diff --git a/lib/dtrace.js b/lib/dtrace.js
index 42d6abe..308c1fe 100644
--- a/lib/dtrace.js
+++ b/lib/dtrace.js
@@ -1,6 +1,4 @@
-// Copyright 2011 Mark Cavage, Inc.  All rights reserved.
-
-var dtrace = require('dtrace-provider');
+// Copyright 2011 Mark Cavage, Inc.  All rights reserved.s
 
 
 
@@ -79,14 +77,35 @@ var SERVER_PROBES = {
 
 module.exports = function () {
   if (!SERVER_PROVIDER) {
-    SERVER_PROVIDER = dtrace.createDTraceProvider('ldapjs');
+    try {
+      var dtrace = require('dtrace-provider');
+      SERVER_PROVIDER = dtrace.createDTraceProvider('ldapjs');
 
-    Object.keys(SERVER_PROBES).forEach(function (p) {
-      var args = SERVER_PROBES[p].splice(0);
-      args.unshift(p);
+      Object.keys(SERVER_PROBES).forEach(function (p) {
+        var args = SERVER_PROBES[p].splice(0);
+        args.unshift(p);
 
-      dtrace.DTraceProvider.prototype.addProbe.apply(SERVER_PROVIDER, args);
-    });
+        dtrace.DTraceProvider.prototype.addProbe.apply(SERVER_PROVIDER, args);
+      });
+    } catch (e) {
+      SERVER_PROVIDER = {
+          fire: function () {
+          },
+          enable: function () {
+          },
+          addProbe: function () {
+              var p = {
+                  fire: function () {
+                  }
+              };
+              return (p);
+          },
+          removeProbe: function () {
+          },
+          disable: function () {
+          }
+      };
+    }
 
     SERVER_PROVIDER.enable();
 
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 1464c9e..dd68bb3 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -30,10 +30,12 @@
     "asn1": "0.1.11",
     "assert-plus": "0.1.2",
     "bunyan": "0.21.1",
-    "dtrace-provider": "0.2.8",
     "nopt": "2.1.1",
     "pooling": "0.4.5"
   },
+  "optionalDependencies": {
+    "dtrace-provider": "0.2.8"
+  },
   "devDependencies": {
     "tap": "0.4.1",
     "node-uuid": "1.4.0"