diff --git a/tests/test-headers.js b/tests/test-headers.js
index 773cf863d..0b8777124 100644
--- a/tests/test-headers.js
+++ b/tests/test-headers.js
@@ -93,12 +93,21 @@ tape('upper-case Host header and redirect', function(t) {
   // Horrible hack to observe the raw data coming to the server (before Node
   // core lower-cases the headers)
   var rawData = ''
+
   s.on('connection', function(socket) {
-    var ondata = socket.ondata
-    socket.ondata = function(d, start, end) {
-      rawData += d.slice(start, end).toString()
-      return ondata.apply(this, arguments)
+    if (socket.ondata) {
+      var ondata = socket.ondata
+    }
+    function handledata (d, start, end) {
+      if (ondata) {
+        rawData += d.slice(start, end).toString()
+        return ondata.apply(this, arguments)
+      } else {
+        rawData += d
+      }
     }
+    socket.on('data', handledata)
+    socket.ondata = handledata
   })
 
   function checkHostHeader(host) {
diff --git a/tests/test-localAddress.js b/tests/test-localAddress.js
index 4445001d5..1a1723b42 100644
--- a/tests/test-localAddress.js
+++ b/tests/test-localAddress.js
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ tape('bind to invalid address', function(t) {
     localAddress: '1.2.3.4'
   }, function(err, res) {
     t.notEqual(err, null)
-    t.equal(err.message, 'bind EADDRNOTAVAIL')
+    t.equal(true, /bind EADDRNOTAVAIL/.test(err.message))
     t.equal(res, undefined)
     t.end()
   })
diff --git a/tests/test-proxy-connect.js b/tests/test-proxy-connect.js
index cc3596874..60e6bab87 100644
--- a/tests/test-proxy-connect.js
+++ b/tests/test-proxy-connect.js
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ tape('proxy', function(t) {
     t.equal(err, null)
     t.equal(res.statusCode, 200)
     t.equal(body, 'derp\n')
-    t.equal(data, [
+    var re = new RegExp([
       'CONNECT google.com:80 HTTP/1.1',
       'Proxy-Authorization: Basic dXNlcjpwYXNz',
       'dont-send-to-dest: ok',
@@ -66,11 +66,9 @@ tape('proxy', function(t) {
       'dont-send-to-proxy: ok',
       'accept: yo',
       'user-agent: just another foobar',
-      'host: google.com',
-      'Connection: keep-alive',
-      '',
-      ''
+      'host: google.com'
     ].join('\r\n'))
+    t.equal(true, re.test(data))
     t.equal(called, true, 'the request must be made to the proxy server')
     t.end()
   })