diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 52e0725d1..3ce62924c 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
   "main": "lib/index.js",
   "jsnext:main": "src/index.js",
   "dependencies": {
+    "bl": "^1.1.2",
     "babel-runtime": "^6.6.1",
     "bs58": "^3.0.0",
     "detect-node": "^2.0.3",
@@ -88,4 +89,4 @@
     "url": "https://github.com/ipfs/js-ipfs-api/issues"
   },
   "homepage": "https://github.com/ipfs/js-ipfs-api"
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}