diff --git a/lib/read.js b/lib/read.js
index b04c8bc3..0804182a 100644
--- a/lib/read.js
+++ b/lib/read.js
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ module.exports = read
  * @const
  * whether current node version has brotli support
  */
-var hasBrotliSupport = 'brotli' in process.versions
+var hasBrotliSupport = 'createBrotliDecompress' in zlib
 
 /**
  * Read a request into a buffer and parse.
diff --git a/test/json.js b/test/json.js
index 87185a8d..be5ae487 100644
--- a/test/json.js
+++ b/test/json.js
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ var bodyParser = require('..')
  * @const
  * whether current node version has brotli support
  */
-var hasBrotliSupport = 'brotli' in process.versions
+var hasBrotliSupport = 'createBrotliDecompress' in require('zlib')
 
 describe('bodyParser.json()', function () {
   it('should parse JSON', function (done) {
diff --git a/test/raw.js b/test/raw.js
index 71c6d5ff..7418ae99 100644
--- a/test/raw.js
+++ b/test/raw.js
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ var bodyParser = require('..')
  * @const
  * whether current node version has brotli support
  */
-var hasBrotliSupport = 'brotli' in process.versions
+var hasBrotliSupport = 'createBrotliDecompress' in require('zlib')
 
 describe('bodyParser.raw()', function () {
   before(function () {
diff --git a/test/text.js b/test/text.js
index 7c50a8c0..19bc89f9 100644
--- a/test/text.js
+++ b/test/text.js
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ var bodyParser = require('..')
  * @const
  * whether current node version has brotli support
  */
-var hasBrotliSupport = 'brotli' in process.versions
+var hasBrotliSupport = 'createBrotliDecompress' in require('zlib')
 
 describe('bodyParser.text()', function () {
   before(function () {
diff --git a/test/urlencoded.js b/test/urlencoded.js
index f8042796..e26b206b 100644
--- a/test/urlencoded.js
+++ b/test/urlencoded.js
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ var bodyParser = require('..')
  * @const
  * whether current node version has brotli support
  */
-var hasBrotliSupport = 'brotli' in process.versions
+var hasBrotliSupport = 'createBrotliDecompress' in require('zlib')
 
 describe('bodyParser.urlencoded()', function () {
   before(function () {