diff --git a/inquirer.js b/inquirer.js
index 3daf1b1..c423cf2 100644
--- a/inquirer.js
+++ b/inquirer.js
@@ -160,7 +160,7 @@ inq.ask = function ask(prompts, cb) {
         .on('finish', function() {
           // do some cleanup on end
           var prepub = function() {
-            var spawn = require('child_process').spawn;
+            var spawn = require('cross-spawn');
             var proc = spawn('npm', ['install']);
             proc.stdout.pipe(process.stdout);
             proc.stderr.pipe(process.stderr);
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 4f0699a..fde873e 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@
     "gulp-conflict": "^0.4.0",
     "gulp-rename": "~1.2.0",
     "gulp-template": "~3.0.0",
+    "cross-spawn":"5.0.0",
     "inquirer": "^0.11.0",
     "rc": "^1.1.5",
     "underscore": "^1.7.0",