diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index f649844ff..7ff888d6b 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
   "dependencies": {
     "bl": "~0.9.0",
     "caseless": "~0.9.0",
-    "forever-agent": "~0.5.0",
+    "forever-agent": "~0.6.0",
     "form-data": "~0.2.0",
     "json-stringify-safe": "~5.0.0",
     "mime-types": "~2.0.1",
diff --git a/tests/test-agent.js b/tests/test-agent.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..cca03d410
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/test-agent.js
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+'use strict'
+
+var request = require('../index')
+  , http    = require('http')
+  , tape    = require('tape')
+
+var s = http.createServer(function(req, res) {
+  res.statusCode = 200
+  res.end('ok')
+})
+
+tape('setup', function(t) {
+  s.listen(6767, function() {
+    t.end()
+  })
+})
+
+tape('should work with forever agent', function(t) {
+  var r = request.forever({maxSockets: 1})
+
+  r({
+        url: 'http://localhost:6767',
+        headers: { 'Connection':'Close' }
+    }, function(err, resp, body) {
+    t.equal(err, null)
+    t.equal(body, 'ok')
+    t.end()
+  })
+})
+
+tape('cleanup', function(t) {
+  s.close(function() {
+    t.end()
+  })
+})