diff --git a/lib/stream.js b/lib/stream.js
index 90d4d5cca91..530b087e491 100644
--- a/lib/stream.js
+++ b/lib/stream.js
@@ -26,7 +26,9 @@ function Stream() {
   events.EventEmitter.call(this);
 }
 util.inherits(Stream, events.EventEmitter);
-exports.Stream = Stream;
+module.exports = Stream;
+// Backwards-compat with node 0.4.x
+Stream.Stream = Stream;
 
 Stream.prototype.pipe = function(dest, options) {
   var source = this;