diff --git a/lib/twitter.js b/lib/twitter.js
index 1123b1ff..eb886875 100644
--- a/lib/twitter.js
+++ b/lib/twitter.js
@@ -209,9 +209,10 @@ Twitter.prototype.stream = function(method, params, callback) {
 
 	var url = stream_base + '/' + escape(method) + '.json';
 
-	var request = this.oauth.post(url + '?' + querystring.stringify(params),
+	var request = this.oauth.post(url,
 		this.options.access_token_key,
-		this.options.access_token_secret);
+		this.options.access_token_secret,
+		params);
 
 	var stream = new streamparser();
 	stream.destroy = function() {