Released under the Apache 2.0 License
  */
-var spawn = require('child_process').spawn,
+var spawn = require('cross-spawn'),
   path = require('path'),
   config = require('./conf'),
   urlParser = require('url'),
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index fdd7a1291..6160e9f25 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -53,6 +53,7 @@
     "whereis": "0.2.x",
     "gpagespeed": "0.0.6",
     "webpagetest": "0.2.x",
-    "simplehar": "0.14.x"
+    "simplehar": "0.14.x",
+    "cross-spawn": "0.1.x"
   }
 }