diff --git a/History.md b/History.md
index 7836590..ae9b61c 100644
--- a/History.md
+++ b/History.md
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ unreleased
   * Properly support all HTTP methods
   * Support vanilla node.js http servers
   * Treat `ENAMETOOLONG` as code 414
+  * Use accepts for negotiation
 
 1.0.3 / 2014-05-20
 ==================
diff --git a/index.js b/index.js
index 42f4d50..bc3dc9b 100644
--- a/index.js
+++ b/index.js
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
  * Module dependencies.
  */
 
+var accepts = require('accepts');
 var http = require('http')
   , fs = require('fs')
   , parse = require('url').parse
@@ -23,7 +24,6 @@ var http = require('http')
   , extname = path.extname
   , join = path.join;
 var Batch = require('batch');
-var Negotiator = require('negotiator');
 
 /*!
  * Icon cache.
@@ -130,9 +130,8 @@ exports = module.exports = function serveIndex(root, options){
         files.sort();
 
         // content-negotiation
-        var type = req.headers.accept === undefined
-          ? mediaTypes[0]
-          : new Negotiator(req).preferredMediaType(mediaTypes);
+        var accept = accepts(req);
+        var type = accept.types(mediaTypes);
 
         // not acceptable
         if (!type) return next(createError(406));
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index f6048a1..e90d6a0 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -12,8 +12,8 @@
     "url": "https://github.com/expressjs/serve-index/issues"
   },
   "dependencies": {
-    "batch": "0.5.0",
-    "negotiator": "0.4.3"
+    "accepts": "1.0.2",
+    "batch": "0.5.0"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
     "istanbul": "0.2.10",