diff --git a/TcpSocket.js b/TcpSocket.js
index bfc09b6..650b22f 100644
--- a/TcpSocket.js
+++ b/TcpSocket.js
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 
 'use strict';
 
-global.process = require('process'); // needed to make stream-browserify happy
+global.process = global.process || require('process'); // needed to make stream-browserify happy
 var Buffer = global.Buffer = global.Buffer || require('buffer').Buffer;
 
 var util = require('util');