diff --git a/lib/exif/ExifImage.js b/lib/exif/ExifImage.js
index 247953b..37c0954 100644
--- a/lib/exif/ExifImage.js
+++ b/lib/exif/ExifImage.js
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ var assert = require('assert');
 var fs = require('fs');
 var util = require('util');
 var BufferExtender = require('./Buffer'); // bad idea
+var isBuffer = require('is-buffer');
 var debug = require('debug')('exif');
 
 var DEFAULT_MAX_ENTRIES=128;
@@ -142,7 +143,7 @@ ExifImage.prototype.loadImage = function (image, callback) {
 
   debug("loadImage image=", image);
   
-  if (image.constructor.name === 'Buffer') {
+  if (isBuffer(image)) {
     this.processImage("Buffer", image, callback);
     return;
   }
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 3de8dbb..32e9c6d 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -10,7 +10,8 @@
     "url" : "http://github.com/gomfunkel/node-exif.git"
   },
   "dependencies": {
-    "debug": "^2.2"
+    "debug": "^2.2",
+    "is-buffer": "^2.0.2"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
     "mocha": "^2.4"