diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 74e03fe40..2dd6d3ed1 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -51,14 +51,14 @@ before_install:
   - "[ $BIN == 'rhino' ] && echo -e '#!/bin/sh\\njava -jar /opt/rhino-1.7R5/js.jar $@' | sudo tee /usr/local/bin/rhino && sudo chmod +x /usr/local/bin/rhino || true"
   - "[ $BIN == 'ringo' ] && wget http://ringojs.org/downloads/ringojs-0.9.zip && sudo unzip ringojs-0.9 -d /opt && rm ringojs-0.9.zip || true"
   - "[ $BIN == 'ringo' ] && sudo ln -s /opt/ringojs-0.9/bin/ringo /usr/local/bin/ringo && sudo chmod +x /usr/local/bin/ringo || true"
-  - "[ $SAUCELABS != false ] && npm i connect request sauce-tunnel || true"
+  - "[ $SAUCELABS != false ] && npm i ecstatic request sauce-tunnel || true"
 script:
   - "[ $BIN == 'istanbul' ] && $BIN cover ./test/test.js || true"
   - "[ $BUILD != false ] && [ $BUILD != 'compat' ] && MAKE=true || true"
   - "[ $MAKE != false ] && git clone --depth=1 --branch=master git://github.com/lodash/lodash-cli.git ./node_modules/lodash-cli || true"
   - "[ $MAKE != false ] && mkdir ./node_modules/lodash-cli/node_modules && cd ./node_modules/lodash-cli/node_modules/ && ln -s ../../../ ./lodash && cd ../ && npm i . && cd ../../ || true"
   - "[ $MAKE != false ] && node ./node_modules/lodash-cli/bin/lodash $BUILD -o ./dist/lodash.$BUILD.js || true"
-  - "[ $BUILD != false ] && cd ./test || true" 
+  - "[ $BUILD != false ] && cd ./test || true"
   - "[ $BUILD == false ] && true || $BIN $OPTION ./test.js ../dist/lodash.$BUILD.js"
   - "[ $BUILD == false ] && true || $BIN $OPTION ./test.js ../dist/lodash.$BUILD.min.js"
   - "[ $SAUCELABS == false ] && true || node ./test/saucelabs.js"
diff --git a/test/saucelabs.js b/test/saucelabs.js
index d1bac363b..118263cde 100644
--- a/test/saucelabs.js
+++ b/test/saucelabs.js
@@ -1,8 +1,10 @@
 ;(function() {
   'use strict';
 
-  var connect = require('connect'),
+  var ecstatic = require('ecstatic'),
+      http = require('http'),
       path = require('path'),
+      url = require('url'),
       request = require('request'),
       SauceTunnel = require('sauce-tunnel');
 
@@ -28,9 +30,18 @@
   ];
 
   // create a web server for the local dir
-  var server = connect.createServer(
-    connect.static(path.resolve(__dirname, '..'))
-  ).listen(port);
+  var mount = ecstatic({
+    root: path.resolve(__dirname, '..'),
+    cache: false
+  });
+  http.createServer(function(req, res) {
+    var parsedUrl = url.parse(req.url, true);
+    var compat = parsedUrl.query.compat;
+    if (compat) {
+      res.setHeader('X-UA-Compatible', 'IE=' + compat);
+    }
+    mount(req, res);
+  }).listen(port);
 
   // set up sauce connect so we can use this server from saucelabs
   var tunnelTimeout = 10000,
@@ -43,7 +54,7 @@
       console.log('Sauce connect tunnel opened');
       runTests();
     } else {
-      console.error('Failed to open sauce connect tunnel')
+      console.error('Failed to open sauce connect tunnel');
       process.exit(2);
     }
   });