diff --git a/packages/webapp/.npm/package/npm-shrinkwrap.json b/packages/webapp/.npm/package/npm-shrinkwrap.json
index 2bc74cdd05..ce2b3a2da8 100644
--- a/packages/webapp/.npm/package/npm-shrinkwrap.json
+++ b/packages/webapp/.npm/package/npm-shrinkwrap.json
@@ -334,6 +334,9 @@
         }
       }
     },
+    "parseurl": {
+      "version": "1.3.0"
+    },
     "send": {
       "version": "0.13.0",
       "dependencies": {
diff --git a/packages/webapp/package.js b/packages/webapp/package.js
index 5990364a2e..06fc1e0ecb 100644
--- a/packages/webapp/package.js
+++ b/packages/webapp/package.js
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ Package.describe({
 });
 
 Npm.depends({connect: "2.30.2",
+             parseurl: "1.3.0",
              send: "0.13.0",
              useragent: "2.0.7"});
 
diff --git a/packages/webapp/webapp_server.js b/packages/webapp/webapp_server.js
index 29a9b28bff..9d9e410f25 100644
--- a/packages/webapp/webapp_server.js
+++ b/packages/webapp/webapp_server.js
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ var url = Npm.require("url");
 var crypto = Npm.require("crypto");
 
 var connect = Npm.require('connect');
+var parseurl = Npm.require('parseurl');
 var useragent = Npm.require('useragent');
 var send = Npm.require('send');
 
@@ -326,7 +327,7 @@ WebAppInternals.staticFilesMiddleware = function (staticFiles, req, res, next) {
     next();
     return;
   }
-  var pathname = connect.utils.parseUrl(req).pathname;
+  var pathname = parseurl(req).pathname;
   try {
     pathname = decodeURIComponent(pathname);
   } catch (e) {
@@ -697,7 +698,7 @@ var runWebAppServer = function () {
     }
 
     // /packages/asdfsad ... /__cordova/dafsdf.js
-    var pathname = connect.utils.parseUrl(req).pathname;
+    var pathname = parseurl(req).pathname;
     var archKey = pathname.split('/')[1];
     var archKeyCleaned = 'web.' + archKey.replace(/^__/, '');