diff --git a/transformers/engine.io/library.js b/transformers/engine.io/library.js
index 7886c118..151e3e1d 100644
--- a/transformers/engine.io/library.js
+++ b/transformers/engine.io/library.js
@@ -707,6 +707,13 @@ function Transport (opts) {
 
 Emitter(Transport.prototype);
 
+/**
+ * A counter used to prevent collisions in the timestamps used
+ * for cache busting.
+ */
+
+Transport.timestamps = 0;
+
 /**
  * Emits an error.
  *
@@ -1898,7 +1905,7 @@ Polling.prototype.uri = function(){
     || util.ua.ios6
     || this.timestampRequests) {
     if (false !== this.timestampRequests) {
-      query[this.timestampParam] = +new Date;
+      query[this.timestampParam] = +new Date + '-' + Transport.timestamps++;
     }
   }
 
@@ -3527,4 +3534,4 @@ function ws(uri, protocols, opts) {
 
 if (WebSocket) ws.prototype = WebSocket.prototype;
 
-},{}]},{},[1])
\ No newline at end of file
+},{}]},{},[1])
diff --git a/transformers/engine.io/patches/IE8pollingcachebuster.patch b/transformers/engine.io/patches/IE8pollingcachebuster.patch
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..5a751db2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/transformers/engine.io/patches/IE8pollingcachebuster.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+diff --git a/transformers/engine.io/library.js b/transformers/engine.io/library.js
+index 7886c11..151e3e1 100644
+--- a/transformers/engine.io/library.js
++++ b/transformers/engine.io/library.js
+@@ -708,6 +708,13 @@ function Transport (opts) {
+ Emitter(Transport.prototype);
+ 
+ /**
++ * A counter used to prevent collisions in the timestamps used
++ * for cache busting.
++ */
++
++Transport.timestamps = 0;
++
++/**
+  * Emits an error.
+  *
+  * @param {String} str
+@@ -1898,7 +1905,7 @@ Polling.prototype.uri = function(){
+     || util.ua.ios6
+     || this.timestampRequests) {
+     if (false !== this.timestampRequests) {
+-      query[this.timestampParam] = +new Date;
++      query[this.timestampParam] = +new Date + '-' + Transport.timestamps++;
+     }
+   }
+ 
+@@ -3527,4 +3534,4 @@ function ws(uri, protocols, opts) {
+ 
+ if (WebSocket) ws.prototype = WebSocket.prototype;
+ 
+-},{}]},{},[1])
+\ No newline at end of file
++},{}]},{},[1])
diff --git a/transformers/engine.io/update.sh b/transformers/engine.io/update.sh
index e2e70476..6e7d8c4b 100755
--- a/transformers/engine.io/update.sh
+++ b/transformers/engine.io/update.sh
@@ -18,3 +18,5 @@ cd $TEMPDIR
 git checkout $(git describe --tags --abbrev=0)
 NODE_ENV=production npm install
 $DESTDIR/globalify.sh $TEMPDIR
+cd $DESTDIR
+find patches -name *.patch -exec patch -i {} \;